SBR WORKSHOP JAIPURDECEMBER, 2009

Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the

truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things (Diderot)

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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

THANKS TO CUTS, especially Siddhartha Mitra Vishwajit Habbu Joseph George

GREETINGS AND APOLOGIES FROM RUTH HILL THANKS TO PURNIMA PUROHIT

WELCOME ALSO TO HUBERT SCHMITZ & ABLA ABDEL-LATIF (PAPI at IDS)

GENERAL THOUGHTS BY A.L. AND THEN DIRK WILLEM TE VELDE ON MEASUREMENT

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HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES LOGISTICAL NOTE FROM CUTS ALL ‘HOUSEKEEPING’ ISSUES TO THEM INFORM THE HOTEL AND CUTS WHEN

YOU WILL BE CHECKING OUT AND NEED TRANSPORT

INTERNET ADJUSTMENT TO PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY SON ET LUMIERE at AMBER FORT

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PROGRAMME QUICK RUN THROUGH ANY PROBLEMS? POWER POINTS?

To Purnima COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS

Sue Martin

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ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF SBR: some issues

ISN’T IT OBVIOUS? ECONOMICS AND POLITICS INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES PARALLELS AND COMPARATIVE IDEAS PRO-POOR QUESTIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS

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(1) ISN’T IT OBVIOUS? ‘GOOD’ SBRs ARE OBVIOUSLY NECESSARY FOR

GROWTH FOUR ELEMENTS (Maxfield and Schneider, Harriss, te

Velde) – how to measure their effect Organization of private and public sectors, institutional

arrangements, avoidance of collusion/capture EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS VARY

GREATLY – formal and informal Vietnam, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Intra-Indian

evidence, South Africa (now and before), Ghana SO WHAT’S THE QUESTION? WHAT’S THE ISSUE? HOW ARE ‘EFFECTIVE’ SBRs BROUGHT ABOUT?

Context specificity crucial THAT’S BOTH A POLICY AND POLITICAL QUESTION

SA, GHANA AND WEST BENGAL PAPERS ESPECIALLY FEEDS INTO COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES - later

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(2)“IT’S THE POLITICS, STUPID” OUR WORK HAS TWO ASPECTS

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS

MEASUREMENT AND EXPLANATION SOME PAPERS HAVE ADDRESSED BOTH DIRECTLY –

NOT EASY Synchronics and diachronics hard to integrate

BUT EFFECTIVE or FAILED SBRs ARE NOT TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENTS BUT POLITICAL ONES Rise and ‘fall’ of NEDLAC a perfect example

AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THAT MATTER

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(3) INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE SBRs IS

LARGELY AN INSTITUTIONAL QUESTION ( And organizational)

SO, WHERE DO EFFECTIVE SBR INSTITUTIONS COME FROM?

AREA WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT but have not

BRINGING AGENCY BACK IN HOPE WE CAN DISCUSS SOME OF

THESE ISSUES TOO IN POLICY ND COMMUNICATIONS AREAS

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(4) COMPARATIVE INSIGHTS – LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER

GENERALIZABLE INSIGHT WILL COME FROM COMPARATIVE WORK

LET’S MAKE SURE WE DON’T STICK TO OUR SILOS THIS WEEK

ALREADY INTERESTING COMPARISONS: West Bengal and SA (divided labour;

divided business; divided state structures Takes us back to some of Dirk’s issues and

matrix. Shoud there be other variables in the

matrix?

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(5) INSTITUTIONS AND PRO-POOR GROWTH (IPPG !!!)

“conditions under which ‘benign collaboration’ gives rise to outcomes that are distinctly pro-poor” (JH and project purpose)

Not much enthusiasm around and not reflected in all our work

It’s also a normative issue, choosing not to focus on this – we should not duck it. Institutions matter for PPG

We should remind ourselves of that, even if donors and others have moved on

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POLICY IMPLICATIONS IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR WORK KEEP IT IN THE FRAME OF OUR

DISCUSSION NEED TO THINK THROUGH WHO DO WE TARGET?

WHY THEM? HOW? WHEN? WHERE?

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COMMUNICATIONS Important aspect of the work Sue Martin will lead us through a

number of sessions on this Need to think locally and at

wider level Strategies for each project

important Sessions on this and keep alive in

discussion