Presentation by John Coonrod, Executive VP of the Hunger Project, on April 6, 2016 in Washington, DC

1. Investing in Communities:
Key to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Movement for Community-led Development
April 6, 2016

2. Movement for Community-led Development

3. Definitions
CDD: “an approach that gives
control over planning decisions
and investment resources for
local development projects to
community groups.”
CLD: is the process of working
together to create and achieve
locally owned visions and goals.
CLD works to achieve systemic
change rather than short-term
projects.

4. Dan Owen, The World Bank, 2005

5. Myths
● Too small / cannot be taken to scale
● Too expensive
● Too slow
● Art not a science / no methodology
● It’s “just Training & Messaging”
● Entrenched local corruption cannot be
overcome

6. Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda

8. To enable these real
men and women to
escape from extreme
poverty, we must
allow them to be
dignified agents of
their own destiny.

9. Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
...build effective,
accountable and
inclusive institutions at all
levels.

10. 34: “...investments... are being devolved to the
subnational level, which often lacks adequate technical
and technological capacity, financing and support.
We therefore commit to scaling up international
cooperation to strengthen capacities of municipalities
and other local authorities. “

11. Integration at the Community Level
● Resilience
● Women’s Economic
Empowerment
● Stunting

12. CLD is a science!
Principles and Process
Mindset
Gender
Leadership
Strengths
Data
Vision/Plans
Action
Resources
Governance
Capacity
Organization
Graduation

13. Empowering people at Transformative Scale
CLD
Lots of
Mobilizers
Lots of
Advocates
Big
Donors
& Gov’ts

14. Investing in
Communities at
Scale:
● Korea
● Philippines
● Indonesia
● Brazil
● Ethiopia
● Afghanistan...