Community Driven Development in Urban Upgrading

The Bank has been involved in a number
of urban upgrading projects over the last three decades,
which have demonstrated that quality of life in slums can be
improved through realistic policies, investments and
implementation processes. This note reviews community-driven
development (CDD) in World Bank-assisted urban upgrading
projects. The note identifies how CDD approaches have been
applied in such projects. The review focuses on a small
sample of urban upgrading projects that adopt CDD
approaches, and draws from a combination of desk review and
interviews with relevant Task Team Leaders. It briefly
describes the projects, their CDD approaches, and concludes
by highlighting emerging issues for future discussion.