The South-South Experience Exchange Facility · Patricio Marquez, Uri Raich, Jari Vayrynen, Alica Dzelilovic, Phetdara Chanthala and Sutayut Osornprasop. Bruno Bonansea was the cartographer,

2014

The South-South Experience Exchange Facility

Implementation Progress Report

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CONTENTS

Abbreviations and Acronyms 3

Welcome Message 4

Overview 6

Map of South-South Facility Exchanges 8

I. Implementation Progress 9A. Overall Grant Status 10B. Approved Grants 11C. Portfolio Status 13D. Contributions 13

II. 2015 Client Survey 14A. Results 16B. Lessons and Client Responses from South-South Exchange 17

III. South-South Facility Grants in Action 18A. Enabling Pro-Poor Management of Zambia’s Mineral Wealth 20B. Modernizing Cairo’s Transport Authority 22C. Improving Energy Efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Public Buildings 24D. Strengthening Decentralization and Local Governance in the State of Kerala in India 26E. Mozambique: Enhancing Municipal Revenues to Improve Service Delivery 28F. Strengthening Management of State-Owned Enterprises in Bolivia 30

Annex Annex 1: South-South Facility Grants Approved in 2014 33Annex 2: South-South Facility Grants under Implementation as of December 31, 2014 37Annex 3: South-South Facility Grants Completed in 2014 41Annex 4: Countries Providing and Receiving Knowledge in the South-South Facility 44

The South-South Experience Exchange Facility 2014 Implementation Progress ReportCalendar Year Ending December 31, 2014

Prepared by Degi Young (Program Manager), Dean Thompson, Richard Crabbe, Núria Pérez Tello, Latifah Alsegaf and Carlos Sabatino.

AcknowledgmentsThe report benefited from guidance and inputs from Abha Joshi-Ghani, Laurent Besancon and Shobha Kumar.Peer Reviewers were Oscar de Bruyn Kops, Philip E. Karp, Steffen Soulejman Janus, Jerry A. Lebo, Seth Ayers, Bhavna Bhatia, Jeanette Murry, Joy Behrens, Maya Brahman, Keiko Nagai, Pronita Agrawal and Arathi Sundaravadanan.

Contributions for the result stories were provided by Jose M. Rodriguez Alvarez, Olivier Le Ber, Abdu Muwonge, Patricio Marquez, Uri Raich, Jari Vayrynen, Alica Dzelilovic, Phetdara Chanthala and Sutayut Osornprasop.

Bruno Bonansea was the cartographer, Sheldon Lippman was the editor, and Susanne Kasielke was the graphic designer.

Questions and comments regarding this report may be e-mailed to [email protected].

3ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AFR Sub-Saharan Africa

BEEP Bosnia and Herzegovina Energy Efficiency Project

CTA Cairo Transport Authority (Egypt)

CY Calendar year

DEST Department of Coordination and Government of Public Enterprises (Brazil)

EAP East Asia and the Pacific Region

ECA Europe and Central Asia Region

FONAFE National Financing Fund for State Enterprises (Peru)

IDA International Development Association

LCR Latin America and the Caribbean Region

MNA Middle East and North Africa Region

OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

SAR South Asia Region

SEEP Serbia Energy Efficiency Project

SOE State-owned enterprise

South-South Facility South-South Experience Exchange Facility

WBG World Bank Group

4 WELCOME MESSAGE

In this 2014 Implementation Progress Report, we are pleased to note that the South-South Facility has shown significant progress in three critical areas.

First, we have seen a marked increase in main-streaming the use of South-South knowledge exchanges in WBG-financed projects. Over time, the South-South Facility has tracked all the knowl-edge exchanges it has financed, and the data shows a two-fold increase in the number of South-South knowledge exchanges that support World Bank-fi-nanced projects. In 2014, 60 percent of the 42 grants approved by the Facility were associated with World Bank lending projects, compared to only 30 percent in 2009.

