Presented at:, TI Panel, WBG Annual meetings October 2008 Strengthening WBG Engagement on Governance & Anti-Corruption: Year One Implementation Presented at:, TI Panel, WBG Annual meetings October 2008 Presented by: Brian Levy Head 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

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

Implementing GAC From Country Strategies to Development Outcomes Actionable Governance Indicators (AGIs) Global Country Strategies (CGAC) Demand Side GAC in Sectors Country Systems GAC in Projects Development Outcomes: Services, Regulations, Corruption