The aim of Solomon Islands TowardsBetter Investment in Rural Communities is to assistpolicymakers, program sponsors and implementers to makeinformed decisions about the design, financing, governanceand overall advantages and disadvantages of programs thatinvest in small-scale infrastructure and income-generatingopportunities for rural communities in the Solomon Islands.Completed in mid-2014, the report identifies ways tostrengthen the current mechanisms for investing in ruralservice delivery by examining the three main types offinancing for small-scale infrastructure and livelihoodactivities constituency, province and community-orientedfunds in a national and global context across four keyprograms between 2008 and 2012. A summary of the programs isprovided in Table 1. The report explores the following keycomponents across the four programs: analysis andconsolidation of sub-project data; local developmentplanning; efficiency and effectiveness; accountability,transparency and dispute management; and sustainability.