Second, we continue to see a marked increase in the number of grants from the facility that have been approved, completed, and disbursed. These results show a rising interest from countries in learning from their peers, and the World Bank teams are commit-ted to supporting this demand. In response to this

South-South Knowledge Exchanges are increasingly recognized as important development instruments. Evidence from case studies has shown that shar-ing knowledge has the potential to help countries accelerate their development and catalyze criti-cally needed change. To that end, there has been increased attention from the World Bank Group (WBG) and other stakeholders to mainstream and scale up South-South knowledge exchanges within WBG programs. This momentum is reflected in the IDA 17 Policy Commitment recommending that the World Bank Group systematically track and report on South-South knowledge exchanges within World Bank operations.

Since 2008, we have learned through experience what works and what does not work in the South-South Experience Exchange Facility (South-South Facility). What works, includes well-thought-out design and structured preparation to get to results, while building staff capacity to design and support smart knowledge exchanges in WBG programs and activities.

Welcome Message

5WELCOME MESSAGE

exchanges on the World Bank's forthcoming Open Learning Campus – an innovative learning platform for staff and clients to be launched in September of 2015. We will reach out to seek guidance and input from all the partners throughout the process to en-sure that the South-South Facility continues to play a leading role in facilitating South-South knowledge exchanges and continues its important contribution to the development agenda.

Sanjay Pradhan

Vice President, Leadership, Learning and Innovation Chairman, South-South Facility Oversight Committee

increased demand from clients, the South-South Facility is enhancing the efficiency of grant process-ing and simultaneously stepping up the mobilization of resources to meet this growing demand.

Finally, we note an increased interest and engage-ment from middle-income countries. Not only have contributions to the South-South Facility from middle-income countries increased over the past three years, but there has also been an increase in the number of middle-income countries seeking knowledge from other countries.

Over the next few months, we will review the overall strategy of the South-South Facility with the aim to improve the catalytic role of South-South knowledge exchanges. The review would assess the capacity of knowledge providers to share knowledge in a systematic way, and the capacity of WBG teams to design and implement results-based knowledge exchanges. We also plan to curate and highlight the key lessons learned from South-South knowledge

6 OVERVIEW

Overview

The Web-based South-South Knowledge Exchange Library provides background information on South-South knowledge exchanges as well as a suite of useful tools and resources for enhancing the ef-fectiveness of such exchanges. The online library can be accessed at http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske. Some of the main site features include:

• Results stories that demonstrate ways in which South-South knowledge exchanges have built local capacity (see examples in Chapter III, South-South Facility Grants in Action);

• Examples of successful South-South knowledge exchange financing approaches;

• “The Art of Knowledge Exchange,” a planning guide that helps development practitioners and government officials design results-oriented knowledge exchanges;

• An interactive map that shows results stories by country; and

• A media library that shares images, audio, and video associated with successful knowledge exchanges.

Launched in October 2008 as a multi-donor trust fund, the South-South Experience Exchange Facility (South-South Facility) enables sharing development experiences and knowledge among World Bank client countries by funding knowledge exchange activities. The South-South Facility can fund such knowledge exchanges based on demand expressed by the knowledge-recipient countries and designed with a focus on achieving results (See a few facts in Box 1). The results are captured in an interactive online Knowledge Exchange Library.

The South-South Facility comprises a unique mix of partners. The six original partners are China, Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. India, Russia, and Colombia joined in 2010. Indonesia joined in 2013. Six are middle-income countries (China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Russia). Membership contributions pledged and received to date total US$14.3 million, of which US$12.9 million has been allocated (includ-ing administrative costs).

Box 1. Facts at a Glance

• 195 knowledge exchanges have been approved of which 162 have been completed to date.• 92 percent of clients, in 2015 client survey, indicated that South-South knowledge exchanges

have helped achieve their stated objectives.a

• 105 countries have received knowledge from 88 countries.• 76 knowledge-receiving countries are also knowledge-providing countries.• More than 85 South-South Facility results stories are posted on the interactive online

Knowledge Exchange Library.• The locations of South-South knowledge exchanges are pinpointed on the map on page 8.

