THE SOUTH-SOUTH EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE FACILITY
World Bank Institute
South-South Facility Grants in Action (p.3)
Example: Applying National Research and Education
Education Networks in South Asia
Example: Sharing India’s ICT Skills-development
Know How with Africa
Example: Haiti Empowers Local Communities
to Rebuild with Lessons from Indonesia
Example: Exporting India’s Dairy “Revolution”
to Help Feed Children in Africa
Example: Promoting Forests and Reducing Carbon
in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
Example: Tackling Extreme Poverty in Bolivia
Example: Enhancing Capacity to Diversify
Mongolia’s Economy
Table of Contents
Overview (p.1)
Map of South-South Knowledge Exchanges (p.2)
Introduction The South-South Facility was launched on October
11, 2008 by Robert Zoellick.
The South-South Facility aims to further the
knowledge sharing agenda by drawing directly
upon the accumulated expertise of World Bank
client countries and providing a platform in which
to share Results Stories.
Activities funded by the South-South Facility are
demand-driven and results-oriented. The results are
measured based on the Capacity Development
Results Framework.
Quick Facts
More than 50 countries have received knowledge
from nearly 70 countries.
More than 50% of the exchanges have led to the
development or implementation of strategies and
policies.
50% of the knowledge receiving countries are also
knowledge providers on another topic.
The exchanges are influencing nearly $2 billion in
World Bank project financing.
Online knowledge library that shares lessons learned
and provides tools for practitioners was launched on
September 19th.
Our Partners
Unique mix of South-South Facility partners, five out of which
are MICs (Mexico, China, India, Russia, Colombia,
Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and UK).
Our partners contribution include: China - $300k;
Colombia - $500k; Denmark - $2000k; India - $500k; Mexico -
$280k; Netherlands - $1000K; Russia - $1500k; Spain - $3300k;
UK - $1000k.
Our Online Knowledge Library
WBI has a new South-South Knowledge Exchange Portal
(http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske/).
Main site features include:
Results Stories that demonstrate ways in which South-South
knowledge exchanges have built local capacity;
Interactive map that shows Results Stories by region/country;
Examples of successful South-South knowledge exchange
financing approaches;
Knowledge Exchange Design Toolkit; and
Media library with images, audio and video footage.
Grant Status
As of end October 2011:
86 approved
37 closed
49 active
Note: One grant was approved in December 2008 and has been included in the amount for 2009
Overview
1
Ma
p o
f So
uth
-So
uth
Kn
ow
led
ge
Ex
ch
an
ge
s
2
So
uth
-So
uth
Fa
cility
Gra
nts
in
Ac
tio
n
3 3
The following Results Stories show how knowledge exchanges increase the
capacity of government officials, policy-makers, technical staff, and NGOs and
community leaders. Each example shows how the exchanges have inspired,
built consensus, and/or increased know-how of approaches to achieve
development outcomes.
4
Demand Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh
Bhutan, Nepal
Supply Country: Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Vietnam, (some input from Ireland)
South-South Facility Funding: US$133,500
What Were the Objectives?
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal aimed to
improve their delivery of higher education by increasing
their capacity to plan, implement, and manage National
Research and Education Networks (NRENs).
What Has Happened So Far?
Government officials, educators, policymakers, and
network engineers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
and Nepal learned from the NREN management
experiences of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
through a blended learning program — videoconferences,
online discussions, a study tour, and two workshops.
The videoconferences and online discussions, facilitated by
the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN),
allowed different stakeholders to discuss existing education
networks, needs, and benefits. The exchange covered the
use of NRENs and sustainable financing in Vietnam and
Pakistan, as well as Sri Lanka‟s policy guidelines,
management and implementation techniques.
Communities of practice formed in each country and
continue to function as today a regional network of NREN
users and experts who share their ideas and skills.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
Stakeholders from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and
Nepal gained a better understanding of the “why” and the
“how to” of designing, financing, implementing and
managing successful NRENs. Lessons learned directly
contributed to the early planning and implementation of
NRENs in South Asia.
Bangladesh procured physical space and began
installing fiber optic cable for a network that will initially
link six universities and later connect to the Trans-Eurasia
Information Network (TEIN3) a network for research and
education that connects communities across
Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Bhutan started procuring space, recruiting manpower,
and negotiating bandwidth capacity for its university
network. Bhutan is also in the process of connecting to
TEIN3.
Nepal furthered its Nepal Research and Education
Network and joined TEIN3.
