CBR Final Exam PART 1

What characterizes the Top-Down approach in community work?

• Initiatives driven by the local community

• External actors making decisions and implementing programs

• Volunteer-based strategies

• Informal consultations with community elders

Which challenge is more common in Bottom-Up approaches?

• Weak community participation

• Disregard for indigenous groups

• Slow consensus-building and lack of technical capacity

• Overreliance on government mandates

Why is harmonizing both approaches important?

• To eliminate political influence

• To choose which one works

• To balance expertise with local ownership

• To avoid budgeting issues

What is a limitation of unlinked Bottom-Up programs?

• Too much government oversight

• Weak cultural alignment

• Difficulty accessing systemic support and funding

• Rapid burnout of volunteers

Community development is ultimately:

• A budgeting problem

• A social engineering task

• A political and ethical endeavor

• A short-term project

What is a key goal of program adjourning in CBR?

• To transfer projects to a new NGO

• To end community participation

• To empower communities to lead without external support

• To evaluate financial records

Sustainability should be planned:

• In the last phase of a project

• Only after funding ends

• From the very beginning

• By external funders only

Leadership development must be:

• Focused on elected officials

• Top-down only

• Inclusive and reflective of local power dynamics

• Avoided to prevent conflict

Volunteer burnout can be avoided by:

• Ignoring emotional concerns

• Making volunteers work overtime

• Sharing workloads and giving recognition

• Restricting participation

What should facilitators do during project exit?

• Take full credit

• Step back to let local leaders lead

• Hold press conferences

• End services abruptly