Note: Facts are cumulative as of December 31, 2014.a The exchanges in the survey were completed in 2013.

7OVERVIEW

Launched in October 2008 as a multi-donor trust fund, the South-South Experience Exchange Facility (South-South Facility) enables sharing development experiences and knowledge among World Bank client countries by funding knowledge exchange activities. The South-South Facility can fund such knowledge exchanges based on demand expressed by the knowledge-recipient countries and designed with a focus on achieving results (See a few facts in Box 1). The results are captured in an interactive online Knowledge Exchange Library.

The South-South Facility comprises a unique mix of partners. The six original partners are China, Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. India, Russia, and Colombia joined in 2010. Indonesia joined in 2013. Six are middle-income countries (China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Russia). Membership contributions pledged and received to date total US$14.3 million, of which US$12.9 million has been allocated (includ-ing administrative costs).

Box 1. Facts at a Glance

• 195 knowledge exchanges have been approved of which 162 have been completed to date.• 92 percent of clients, in 2015 client survey, indicated that South-South knowledge exchanges

have helped achieve their stated objectives.a

• 105 countries have received knowledge from 88 countries.• 76 knowledge-receiving countries are also knowledge-providing countries.• More than 85 South-South Facility results stories are posted on the interactive online

Knowledge Exchange Library.• The locations of South-South knowledge exchanges are pinpointed on the map on page 8.

Note: Facts are cumulative as of December 31, 2014.a The exchanges in the survey were completed in 2013.

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I. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

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B. APPROVED GRANTS

As of the end of 2014, the accumulated approved grant amount dispensed for South-South knowledge exchange grants totaled US$11.3 million. Consistent with earlier findings, lower-income countries account for a significantly larger amount of grants approved due to the South-South Facility’s focus on lower-income countries during the first three years of its operations. But the share of middle-income country grant approvals has risen (Figure 2). In 2014, 38 per-cent of the grant approvals were for middle-income countries, up from 20 percent in 2013.

Figure 2: Comparison of grant approvals by coun-try income levels, CY2008-2014 (US$ millions)

Note: Prior to 2011, only lower-income countries were eligible for funding. In addition the limit of an individual grant was US$150,000. The current limit is US$50,000.

A. OVERALL GRANT STATUS

Mainstreaming South-South knowledge exchanges into World Bank operations reflects one of the objec-tives of the South-South Facility. These exchanges have become increasingly integrated into World Bank lending projects. In 2009, only 30 percent of grants ap-proved were associated with World Bank lending proj-ects. In 2014, 60 percent of the 42 grants approved were associated with World Bank lending projects.

Over the past three years there has been a gradual increase in the number of grants ap-proved. Since its inception, the South-South Facility has approved 195 grants and completed 162 grants (Figure 1). At the end of 2014 there were 33 grants under implementation (Annex 2). Only 9 grants have been cancelled. The majority of the cancellations oc-curred in the earlier years when there were calls for proposals. In these cases, teams applied for funds without being well prepared for execution. Applying on a rolling basis enables teams to be well prepared, prior to requesting funding.

Thirty-six grants were completed in 2014, repre-senting a 19 percent increase in the number of grants that were completed in 2013 (Annex 3). The increase in the number of grants completed is due in part to the increase in the number of grants approved in 2013 and the prompt completion of knowledge exchanges within the year.

Figure 1: Number of grants approved, active, and closed by calendar year

Note: One grant was approved in December 2008 and has been included in the amounts for 2009.

Since inception of the South-South Facility, Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR) continues to have the larg-est share (23 percent) of total approved grants, followed closely by Latin America and Caribbean Region (LCR) at 21 percent and East Asia and the Pacific Region (EAP) at 20 percent. The growth in approvals in the Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia and the Pacific reflect the increased interest by middle-income countries in using the

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Figure 3: Percentage of approved grants by Region

Inner circle shows totals for 2014 and outer circle shows totals for 2008-2014

Note: Percentage of number of exchanges approved within each Region

Cross-regional knowledge exchange continues to represent the majority of the exchanges financed by the South-South Facility. Fostering cross- regional knowledge sharing is an impor-tant factor for the newly created Global Practices of the World Bank. Approximately 55 percent of knowledge exchanges funded by the South-South Facility involve countries seeking knowledge outside their Region. Many knowledge-seeking countries continue to reach out to the Latin America

and the Caribbean Region for its shown ability to share relevant knowledge (Figure 4). Combined, Sub-Saharan Africa and the East Asia and Pacific Region represent nearly half of knowledge-seeking exchanges from other Regions (Figure 5).

