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Fragile and conflict or post-conflict situations (FCS) present the most profound challenges to development in the world today. In both fragile and conflict-affected situations, poverty levels are usually high and welfare outcomes low. The stability and social cohesion necessary for development is frequently lacking. Community-driven development (CDD) programs have long been viewed as relevant development interventions in FCS. This paper summarizes a stocktaking of the designs of a representative sample of CDD in FCS projects in an effort to fill the knowledge gap. By looking at the designs of a representative sample of CDD programs that have operated in FCS over the past decade and a half, the stocktaking study aims to provide in-depth and user-friendly operational guidance to CDD task teams working in difficult contexts. The stocktaking adopts a