Global Lessons PRS Implementation

1. Global Lessons PRS Implementation Forum on National Plans As Poverty Reduction Strategies in East Asia Linda Van Gelder April 5, 2006

2. 50 countries worldwide Less than half in Africa Average implementation, 2 ½ years Diverse experiences PRSP Snapshot • Paper • Process

3. Success Factors Country-side • Broad based participation/transparency • Strong poverty focus • Results orientation Donor-side • Better aid

4. Transparency and Broad Participation • How: rules of the game, communications • Who: line ministries, local governments, parliaments, other groups: specialization • What: opening policy space • When: formulation/implementation

5. Strong Poverty Focus • Poverty analysis • Analysis of growth and the productive sectors • how the poor benefit from growth (e.g., jobs) • coherent sectoral strategies • Use of distributional analysis (PSIA) of key policy measures to inform policy design, choices, and sequencing

6. ResultsOrientation • Indicators – the good, the bad, the difficult • Monitoring systems: • Improvements in data coverage, quality, and access (more needed) • Real challenges • Building monitoring systems that coordinate the collection of data and its analysis. • Creating demand for evidence based decision making (using information in policy making).

7. Better Aid • Harmonized and aligned • In tune with country timetables • Predictable • Builds rather than undermines local capacity • Supports rather than competes with domestic accountability mechanisms • More aid

8. No one size fits all But plenty of scope to learn from others

9. Keeping Country Priorities, Processes, and Systems at the Center NSDF PIP MTEF MDG PROPENAS PRSP NPEP SEDPII MTBF NGPES JMI I-PRSP NPRS CSD REPETA SEDP JSAN APR NPEP VDG CPRGS EGSPRS NDP PRSC CMDG SWAP

10. links to budgets Policies, Programs, Public actions Poverty- and results-oriented Prioritized Well-implemented effective monitoring institutionalized participation: who, when, how, what Plan/ Strategy Domestic Constituents Government Institution and capacity building agenda Keeping Country Priorities, Processes, and Systems at the Center • Much more customized • Linked to your decision making processes • Not just to program donor resources • Not just about resources

11. Better Aid links to budgets links to budgets Policies, Programs, Public actions Poverty- and results-oriented Prioritized Well-implemented Policies, Programs, Public actions Poverty- and results-oriented Prioritized Well-implemented Predictable, budget cycle effective monitoring effective monitoring harmonized aligned institutionalized participation: who, when, how, what institutionalized participation: who, when, how, what more aid Plan/ Strategy Plan/ Strategy Domestic Constituents Domestic Constituents External Actors Government Government Institution and capacity building agenda Institution and capacity building agenda Keeping Country Priorities, Processes, and Systems at the Center • These same factors help keep countries in the drivers seat • Better development outcomes—irrespective of donor funds

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