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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 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

Country Management

Unit

Task Team Leader

Recipient Country

TFSCB Administration

Unit

TFSCB Steering

CommitteeGrant Agreement

Supervision

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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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WORLD BANK SUPPORT

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

Technical Assistance– Cadre of African consultants– Two regional training centres, EASTC & ENSEA

Product Development– National ‘light’ monitoring survey– Very large samples– Community of practice

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Monitoring Systems

InformationCollection

Analysis

Evidence based decision making

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Monitoring systems

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