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Governance and public sector management continues to be the topic of most interest for South-South Facility-funded knowledge exchang-es followed by finance and private sector devel-opment. Urban development also remains a topic of strong interest, with an increase of 2 percent over the previous year (Table 3).

Table 3: Sectoral focus of approved knowledge exchanges (cumulative, 2008-2014)

Note: Table 3 represents the percentage of exchanges involved in the top 10 sectors.

Vietnam tops the list of countries that most frequently seek knowledge from others through South-South Facility-financed knowledge ex-changes (Table 1). For the past three years, Brazil has topped the list of knowledge-providing coun-tries in South-South Facility-financed knowledge exchanges (Table 2). India, on the other hand, represents the country that has the largest com-bined number of exchanges. It is the second larg-est recipient of knowledge and the second largest provider of knowledge.

Table 1: Top 10 countries receiving knowledge in South-South Facility exchanges

Table 2: Top 10 countries providing knowledge in South-South Facility exchanges

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Brazil 31

India 25

China 17

Colombia 16

South Africa 13

Chile 12

Mexico 11

Peru 10

Indonesia 9

Philippines 9

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Governance and Public Sector Management 15

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C. PORTFOLIO STATUS

The grant disbursement rate in 2014 has increased (Figure 6). This outcome is a result of the large number of grants approved in 2013. In addition, the higher number of middle-income country approvals have caused the disbursement rate for that income level to rise as well. It is expected that the disburse-ment rate will continue to increase going forward, given the higher approval rate in 2014.

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D. CONTRIBUTIONS

Total contributions have grown from US$12.5 million in 2013 to US$14.3 million in 2014. In 2014, the South-South Facility received US$1.7 million through contributions from Indonesia (US$1.5 million) and India (US$0.2 million) (Figure 7).

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Finding solutions to development challenges.

The knowledge acquired from this exercise helped the Ministry to set strategies on how to proceed with the implementation of the Social Safety Net component of the Building of Social Protection Systems in South Sudan project.

Participant from the South Sudan knowledge exchange, Designing a Successful Cash Transfer Program.

Establishing networks between peers.

This exchange of experience helped us to build a solid network of practitioners with an advanced partner agency.

Participant from the knowledge exchange on Armenia Competition Policy Enforcement: Learning Through Exchange of Experience

Raised awareness of what is possible.

The South-South knowledge exchange exposed me to other options of doing things, including addressing urban development issues and citizen engagement and recommending which of the experiences would apply to our situation.

Participant from the knowledge exchange Urban Local Government Exchange Program.2

World Bank’s role as a facilitator.

[…] In that sense the experience was successful, producing immediate changes in the governing institution, who began a process to prepare the outsourcing of cadastral services.

Participant from the knowledge exchange for Land Administration Agencies in Latin America and Europe and Central Asia

1 Basedonresponsetoquestion13ofClientFeedbackfor“Anyadditionalcomments”onExternalTrainingInitiativeswithFinalDeliverytoClientinFY13.SurveyedOctober-November2013.

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One of the respondents, for example, from the knowledge exchange “Creating and sustaining poverty committees in Latin America and the OECS” indicated: “The workshop exposed me to the different concepts and methodologies to produce poverty and inequality statistics for the Latin Ameri-can Region and how some of these practices can be adopted for the national and sub-regional level.”

