Demand for Good Governance Stocktaking Initiatives Supporting DFGG Across World Bank Group Sectors and Regions June 2 n

1. Demand for Good Governance StocktakingInitiatives Supporting DFGG Across World Bank GroupSectors and RegionsJune 2nd, 2008 Rob Chase and Anushay Anjum Social Development Department

2. Why take stock of World Bank DFGG Activities? • GAC Strategy mandate • Promote Multistakeholder engagement • World Bank already supports lots of demand-side activities • GAC Implementation Plan • Call to scale up and mainstream demand-side activities • Guidance to staff on how • Launch Demand for Good Governance Peer Learning Network • 350 members • Interest across sectors and regions • Different conceptions, approaches and activities • Often elements of other activities: analysis, processes or pilots

3. Stocktaking Objectives • DFGG Activities common goal: Promote transparency, citizen engagement and social accountability • Discover and discern a wealth of approaches • Not seeking to be comprehensive of all activities • Outstanding question: “How much do we spend on DFGG?” • Organize activities into broad framework • Compare similarities and differences • Identify promising examples and entry-points • N.B.: VPs to highlight cases for GAC Council June 23

4. Organizing Framework: Functional Elements • Information & Transparency • Facilitate availability of information about authorities’ actions • Consultation & Participation • Provide opportunities for multiple stakeholders to engage • Monitoring & Oversight • Promote methods and incentives to hold actors to account • Enhancing Capacities • Support more competent authorities and stakeholders

5. Organizing Framework: Level of Involvement • Community & Local • Community Driven Development • Decentralization support • Sector • Sectoral reforms • Processes for investment operations • National • Poverty Reduction Strategies • Non-executive oversight bodies

6. Organizing Framework: Possible Entry Points • National dialog • Analysis and Advisory Service • Development Policy Lending • Investment Lending • Operational policies • Capacity Building and Learning Networks

7. Demand for Good Governance Framework

8. Demand for Good Governance in Practice –Examples and Tools Balancing the mainstream and innovative activities • Business as usual • Innovations • Examples: • West Bank and Gaza Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) • Orissa State Roads Project • Uganda Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC) • Cambodia DFGG Project

9. West Bank and Gaza – Integrated Community Development Project

10. India - Orissa State Roads Project (Implementation of India-wide Right to Information legislation)

11. Uganda Poverty Reduction Support Credit

12. Cambodia Demand for Good Governance ProjectInnovation at the National Level Objective: • Increase transparency, participation, representation, and accountability • Supporting programs and coalitions which promote, mediate or address in DFGG in the context of government's reforms. E.g. • Promote Coordination and Learning (e.g. awareness raising) • Participation of citizens in the district decision-making bodies (Ministry of Interior’s One Window Service) • Mediate Citizens’ complaints through an enhanced mechanism

13. Key Observations • A wealth of existing projects, or elements within projects • DFGG work cuts across sectors • Community Driven Development (CDD) is bulk • Who’s turf is this? “Everyone’s business = No one’s business?” • Incentive Structures for doing more (e.g. PRS) • Hard to finance DFGG work (Lack of Supporting Instruments) • Pilots within Projects • Paid for by Trust Funds • Hard to Scale-up • Evaluate to learn, learn to evaluate • Evaluation of “what works” needed • Context Specific • Measuring outcomes is difficult

14. Thank You!