South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel LOCALIZING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS The Role of the Development Finance Institutions Presented by : Mr. Landiwe Mahlangu Development Bank of SA Manager: Operations Evaluation

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The MDG and it’s Aftermath  MDG represent a landmark global consensus on development  MDG 8 Goals, 18 Targets and 48 Indicators  Monterrey Consensus : The 0.7% Agreement  Johannesburg Environmental Summit

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The Nature of the Challenge “ A race against time”  Countries in developing countries will not be able to achieve most of the goals of MDG  Most African countries will not meet all of the goals, particularly Poverty Targets  people die of hunger daily and 2000 women die at giving birth, 115m children are out of school  Only five rich countries have met 0.7 % target of ODA  Development largely unsustainable

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The Nature of the Challenge  Estimated costs to meet MDG’s by 2015 at USD$189b; only USD$53 is available; MDG Gap USD$135m  SSA will have to register growth rate of 7- 8% per annum in the next 10 years  Investment in infrastructure to double as %GDP to about 9% of GDP  The conflicts must stop  The weather and climate must behave and God should be kind

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The Constraint of the Mandate of DFI’s  DFI exist to serve specific development goals and purpose  Tension between financial and socio - economic objectives  Operations limited to areas of market failure  Small player in regional and national economies  Mandate and Resource mismatch

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The DBSA Approach  Embracing the Global Dialogue and Consensus  Promote dialogue and partnerships with IFI and other Multi – lateral Institutions  Intermediate and serve as conduit of finance flows

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The DBSA Approach cont.  Aligning to the National Development Agenda  Anchoring Operations on Key National Development Initiatives  National Government Programme of Action  Expanded Public Works Programme  Integrated Sustainable Development Programme and Urban Renewal Programme  Recently ASGISA

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The DBSA Approach cont.  Stretching the Mandate Envelope  Advisor Role -Sharing best practices  Financer-Innovative products  Partner-Reducing transaction costs  Implementor-“Warm bodies” Deployment : Siyenza Manje  Integrator-Sustainable Communities, Local Investment Agencies

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The DBSA Approach cont.  Embedding MDG targets indicators in operations  Quality at entry : 10 Key Indicator Framework  Moving from outputs to outcome  Intensify monitoring

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel The DBSA Approach cont.  Mainstream Knowledge  Research  Capacity Development and Building  Learning from Operations  Sharing knowledge widely

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel Challenges  Institutional Infrastructure  Short Termism  Quality of Achievements and Outcomes  Corruption  Evaluability and monitorability of MDG

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel Conclusion and recommendation  Intensify the building of Evaluation Capacity  Align to Government-Wide M & E Framework  Adapt and simplify evaluation tools and methodology  Interrogate continuous appropriateness of MDG’s targets  Harmonise and Integrate

South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 29 March 2007 Birchwood Executive Hotel Thank you! “ When all is said and done, often more is said than done”