Kabul University in Afghanistan began developing plans
for its research network that will leverage the country‟s
fiber optic infrastructure.
“When Communities of Practice came together from
various nations to share their experiences of successful
NRENs, policymakers in the recipient countries were
inspired [when they learned about] the amount of
competitive edge the networks have provided to each
nation,” said Mr. Yousuf Niaz, an engineer with
Bangladesh‟s University Grant Commission.
Thinking Big
about
Social Programs
In Delhi Territory
Applying National
Research and
Education Networks
in South Asia
5
Sector(s): Education
Supply Country: India (with some input from Korea,
the Philippines)
Demand Country: Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Mo-
zambique, Madagascar, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal
South-South Facility Funding: US$149,896
What Were the Objectives?
Overcome hurdles to ICT skills development in Africa and
increase capacity to grow the ITC and Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) sectors by leveraging India‟s
long-standing ICT expertise.
“Our Mission is to engineer an ICT-led socioeconomic
development process to transform Ghana into a
middle-income, information-rich knowledge-based and
technology-driven economy,” said Nana Osei Bonsu, head
of Human Resources and Skill Development, Ghana
Ministry of Commerce.
each African country. After the tour, the African delegates
discussed progress in each country through another
GDLN-facilitated conference. At the end of the exchange,
each country drafted “action plans” to promote ICT-skills
development in each country.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
This exchange accelerated ICT-skills development and
investment in the African ICT sector. Participants learned to
promote investment in ICT, helping African countries gain a
share of the global US$500 billion BPO market, and
generating jobs and income in Africa and investment
opportunities for Indian businesses. The participants
promoted numerous concrete educational initiatives
across Africa, such as:
a pilot program for skills certification for the BPO industry
in Nigeria.
a Center of Excellence for BPO skills training as well as
Africa‟s first Software Developers Certification in Kenya.
a program to promote foundational, technical, and
entrepreneurial skills for the ICT sector in Tanzania.
Sharing India’s
ICT Sector
Development
Know-how with
Africa
6
Sector(s): Education; Information and Communications
What Has Happened So Far?
The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)
facilitated three distance-learning events. Fifty-four
ICT-sector leaders from African governments, schools, and
companies then visited India to meet ICT sector leaders and
government officials, attend a software industry
conference, and detail ICT-skills development plans for
Demand Country: Haiti
Supply Country: Indonesia
South-South Facility Funding: US$133,500
What Were the Objectives?
Haitian authorities wished to learn about disaster responses,
and the “how to” of designing and implementing
community-based housing reconstruction initiatives.
What Has Happened So Far?
Following the earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, a
delegation of officials from Haiti‟s Ministry of Planning and
Ministry of Interior and nongovernmental representatives
visited three provinces in Indonesia to see firsthand
completed and ongoing post-disaster reconstruction
projects. During these site visits, Indonesian reconstruction
experts, government officials, and community members
shared their expertise with the Haitian delegation and
explained the concept of „svadaya gotong
royong‟ (community self-help) that has guided
community-driven development in the country. After the
exchange, Haitian and Indonesian policymakers prepared
a report summarizing key lessons learned, held several
meetings, and proposed a follow-up agenda.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
The Haitian delegation drew several key lessons on
post-disaster housing reconstruction from Indonesia‟s
experience with community-driven development. First, they
became aware of the importance of strong national and
local leadership from the government in setting clear goals
to hasten the rebuilding process. Second, the Haitians
learned how empowering community members could
create a greater sense of ownership. Third, the delegation
gained skills for coordinating and monitoring global aid and
stemming corruption in planning and implementing
reconstruction projects from the Banda Aceh
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR).
Upon their return home, the Haitians used these lessons to
amend housing policy, establish new ones to facilitate
reconstruction, and develop a blueprint for the first set of
housing units. The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC)
was molded after the BRR with an anti-corruption office
and third party monitoring system. Through this exchange,
the Haitians saw that not only could they build back the
way things were, but just like the Indonesians, they could
upgrade infrastructure and social services. As a result, the
Haitians emphasized the anti-duplication of projects and
careful management of expenses.
Thinking Big
about
Social Programs
In Delhi Territory
Haiti Empowers
Local Communities
to Rebuild with
Lessons from
Indonesia
7
Sector(s): Health and Other Social Services; Public Ad-
ministration, Law and Justice; Water, Sanitation and Flood
Protection
Demand Country: Tanzania, Uganda
Supply Country: India
South-South Facility Funding: US$150,000
What Were the Objectives?
