1. 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

2. 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

3. 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  25 000+ 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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”