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The World Bank Presented at:, World Bank October 2008 Presented by: Brian Levy Head GAC Secretariat Strengthening WBG Engagement on Governance & Anti-Corruption: Year One Implementation
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The World Bank Page 2 Brian 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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The World Bank Page 3 Brian Levy 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, 3 rd party monitoring Informed risk-taking – including high-risk, high-return Philippines 2 nd National Roads Improvement Project 2 nd 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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The World Bank Page 4 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 5 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 6 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 7 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat Year One: Mainstreaming the Demand-side CGAC Multi-stakeholder engagement Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Honduras The Project Demand-side: Transparency, participation, 3 rd 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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The World Bank Page 8 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 9 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 10 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 11 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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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The World Bank Page 12 Brian Levy GAC Secretariat 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
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