Communications for the Ones Who Never Spoke : Running the MIM Marathon in the Peruvian Highlands

Clarke, Karla Diaz ; Ruiz-Mier, Fernando

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ATTRIBUTES;    BASIC;    BEHAVIORS;    BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS;    CAPACITY BUILDING;   

RP-ID  :  63824

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

How do you bring public accountabilityfor millions of dollars to a region where the population islargely uninformed and lacks the savvy to monitor theactions of the authorities? From 2006 to 2011, the miningindustry in Peru transferred over $4,774 million inroyalties to municipalities located in key mining regions,in compliance with a 2004 mining canon law, but localofficials have not always put these funds to the best use.With the support of Canadian, U.S., U.K. and Norwegian(through CommDev) donor partners, International FinanceCorporation (IFC) responded to this need with an innovativeproject: Improving Municipal Investment (Mejorando laInversion Municipal in Spanish, or MIM). MIM Peru empowersthe population gives them a voice to demand accountabilityfrom their authorities in the use of royalties. For thisLatin America and Caribbean (LAC) initiative, communicationsare essential. And the project team learned that developingeffective communication is not a sprint it's amarathon! This smart lesson shares lessons learned aboutcommunications during project implementation.