More than two-thirds of the surveyed clients indicated an increase in their capacity to find solutions to their development challenges.3 The survey illustrated that the primary manner in which the exchange increased the clients’ capacity to find solutions was by accelerating decision making and reform. A majority also indicated that the exchange helped to develop an action plan or strategy note. This point was exemplified in a comment that was made by a participant in an exchange between India and Mexico: 4 “[...] It was very nice to see how Mexico has developed environmentally sustainable tourism. These concepts have been incorporated in the relevant policies of the state government in Himachal Pradesh.”

Twenty-five percent (25%) of clients indicated that the exchange informed a decision to request a new World Bank-financed project. These findings are consistent with the overall increase in incorpo-rating South-South knowledge exchange into Bank lending projects. This is an important outcome as it reflects that clients are interested in implement-ing and sustaining the knowledge that they have received.

3 Based on response to Question 3 of the Client Survey “How did this South-South Knowledge Exchange help you (or your organization) achieve the objective(s)?”

4 Based on response to Question 7 of the Client Survey: “Do you have additional comments about the results of South-South Knowledge Exchange?”

In January 2015, the World Bank surveyed 52 stake-holders and participants of World Bank client coun-tries involved in 23 knowledge exchanges that were funded by the South-South Facility and completed in 2013. The survey had a 61 percent response rate among clients with 14 out of 23 exchanges respond-ing across diverse sectors and regions, and was instrumental in capturing client feedback on results and lessons of South-South knowledge exchanges. A. RESULTS

Ninety-two percent (92%) of clients indicated that the South-South knowledge exchange helped them to achieve their development objectives.2 This rep-resents a 3 percent increase from the results of the 2014 survey. When asked how this was achieved, the majority of the respondents (88 percent) noted that knowledge exchanges were instrumental in raising their awareness of possibilities and improving under-standing on how to solve problems (Figure 8).

Figure 8: Comparison of client perceptions on how South-South knowledge exchange helps to achieve objectives

Note: Based on response to Question 3 of 2015 Client Survey: “How did this South-South knowledge exchange help you (or your organization) achieve the objective(s)?”

2 Based on response to Question 2 of Client Survey: “Did this South-South Knowledge Exchange help you (or your organi-zation) achieve the objective(s)?”

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There is a need to increase the amount of time spent during field visits. While some of the partici-pants acknowledged that the exchanges were use-ful, they also felt that the duration of exchanges was insufficient to absorb all the information. This finding combined with the earlier findings of increased communication may point toward recognition that knowledge exchanges could benefit from innovative communication methods that go beyond field visits.

B. LESSONS AND CLIENT RESPONSES FROM SOUTH-SOUTH EXCHANGE

The design of exchanges can be improved through better communications and documenting of lessons learned.5 Participants indicated that they were inter-ested in receiving materials and translations prior to the exchange and also being able to communicate with their peers following the exchange. Others were more specific in their advice; a participant from the knowledge exchange between Indonesia and Vietnam on Output and Results-Based Approach for Local Government Programs suggested that: “Beside field visits and exchanges, [World Bank Group] should document important lessons and experiences in both English and local languages to improve wider access. It is important to diversify knowledge-sharing approaches/methods. Target au-diences of knowledge exchange should be widened (i.e., more provincial participants).”

5 Based on response to Question 8 of the Client Survey “What advise can you give us to improve South-South Knowledge Exchanges in the future?”

“Since there is still a knowledge gap between us; we would like to have more detailed knowledge and combine this knowledge with a case study.”

Participant from the Strengthening Budgetary Management for Improving Development Outcomes in Myanmar

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III. SOUTH-SOUTH FACILITY GRANTS IN ACTION

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This chapter presents a sampling of stories from countries on the receiving and providing end of knowledge exchange through the South-South Facility. Each story identifies the problems prior to seeking experience from counterparts in countries with demonstrated successes, what were the objectives in seeking the knowledge exchange, and what has happened since the interventions. More examples of case studies are available in the South-South Knowledge Exchange Library. The online library can be accessed at http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske.


protection initiatives for the poor. Through an ex-change with Chile, officials from Zambia’s Ministry of Finance, sector ministries, and key agencies sought to identify and develop new approaches, policies, and programs that could ensure the pro-poor man-agement of Zambia’s mineral wealth.

