Harmonising
Ex ante poverty impact assessment
International Forum on Poverty Reduction
On Good Practices
14-15 November 2006
Solveig Buhl, GTZ
Solveig.buhl@gtz.de
A harmonised ex ante Poverty Impact
Assessment (PIA) is required
The new challenges are
• Harmonization
• Alignment
• Accountability
• Management for Development Results
• Increasing effectiveness
The Task Team within DAC POVNET
• Group founded in 2005 to develop harmonised and easy
to use approach to (ex ante) poverty impact assessment
• Participants: DAC/OECD, France, Germany, Japan,
Netherlands, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Ireland, Finland
(plus consultations with partner countries)
• Report “Harmonizing ex ante Poverty Impact Assessment”
approved by DAC in March 2006
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/44/36573576.pdf
• Pilots by several donors in 2006
• Guide to PIA will be submitted to POVNET in November
2006 and soon be published
Basic properties and level of
application
• Can cover most interventions (policy, programmes,
projects, NOT budget support)
• Based on existing approaches, e.g. PSIA, capability
framework
• Use of existing data and analyses
• Relatively simple, flexible approach, providing 5 modules
with matrices
PIA Framework and modules
PIA
Modules
5
Assess
Improvements to
MDGs plus
4
Assess Enhancement to capabilities
3
Determine transmission channels
2
Analyse Institutions & Stakeholders
Determine & Design Interventions
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National Strategies / Plans
Country Assistance Strategies
MDGs
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PIA is a flexible approach
• PIA should be embedded in ongoing planning and
appraisal process: can be part of comprehensive
planning document or constitute separate report
• PIA can be carried out by interdisciplinary team or as a
desk study – should never degenerate into a mere box
ticking exercise
• Time needed varies between 2 days and 2-3 weeks
• can also be used - in slightly modified way – for
assessment during or after implementation
The improved understanding of the planned
interventions serves several purposes
To summarise, PIA allows to
• identify interventions with high poverty reduction and
pro-poor growth impact
• improve design of proposed intervention
• identify existing information and information gaps
• identify monitoring needs
• Increased transparency, accountability and dialogue
• Reduces burden on partner countries
• Clearly in line with Paris Declaration!
Next steps and challenges
for the future
• Dissemination of lessons learned and continuous
learning
• Up-scaling of the approach
• Increased involvement of partner countries
• Capacity development
THANK YOU!
For further information
Promoting Pro-Poor Growth:
Harmonising Ex Ante Poverty Impact Assessment
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/44/36573576.pdf
The Guide to Ex Ante Poverty Impact Assessment will
be published soon!
Module 1: Poverty situation and relevance
to national strategies and plans
General poverty
situation in country /
region / area
Existing national
strategies /
programmes
relevant to the
intervention
Short description of
the intervention and
how it aligns to
national
programmes
Module 2: Stakeholder/ Institution
Analysis, Example PPP Biofuel
Stakeholders /
intermediaries
Main Tasks
Interests and pro-poor agenda;
aspects that might hinder them to
have a pro-poor agenda (risks)
Company India
Buy seedlings and
produce bio diesel
No particular interest in poverty
reduction
0
ICRISAT
Capacity Development
Research &
Development
Mainly interested in developing
viable, sustainable agronomic
approach, but also interested in
poverty reduction
+
International
company
Technology
Transfer
No particular interest in poverty
reduction
0
NGOs
Organising village level
groups to ensure
equity
By mandate interested in poverty
reduction and equity issues
++
Stength/
Direction
impact
++
Very positive
+
Positive
Not significant
Negative
Rating
-Very negative
Module 3: Understanding Transmission
Channels, example biofuel
Transmission
Channels
Transmission
Channels
Used
Results by
Transmission Channel Categories
Details & Risks
Short term
Medium
term
Details
& Risks
Market might
fluctuate
+
Prices
Information
Sources
Employment
Transfers
+
Access
+
Authority
+
Assets
Stength/
Direction
impact
++
Very positive
+
+
Positive
Not significant
Negative
-Very negative
Module 4: Outcomes related to
capabilities, example biofuel
Outcomes in terms of capabilities
Economic
Stakeholder
Groups
Land
owning
poor (with
large
proportion
of waste
land)
short
term
medium
term
+
++
Human
short
term
medium
term
Political
short
term
mediu
m term
Sociocultural
short
term
medium
term
+
short
term
+
Landless
poor
members
of SHGs
(90%
women)
Protective
Security
+
medium
term
Detail
&
risks
Information
sources
Mitigation
or
reinforcing
measures
Module 5: Understand impacts at
aggregated level, example biofuel
Strategic Development Goals
MDG 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Impacts
Details &
Risks
Information
Sources
+
If SHG are
supported
Interviews with …
+
marginal
+
MDG 2. Achieve universal primary education
MDG 3. Promote gender equality empower
women
MDG 4. Reduce child mortality
MDG 5. Improve maternal health
MDG 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, other
diseases
MDG 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
Pro Poor Growth
Protecting the vulnerable
Peace, Security, Disarmament
Human Rights, democracy and good
governance
Protecting the common environment