Gugerty Mary Kay, Biscaye Pierre, Anderson C Leigh
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
Dev Policy Rev. 2019 Jan;37(1):129-151. doi: 10.1111/dpr.12381. Epub 2018 Apr 15.
Donors and governments increasingly seek to deliver development projects through community-based organizations such as self-help groups (SHGs), but little is known about the effectiveness of such arrangements. This article briefly summarizes hypotheses regarding the effectiveness of interventions using SHGs and presents the results of an evidence review on the impacts of interventions delivered through SHGs on health, finance, agriculture and empowerment outcomes in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Though the impacts of SHG-based interventions are generally positive, the evidence base is limited and does not generally test whether alternative delivery mechanisms might be more effective.
捐赠者和政府越来越倾向于通过自助团体等社区组织来实施发展项目，但对于此类安排的成效却知之甚少。本文简要总结了关于利用自助团体进行干预的成效的假设，并呈现了一项证据审查的结果，该审查涉及通过自助团体实施的干预措施对南亚和撒哈拉以南非洲地区的健康、金融、农业及赋权成果的影响。尽管基于自助团体的干预措施的影响总体上是积极的，但证据基础有限，且通常未检验其他实施机制是否可能更有效。