What has happened so far?

In June 2013, Chilean officials visited Lusaka to meet with officials from the Ministry of Finance and vari-ous public, private, and civil society organizations to understand Zambia’s challenges and plan a study tour to Chile. For a week in January 2014, a Zambian delegation travelled to Santiago and Rancagua to meet with officials from Chilean ministries and other institutions to learn about Chile’s approaches for managing mineral wealth such as through a Stabi-lization Fund to guard against volatility in copper prices, integrated planning and budgeting systems, and a mechanism to share mineral royalties with lo-cal communities. Delegates explored options for di-versifying the economy, such as investing in agricul-

What was the objective of the South-South exchange?

Zambia faced challenges managing its natural resource wealth, especially from copper mining, in ways that reduce poverty; diversify the economy; and improve education, health, and livelihoods of Zambian citizens. Chile, another major copper pro-ducer, had a track record in supporting fiscal policies and programs that support sound management of mineral revenue, and health, education, and social

Recipient country: Zambia

Knowledge-providing country: Chile

South-South Facility Funding: US$49,990

Sectors: Extractives, governance, health, education, social protection

Task Team Leader: Patricio Marquez

A. Enabling Pro-Poor Management of Zambia’s Mineral Wealth


that no amount of financing can substitute.” Other results achieved from the exchange include:

• Zambia’s Minister of Finance announced creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund to better manage mineral wealth and protect against shocks in copper prices.

• The Zambian Government took steps to improve and better coordinate social protection pro-grams, including development of a unified regis-try of beneficiaries and a management informa-tion system. Zambian officials have committed to use this unified beneficiary registry in a proposed Women Empowerment Program funded by the World Bank.

• Inspired by Chile, Zambian officials have expressed interest in participating in a World Bank-facilitated dialogue to foster trust with mining companies on key issues.

ture and fisheries, and learned about Chile’s national strategy for developing skilled workers. Delegates gained insights into Chile’s programs and strategies for improving social protection, including its use of a unified registry of beneficiaries. They were particu-larly impressed with how Chile, through the private foundation Fundación Chile, had fostered dialogue and trust between the public sector and mining companies to support innovative solutions to accel-erate economic growth. The delegation also visited and learned about the El Teniente mine, the largest copper mine in the world.

What results have been achieved?

After the exchange, Zambian officials developed an action plan to identify “quick wins” in reform-ing fiscal policies and health, education, and social protection initiatives. Dr. Roland Msiska, Secretary to the Cabinet in Zambia, concluded that the exchange was “a tremendous learning opportunity, and I ap-preciate the Bank’s convening and connecting role


Recipient country: Egypt

Knowledge-providing country: India and China


Sector: Transport, Urban

Task Team Leader: Olivier Le Ber

the Greater Cairo Region, and CTA’s responsibilities in overseeing the transport sector needed to be re-visited in light of this development. The institutional fragmentation has hampered coordinated action to address the deficiencies in policies, standards, and other requirements for ensuring clean and efficient public transport in Cairo. Therefore, the exchange aimed to tap the experience of Indian and Chinese practitioners in creating an integrated transportation system, and to guide the government toward pursu-ing a single vision for reforming the Cairo Transport Authority to improve operational and financial sustainability.


Nine officials from Egypt with responsibility for CTA modernization undertook a study tour of India and China in March 2014 to learn how the two coun-tries carried out reform of their public transporta-tion systems. Those selected for the tour included decision makers and technical managers from the Cairo Transport Authority, Cairo Traffic Bureau, Cairo


Regardless of their political side, all stakeholders agree that alleviating Cairo’s traffic congestion is a top priority. Public transport services are far short of what they should be in a city the size of Cairo with 17 million people and growing rapidly. The Cairo Transport Authority (CTA), the main bus operator, has suffered from the traditional inefficiencies as-sociated with state-owned enterprises isolated from competitive pressures. In addition, the Government of Egypt created a Transport Regulatory Authority of

B. Modernizing Cairo’s Transport Authority



Knowledge gained through the exchange is be-ing incorporated into designing the CTA reform under a World Bank-funded Cairo Urban Transport Infrastructure Development Project. The project is in preparation.