For Tanzanian and Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture and
other dairy sector officials to learn to increase milk output
from India‟s renowned “white revolution” — a span of two
decades when milk production in India rose dramatically.
What Has Happened So Far?
Tanzanian and Ugandan Ministries of Agriculture officials
and 10 dairy cooperative production experts visited India‟s
Gujarat dairy cooperative, after which several Indian
experts visited milk facilities in Tanzania and Uganda.
Workshops in each country outlined steps to increase dairy
output, and the World Bank distributed a booklet and
videos outlining recommendations to farmers and dairy
processors in Uganda and Tanzania.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
Tanzanian and Ugandan dairy industry leaders learned
management know-how that has contributed to vast
increases in milk production. The Ugandan dairy sector
now yields 55 liters of milk per person, up from 25 liters per
person in 2004, which has saved the lives of perhaps tens
of thousands of children in the two countries.
The exchange has also helped solidify India as a leader in
providing world-class development advice: the Indian
dairy expert recommendations have informed two World
Bank Private Sector Competitiveness Projects in Africa.
The exchange has also led to export opportunities for
Indian dairy sector companies: an India maker of milk
containers began shipping to Uganda directly as a result
of the exchange.
“Ugandan and Tanzanian producers learned practical
production techniques, such as how to reduce filling waste
by 10 percent by using different containers,” said
Mr. Michael Wong, World Bank Lead Private Sector
Development Specialist who led the exchange. “The
Africans were very interested in Indian technologies, which
were more suited to the scale of African milk cooperatives
— medium-sized cooling containers compared to the
huge ones used in Europe and other places, for instance."
Thinking Big
about
Social Programs
In Delhi Territory
Exporting India’s
Dairy “Revolution”
to Help Feed
Children in
East Africa
8
Sector(s): Agriculture. Fishing, and Forestry
Demand Country: Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
Supply Country: Moldova
South-South Facility Funding: US$96,200
What Were the Objectives?
National forest authorities and specialists in the Kyrgyz
Republic and Tajikistan met with peers in Moldova to learn
about forest management and reforestation policies, and
how to register for the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
What Has Happened So Far?
Government officials and forestry specialists from the Kyrgyz
Republic and Tajikistan visited Moldova to see carbon
sequestration and afforestation initiatives implemented in
the field. Moldovan experts then traveled to the Kyrgyz
Republic to conduct workshops on carbon sequestration
techniques and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
documentation.
In order to document and disseminate the lessons from the
exchange, a Booklet, leaflets, and a short documentary
video describing the processes and methodologies were
prepared and distributed to a broader group of
government officials and national forestry stakeholders in
all participating countries.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
Officials from the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan learned
how to register for the Kyoto Protocol‟s Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) for carbon trading and sequestration,
which can generate revenue for further expansion of car-
bon-reduction programs. The Kyrgyz Republic also began
implementing a trial program to reintroduce forests.
Furthermore, the exchange rebuilt a network of forestry in-
stitutions and individuals that had dissolved after the col-
lapse of the Soviet Union. This network supports forestry insti-
tutions and regional carbon-trading and sequestration ac-
tivities through forums such as: the Commonwealth of Inde-
pendent States (CIS), the Food and Agricultural Organiza-
tion‟s (FAO), and the World Bank‟s Forest Law Enforcement
and Governance (FLEG) group.
A key outcome was that the Moldovan‟s gained teaching
skills to help other countries participate in and generate
revenue through the Kyoto protocol.
“The Moldovan experience in getting two projects regis-
tered for the CDM is a real success story and should be
used as a useful learning opportunity for other countries,”
said Andrew Michael Mitchell, Senior Forestry Specialist in
the World Bank‟s Europe and Central Asia Sustainable De-
velopment Department (ECSSD). “This knowledge ex-
change is extremely replicable. Moldova has even been
used [as a provider of knowledge] for training purposes by
the BioCarbon Fund.”
Thinking Big
about
Social Programs
In Delhi Territory
Promoting Forests
and Reducing
Carbon in the
Kyrgyz Republic and
Tajikistan
9
South-South Facility Funding: US$149,945
Sector(s): Forestry, Climate Change
Demand Country: Bolivia
Supply Country: Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico
South-South Facility Funding: US$77,200
What Were the Objectives?
Bolivian development and social program planners met
with their peers in Brazil, Indonesia, and Mexico to
exchange perspectives on poverty alleviation programs
targeting indigenous and rural populations.
What Has Happened So Far?
