Bolivia's answer to poverty, economic crisis, and adjustment : the emergency social fund /

This publication brings together material on the Bolivian Emergency Social Fund (ESF). The report is divided into five main parts: part one presents an introduction to the material and the story of the ESF; part two contains a review of the many evaluations of the ESF; part three presents three issu...

• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Jorgensen, Steen, ed, Grosh, Margaret E, ed, Schacter, Mark, ed
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1992
• Series: World Bank regional and sectoral studies
• Subjects: CRISIS ECONOMICA; POLITICA GUBERNAMENTAL; POBREZA; BOLIVIA

Table of Contents:

• Pt. 1: 1. The background. What? why? how? a primer on the ESF / M. Schacter, M. Grosh and S. Jorgensen
• 2. The genesis and early debates / Katherine Marshall
• Pt. 2: 3. How well did the ESFwork? a review of its evaluations / M. Grosh
• 4. How did workers benefit? / John Newman, S. Jorgensen, and Menno Pradhan
• Pt. 3: 5. Procurement heresy at the ESF / Graham Smith
• 6. Working with non-governmental organizations / Julie vanSomelen
• 7. Demand-driven funds: managing their conflicts / J. Newman, M. Grosh, and S. Jorgensen
• Pt. 4: After the ESF. 8. A hard act to follow: the options / Mary Barton
• 9. After the ESF: the social investment fund as successor / Constance Sepeda
• Pt. 5: The bottom line: 10. Who needs an ESF?
• 11. In brief: successes and shortcomings / M. Grosh and S. Jorgensen