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Presented at: , World Bank October 2008. Strengthening WBG Engagement on Governance & Anti-Corruption: Year One Implementation. Presented by: Brian Levy Head GAC Secretariat. GAC for Development. Principal GAC Purpose: Enhance Development Effectiveness “don’t make the poor pay twice” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The World Bank
Presented at:,World BankOctober 2008
Presented by:Brian Levy
HeadGAC Secretariat
Strengthening WBG Engagement on Governance & Anti-Corruption:
Year One Implementation
The World Bank
Page 2Brian Levy
GAC Secretariat
GAC for Development
Principal GAC Purpose: Enhance Development Effectiveness “don’t make the poor pay twice” Multistakeholder engagement key to GAC reform & development outcome
GAC contributes in diverse ways to development impact Better procurement: Bali urban infrastructure project
31% cost savings for infrastructure Reduced malnutrition: Maharashtra community monitoring pilot
10 percent increase in healthy children in under one year Civil service reform in Macedonia
Meritocratic recruitment: 37% (2004); 64% (2007) Community prioritized & monitored infrastructure in Indonesia
$1.6 billion; 34,000 villages; 30% lower cost; now national poverty program
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GAC Secretariat
GAC in Projects, 2008 Four dimensions of holistic risk management
Upstream diagnosis to identify GAC constraints ‘Defensive’: strengthened fiduciary controls in design &
implementation ‘Proactive: enhanced transparency, participation, 3rd party
monitoring Informed risk-taking – including high-risk, high-return
Philippines 2nd National Roads Improvement Project 2nd opinion from special independent procurement evaluator Capacity enhancement of Dept of Public Works & Highways,
including: procurement controls (bid rigging) audit capacity NGO group, Road Watch, to provide independent oversight on all
roads sector contracting Bank doubles supervision funding
Kenya Aids: NGO transparent, performance-based selection process
India Orissa Rural Livelihoods: Right to Information synergies
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Implementing GAC From Country Strategies to Development Outcomes
Country Strategies (CGAC)
Development Outcomes: Services, Regulations, Control of Corruption
GAC in Sectors
GAC in Projects
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Year One: Mainstreaming GAC in Country and Sector Strategies
The CGAC Process “A country-team led process to identify, deepen, systematize
and mainstream governance engagement” Model good practice as path to mainstreaming 27 countries @ $100k (one-third very proactive) Multistakeholder engagement (50%); diagnostics (75%)
GAC in Sectors Slower to engage, but important shift by year-end Peer learning networks (infrastructure; HD; natural resources) GAC diagnostics support operational agenda-setting Toolkits, sourcebooks etc Sectoral example: pharmaceuticals
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Cross-cutting: Adding the Demand-side From Country Strategies to Development Outcomes
Country Strategies (CGAC)
Demand Side
Development Outcomes: Services, Regulations, Control of Corruption
GAC in Sectors
GAC in Projects
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Year One: Mainstreaming the Demand-side
CGAC Multi-stakeholder engagement Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Honduras
The Project Demand-side: Transparency, participation, 3rd party monitoring
Other Year One Demand-side Initiatives Community of practice Draft legal guidance Initial steps to portfolio coding, benchmarking and tracking
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Cross-cutting: Adding Country Systems From Country Strategies to Development Outcomes
Country Strategies (CGAC)
Demand Side
Country Systems
Development Outcomes: Services, Regulations, Control of Corruption
GAC in Sectors
GAC in Projects
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GAC Mainstreaming: An Integrated Approach
Strengthening Country Systems is a GAC Priority Country Procurement Systems pilot (year 2 priority) IEG reviews
Good news on public expenditure and financial management Mixed findings for civil service reform and decentralization
– Governance Council catalyzes reform agenda
Putting it all Together Country program combines these many elements: “no one size fits
all”
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Adding Upstream Initiatives
Country Strategies (CGAC)
Demand Side
Country Systems
Development Outcomes: Services, Regulations, Control of Corruption
GAC in Sectors
GAC in Projects
Actionable Governance Indicators
(AGIs)
Global
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Year One: Progress on AGIs and Global
Progress on Actionable Governance Indicators Outreach to foster use of existing AGIs Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA); 73
countries completed; 38 published (up from 6 in 1/08) New AGIs being developed (Human Resource Management;
education; health)
Global GAC Initiatives StaR Support for Construction (Cost), pharmaceuticals (MeTA) Learning – governance and development impact
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Priority Implementation Challenges for Year Two Strengthened quality management vis-à-vis GAC
Regional vice-presidencies, IEG, QAG
Consolidating GAC-focused communities of practice
Strengthen monitoring of GAC-related progress Coding and tracking demand-side Framework for country-level progress assessment
Building knowledge and learning platform Good practice for development effectiveness
‘Big push’ on country procurement systems
=> Systematizing and scaling-up good practice is the overall priority