The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)
facilitated five videoconferences between Bolivian Ministry
of Planning staff and social program planners and officials
from Brazil‟s State of Minas Gerais, Mexico‟s Ministry of
Social Development (SEDSESOL), and Indonesia‟s
community driven development (CDD) programs. Bolivian
planners were particularly impressed with Mexico‟s
Oportunidades program, and traveled to Mexico City to
learn more from officials at SEDESOL and the National
Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy
(CONEVAL). The Bolivians then attended an international
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) conference. Experts from
Mexico‟s SEDESOL later visited La Paz, Bolivia to meet again
with local planners and leaders of various social programs.
To ensure that knowledge from the exchange would not be
lost with any changes in the administration, efforts were
made to broadly disseminate the lessons learned. To this
end, the knowledge exchange organizers distributed a
multilingual (Spanish-English-Aymara-Quechua-Guarani)
CD and book—Bolivia Plurinacional: A South-South
Experience Exchange with Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico —
to 200 government officials, development staff, program
administrators, and other stakeholders in Bolivia‟s
development.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
The knowledge and skills Bolivian planners gained from the
exchange accelerated the design and implementation of
vital social programs for Bolivia‟s neediest people. Bolivian
planners became especially aware of how social programs
could be improved by applying M&E approaches. The Bo-
livian Ministry of Planning immediately introduced these
newly acquired techniques into an ongoing Bolivian Condi-
tional Cash Transfer program for maternal and infant
healthcare.
“We can learn very much from processes that have taken
up to a decade in other countries,” said Viviana Caro
Hinojosa, Minister of Development Planning in Bolivia. “I
think this is one of the most important instruments that the
World Bank has…representing what we would call a „win-
win‟ situation for everyone involved.”
Thinking Big
about
Social Programs
In Delhi Territory
Tackling Extreme
Poverty
In Bolivia
10
Sector(s): Health and Other Social Services
Demand Country: Mongolia
Supply Country: Chile and Kazakhstan
South-South Facility Funding: US$149,945
What Were the Objectives?
Mongolia sought to diversify its economy and reduce its
dependence on the mining sector, by acquiring skills to
help define its economic agenda, develop its agricultural
sector, encourage industrial clusters, and establish a
process for investing its extractive industry revenues to
support social development.
What Has Happened So Far?
Forty-three Mongolian ministry officials, private sector
representatives, and NGO experts reviewed best-practice
case studies from Chile and Kazakhstan during three
knowledge sharing and networking events in Mongolia. The
Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) then
facilitated six three-hour structured learning events by
videoconference between the Mongolian group and staff
from the Chile Foundation and the National Analytical
Center of Kazakhstan.
Following the videoconferences, a core group of eight
officials from key government institutions, including the
Parliament, the Office of the President, and the Ministry of
Mining and Energy, visited Chile and Kazakhstan. Upon
their return home, the group shared lessons learned
with key stakeholders and the general public. The officials
produced ten videos, as well as several print articles and
Internet blogs, all of which have been disseminated
broadly through the Mongolian National TV and
www.news.mn, the biggest online news portal in the
country.
What Results Have Been Achieved?
The exchange helped Mongolia gather insights about
policy options for economic diversification, develop
competitive economic clusters around agriculture and
mining, and arrange partnerships with the private sector.
The government learned how these tools can lower the risks
of commodity price fluctuations, create employment, and
increase rural area incomes.
The exchange strengthened reform efforts in Mongolia in
several key ways:
It raised awareness and enhanced the knowledge and
skills of several important institutions, such as the National
Development Innovation Committee and the
Industrialization Policy Committee to promote business,
entrepreneurship, innovation, and competitiveness;
It influenced a number of economic policy reforms,
including a broad policy on the development of the
high-technology industry, amendments to the Law on
Higher Education, a law on innovation, and a midterm
strategy on competitiveness; and
It contributed to public awareness about economic
diversification in mineral-rich countries through media
and outreach programs.
Thinking Big
about
Social Programs
In Delhi Territory
Enhancing Capacity
to Diversify
Mongolia’s
Economy
11
Sector(s): Energy and Mining
WBI is a global connector of knowledge, learning, and innovation
for poverty reduction. We connect practitioners, networks and
institutions and help them to find their own solutions to address
development challenges. With a focus on the „how‟ of reform, we
link knowledge from around the world and scale-up innovations.
We work with and through global, regional and country-based
institutions and practitioner networks and help them develop
customized programs that respond to their needs. WBI connects
globally and delivers locally.
wbi.worldbank.org/sske
For more information, please contact