The first conclusion of the review was that the later generation of social funds had better integration of sustainability elements in their project design than the earlier generation of social funds. There was more em- phasis on active community participation throughout the project cycle, including at the disbursement and supervision stages in cases when user committees organized maintenance and operated accounts from which they disbursed resources. More often, the later generation of projects re- quired community contributions, as opposed to sponsor contributions, and attempted to ensure that the demand for the project was coming from the community. There is more attention to the suitability of technical op- tions and alternative.
