World Bank
Support
 TFSCB
 STATCAP
 Monitoring
systems / Core Welfare
Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ)
 Readiness Assessment
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TFSCB
Multi-donor trust fund set up in 1999
 Closely coordinated with PARIS21
 Goal is to help reduce poverty by
strengthening the evidence-base for decision
making at all levels
 Shared vision with PARIS21 - to develop
effective and efficient national statistical
systems and to promote a culture of
evidence-based decision-making
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Focus of Activities
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Main objective is to strengthen national
statistical systems
But also allows for regional and global
actions where these are justified
Small grants, maximum of $400,000
with a maximum implementation period
of three years
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TFSCB funded activities can
be
 Country-specific
– NSDS
– Support for PRSP monitoring
– Improvement in macro/or sectoral statistics;
– Improvement of statistical infrastructure
– Training
 Regional
– Workshops, seminars etc, regional
coordination.
 Global
– Research, PARIS21 initiatives, etc
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TFSCB Application Process
Supervision
Recipient
Country
Grant
Agreement
Country
Management
Unit
Task
Team
Leader
TFSCB
Steering
Committee
TFSCB
Administration
Unit
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Project Implementation
 Preferred
model is for country
implementation
 Statistical agencies gain experience in
project management and
implementation
 Bank implementation is allowed, but
must be justified
 For some projects, spilt implementation
has worked well
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Some Outcomes
 Leverage
in projects: donor funds have
been matched by other resources –
including scarce resources from
recipients
 Follow-on investments: TFSCB has
stimulated larger investment projects
(e.g. Kenya, Burkina Faso, Nigeria)
 Leadership: countries are often
prepared to fund activities themselves,
but look to PARIS21 and TFSCB for
technical guidance
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Some Lessons
Linkage of the Trust Fund with a strong global
partnership is vital
 With small grants, need to focus on those
projects which leverage further investments
 Need flexibility to respond to priority needs
 Processes need to be streamlined but must
still be rigorous
 Need for a good advocacy strategy
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STATCAP
 National
statistical systems under
pressure
– Under-investment and a vicious cycle of
poor performance and inadequate
resources
 Need
to focus on both demand and
supply
 Need for a long-term approach
 But focus on results and outputs
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How will STATCAP work?
 A new
WB lending instrument for
statistical capacity building
– System wide or focused on particular areas
 An Adaptable
Program Loan (APL),
based on a sector wide approach
– National projects will be phases of the APL
– But projects may have several stages
 Designed
to be a simple, user-friendly
lending facility
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How will STATCAP work?
 Based
on a Project Appraisal Document
(PAD).
 PAD will be based on a Statistical
Master Plan (SMP) for the country
 The SMP will cover the entire national
statistical system, even if the project is
to finance SCB in only one area
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Statistical Master Plan
 Based
on national strategies for
statistical development
– Identify strengths and weaknesses,
– Propose an action plan
 Includes
– Statistical policy and the regulatory
framework, management and organization
– Statistical infrastructure
– Statistical operations and procedures
– Physical infrastructure and equipment.
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What will StatCap finance?
 Improving
statistical policy and
regulatory framework
 Development of statistical infrastructure
 Upgrading and developing statistical
operations and procedures
 Human resource development
 Investment in physical infrastructure
and equipment
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Assessing progress
 NSDS
will set strategic objectives
 Each stage of country project will have
specific goals and targets
 Make use of new assessment tools:
– GDDS, DQAF and statistical capacity
building indicators
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 More
information
www.worldbank.org/data
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How does a country get started?
 Funding – CWIQ Trust Fund
– Assistance for pilot & 2 annual national surveys
– Part of annual household survey prog.
– Covers pilot, TA, equip., dissemination
– $400,000 limit
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Technical Assistance
– Cadre of African consultants
– Two regional training centres, EASTC & ENSEA
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Product Development
– National ‘light’ monitoring survey
– Very large samples
– Community of practice
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Monitoring Systems
Evidence based Information
decision making Collection
Analysis
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Monitoring systems
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Lessons learnt
• Institutional arrangements are the key but no
blueprint
• System should be simple & flexible
• Build on existing processes
• Ultimate goal is to feed back into policy making
M & E Action Plans
for National Strategies
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Readiness Assessment
 To
set the context for the
development of M&E Action Plans for
National Strategies
• Incentives & Demands
• Roles & responsibilities
• Capacity building requirements
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Readiness Assessment
Further reading:
10 Steps to a Results-Based
Monitoring & Evaluation System
– Jody Kusek & Ray Rist
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