Guidelines for the Design of Violence Reduction Projects

This document provides Bank staff guidance on the selection of interventions to reduce violence, whether in the context of stand-alone violence reduction operations or as components in other types of loans. These guidelines are a work in progress, which will be expanded and modified as the Bank gains more experience in violence reduction activities. Actions to prevent violence fall within the Bank's mandate to promote development and reduce poverty, given the fact that violence both hinders growth and worsens poverty. These guidelines detail promising interventions in the following sectors: information systems and research; health; education; justice, media, police, and prisons (rehabilitation of inmates). In addition, promising approaches in situational prevention, social prevention, community-based initiatives and violence reduction legislation are described.