1. SBR WORKSHOP JAIPUR DECEMBER, 2009 Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things (Diderot)

2. 2 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS  THANKS TO CUTS, especially Siddhartha Mitra Vishwajit Habbu Joseph George  GREETINGS AND APOLOGIES FROM RUTH HILL THANKS TO PURNIMA PUROHIT  WELCOME ALSO TO HUBERT SCHMITZ & ABLA ABDEL-LATIF (PAPI at IDS)  GENERAL THOUGHTS BY A.L. AND THEN DIRK WILLEM TE VELDE ON MEASUREMENT

3. 3 HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES  LOGISTICAL NOTE FROM CUTS  ALL ‘HOUSEKEEPING’ ISSUES TO THEM  INFORM THE HOTEL AND CUTS WHEN YOU WILL BE CHECKING OUT AND NEED TRANSPORT  INTERNET  ADJUSTMENT TO PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY SON ET LUMIERE at AMBER FORT

4. 4 PROGRAMME  QUICK RUN THROUGH  ANY PROBLEMS?  POWER POINTS? To Purnima  COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS Sue Martin

5. 5 ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF SBR: some issues  ISN’T IT OBVIOUS?  ECONOMICS AND POLITICS  INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES  PARALLELS AND COMPARATIVE IDEAS  PRO-POOR QUESTIONS  POLICY IMPLICATIONS  COMMUNICATIONS

6. 6 (1) ISN’T IT OBVIOUS? ‘GOOD’ SBRs ARE OBVIOUSLY NECESSARY FOR GROWTH FOUR ELEMENTS (Maxfield and Schneider, Harriss, te Velde) – how to measure their effect Organization of private and public sectors, institutional arrangements, avoidance of collusion/capture EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS VARY GREATLY – formal and informal  Vietnam, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Intra-Indian evidence, South Africa (now and before), Ghana SO WHAT’S THE QUESTION? WHAT’S THE ISSUE? HOW ARE ‘EFFECTIVE’ SBRs BROUGHT ABOUT?  Context specificity crucial THAT’S BOTH A POLICY AND POLITICAL QUESTION  SA, GHANA AND WEST BENGAL PAPERS ESPECIALLY FEEDS INTO COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES - later

7. 7 (2)“IT’S THE POLITICS, STUPID”  OUR WORK HAS TWO ASPECTS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS MEASUREMENT AND EXPLANATION  SOME PAPERS HAVE ADDRESSED BOTH DIRECTLY – NOT EASY Synchronics and diachronics hard to integrate  BUT EFFECTIVE or FAILED SBRs ARE NOT TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENTS BUT POLITICAL ONES Rise and ‘fall’ of NEDLAC a perfect example  AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THAT MATTER

8. 8 (3) INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES  ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE SBRs IS LARGELY AN INSTITUTIONAL QUESTION (And organizational)  SO, WHERE DO EFFECTIVE SBR INSTITUTIONS COME FROM?  AREA WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT but have not  BRINGING AGENCY BACK IN  HOPE WE CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ISSUES TOO IN POLICY ND COMMUNICATIONS AREAS

9. 9 (4) COMPARATIVE INSIGHTS – LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER  GENERALIZABLE INSIGHT WILL COME FROM COMPARATIVE WORK  LET’S MAKE SURE WE DON’T STICK TO OUR SILOS THIS WEEK  ALREADY INTERESTING COMPARISONS: West Bengal and SA (divided labour; divided business; divided state structures Takes us back to some of Dirk’s issues and matrix. Shoud there be other variables in the matrix?

10. 10 (5) INSTITUTIONS AND PRO- POOR GROWTH (IPPG !!!)  “conditions under which ‘benign collaboration’ gives rise to outcomes that are distinctly pro-poor” (JH and project purpose)  Not much enthusiasm around and not reflected in all our work  It’s also a normative issue, choosing not to focus on this – we should not duck it. Institutions matter for PPG  We should remind ourselves of that, even if donors and others have moved on

11. 11 POLICY IMPLICATIONS  IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR WORK  KEEP IT IN THE FRAME OF OUR DISCUSSION  NEED TO THINK THROUGH  WHO DO WE TARGET? WHY THEM? HOW? WHEN? WHERE?

12. 12 COMMUNICATIONS  Important aspect of the work  Sue Martin will lead us through a number of sessions on this  Need to think locally and at wider level  Strategies for each project important  Sessions on this and keep alive in discussion