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Meaning of "social fund" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOCIAL FUND

social fund


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCIAL FUND

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Social fund is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOCIAL FUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Social fund

A social fund is an institution, typically in a developing country, that provides financing for small-scale public investments targeted at meeting the needs of poor and vulnerable communities. Social Funds also aim at contributing to social capital and development at the local level. In many cases they serve as innovators and demonstrators of new methods of decentralized participatory decision-making, management, and accountability that may be adopted for broader application by public sector organizations.

Definition of social fund in the English dictionary

The definition of social fund in the dictionary is a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCIAL FUND

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCIAL FUND

appeal fund · asset-backed fund · benevolent fund · contingency fund · disaster fund · emergency fund · fund · hardship fund · hedge fund · index-tracking fund · mutual fund · pension fund · relief fund · revolving fund · school fund · sinking fund · slush fund · strike fund · superannuation fund · tracker fund · trust fund

Synonyms and antonyms of social fund in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «social fund» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOCIAL FUND

Find out the translation of social fund to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of social fund from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «social fund» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

社会资金
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fondo social
570 millions of speakers
en

English

social fund
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सामाजिक फंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصندوق الاجتماعي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

социальный фонд
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Fundo Social
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সামাজিক তহবিল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fonds social
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dana sosial
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Sozialfonds
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

社会基金
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

사회 기금
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dana sosial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quỹ xã hội
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சமூக நிதி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सामाजिक निधी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sosyal fon
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fondo sociale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Funduszu Społecznego
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

соціальний фонд
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fond social
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινωνικό ταμείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sosiale fonds
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

socialfonden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sosiale fond
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of social fund

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL FUND»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of social fund
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about social fund

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCIAL FUND»

Discover the use of social fund in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to social fund and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
European Social Fund and the EU: Flexibility, Growth, Stability
The European Social Fund and the EU will be of particular use to anyone interested in social and economic regeneration across the European Union.
Jacky Brine, 2002
2
Helping Those in Financial Hardship: The Running of the ...
The report looks at three main areas: raising awareness of the Social Fund; its administration; and whether it treats people consistently.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2005
3
Social Fund reform: debt, credit and low income households
debt, credit and low income households Great Britain: Department for Work and Pensions. payments worth over £1 ,1 52 million. These included: around 1.1 million interest-free Budgeting Loans totalling £455 million to help people meet ...
Great Britain: Department for Work and Pensions, 2010
4
The Social Fund 20 Years On: Historical and Policy Aspects ...
Understanding Need The case of the Social fund is a good example of the tangle into which the concept of need has fallen. Need is what claimants ask for - but only if they meet the criteria in the Act and regulations, if they belong to one of the  ...
Dr Chris Grover, 2013
5
Do School Facilities Matter?: The Case of the Peruvian ...
Education projects of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) have reached poor districts and, to the extent they live in those districts, poor households.
Christina H. Paxson, Norbert Rüdiger Schady, 1999
6
Social funds: assessing effectiveness
This study reviews the development effectiveness of social fund projects and considers the implications for their future support by the World Bank.
Soniya Carvalho, World Bank. Operations Evaluation Dept, 2002
7
The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A ...
We will examine the determinants of participation, and see the extent to which community interactions and the capacity for collective action have been affected by the social fund. We will therefore understand the extent to which our qualitative ...
Vijayendra Rao, Ana María Ibáñez, 2003
8
Evaluating Social Funds: A Cross-country Analysis of ...
In Bolivia the difference between the social fund's cost per square meter of school construction and that of the NGO comparator program, Plan International- Altiplano (PIA), was quite small, but the social fund's cost was 11 percent higher.
Laura Rawlings, Lynne Darling Sherburne-Benz, Julie VanDomelen, 2004
9
Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
BOX 6.2 EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL FUND PROJECT SCOPE: THREE CASES Zambia The Zambia Social Investment Fund (ZAMSIF) grew out of the social fund component of the First and Second Social Recovery Projects in Zambia, which ...
Robert Holzmann, 2009
10
Poor relief or poor deal?: the social fund, safety nets, and ...
This book brings together new research and debate on the role and effect of the social fund in relieving poverty, and introduces evidence from the wider European field to allow comparison to be made with other countries' experience of ...
Trevor Buck, Roger Smith, 2003

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCIAL FUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term social fund is used in the context of the following news items.
1
European Social Fund: over 1 billion euros to boost growth and jobs …
The European Commission welcomes the adoption of the Dutch national Operational Programme for the implementation of the European Social Fund in the ... «EU News, Sep 14»
2
Spanish police investigate £1bn fraud of European Social Fund
Police in Spain are probing an alleged mega fraud involving millions of pounds of EU cash. Regional governors, trade unions leaders and employers' ... «Daily Mail, Apr 14»
3
European Social Fund: conference to promote more effective and …
To ensure an efficient and effective use of the more than €70 billion (more than €80 billion in current prices) available to Member States from the European ... «EU News, Feb 14»
4
EU Cohesion Policy: Commission welcomes European Parliament's …
"The European Social Fund, together with the Youth Employment Initiative, will be a key instrument to support Member States' investment in employment, human ... «EU News, Nov 13»
5
European Social Fund 2014-2020: MEPs approve compromise with …
Twenty percent of European Social Fund (ESF) money will be used to combat poverty through labour market integration and at least €3 billion in ESF funding ... «European Parliament, Nov 13»
6
Malacañang: President's Social Fund not pork
For the nth time, Malacañang on Tuesday told its critics to stop treating the Presidential Social Fund (PSF), which is considered as one of the funds lumped ... «Inquirer.net, Aug 13»
7
'Food stamps' to be issued in Britain next week to tens of thousands …
The Social Fund's regulated scheme, which governs cold weather payments, Sure Start maternity grants, funeral expenses and the Winter Fuel Grant, will be ... «Daily Mail, Mar 13»
8
India gets Donation-based Social Fund
A month ago, they came across IndiaSocial Fund, the latest entrant in the social investment space, which now may invest up to $100,000 (4.5 million rupees) in ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 11»
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