A World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean Region's portfolio (projects) review was carried out with the aim of , (i) analyzing the reach of the Bank's Central America Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (CAESSD) projects in Afro-descendant areas, and (ii) suggesting recommendations for increasing Afro-descendent participation in Bank's projects. This note, presents a brief analysis of the review and makes recommendation as fallows : use existing participatory mechanisms to ensure Afro-community participation from project design and to evaluation
considerable payoff will arise from investment in capacity building for Afro-descendants aimed at making participatory mechanisms function and sustainable
the Bank should consider expanding the project areas to reach
Afro-descendant communities. Afro-descendants should be viewed as active partners in development, and not the objects of development
integrate development plans of Afro-descendants communities and organizations at different levels (national, regional, and local) into Bank-funded projects
ensure the inclusion of Afro-descendant communities in the areas selected for projects
and finally, provide support to improve the gathering of disaggregated data for ethnic groups, including Afro-descendants.