This South-South Facility-funded exchange helped capture for participants how all parties should work as a team to develop a common vision toward improving the efficiency of the bus system in Cairo. Bringing together development practitioners from India, China, and Egypt helped to create a platform to sustain professional networking during the reform implementation and beyond the actual exchange.

Governorate, and Ministry of Transport. In China, participants visited the Beijing Public Bus Operating Company. The tour continued in India to Ahmed-abad, Bangalore, and New Delhi to visit public bus operating companies as well as authorities in charge of organizing public transport. In each city, the study tour comprised a mixed two- or three-day program of presentations and discussions at company head-quarters, and detailed tours of management and operations offices, depots, maintenance facilities, terminals, and bus stations. The participants learned firsthand the institutional context, challenges, reform packages, and implementation experience regard-ing how to achieve better operational and financing performance, leading to improved services, while remaining state-owned enterprises. The Indian and Chinese companies candidly discussed initiatives that succeeded as well as those that did not during reform of their respective companies.


C. Improving Energy Efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Public Buildings

Recipient country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Knowledge-providing country: Serbia


Sector: Energy, Infrastructure

Task Team Leader: Jari Vayrynen

• Build capacity on how to identify, develop, and manage building energy efficient investments and, as a specific technical focus area, to perform energy-efficiency audits in buildings.

• Support the proposed Bosnia and Herze-govina Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP), under preparation with financing of US$32 million, and strengthen the country’s capacity and prepared-ness to swiftly and successfully implement BEEP.


During July-November 2013, experts from SEEP visited Bosnia and Herzegovina for a multi-faceted knowledge exchange program for about 40 energy specialists. This program comprised technical as-sistance on how to conduct energy audits involving engineers and technical professionals from the gov-ernment, universities, and private sector; the partici-pants subsequently conducted 35 energy audits. The exchange program also included a management skills workshop for 16 government and public sector officials and project implementation staff. In March


The often-inefficient energy end-use in Bosnia and Herzegovina indicates a real need for reducing the burden of energy expenses in both public and private sectors. An important energy sector goal of the country is to increase energy efficiency by 9 percent by 2018, and for the public sector to demonstrate leader-ship in improving energy efficiency. Drawing on the success of the first and second Serbia Energy Efficien-cy Projects (SEEP) in public buildings across Serbia, the knowledge exchange had multiple objectives:


constraints from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Gov-ernment to allocate sufficient funds for the BEEP preparation stage. The exchange not only equipped the Government to better implement BEEP and demonstrate leadership in improving energy effi-ciency but strengthened the capacity of the private sector service providers. Participants and the project implementation unit, for example, have conducted further audits in order to determine the best-suited buildings for various batches of retrofitting under BEEP. Further to the exchange, an informal network of experts has emerged to enable close collabora-tion (via phone, e-mail, and face-to-face meetings) with both BEEP and SEEP leadership when the need arises. Members of the network can now obtain ex-pert and experience-based advice on technical and non-technical aspects of energy-efficiency projects.

2014, 4 project implementation unit officials traveled to Belgrade, Serbia, for a follow-up study tour to observe day-to-day project operations; learn about short-, medium-, and long-term challenges and solutions; and exchange ideas on lessons learned from SEEP project management. Overall, technical and non-technical staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia enhanced their knowledge and skills on issues related to energy efficiency, energy audit calculation requirements and methodology, space heating requirements in buildings, and project implementation in energy efficiency themes.


The exchange directly contributed to the prepa-ration of the IDA credit of US$32 million to fund BEEP. This funding proved to be very timely given


Recipient country: India

Knowledge-providing country: South Africa


Sector: Governance

Task Team Leader: Abdu Muwonge

Sustained capacity building of local self-governments was identified as an area that would require signifi-cant effort. Toward this objective, the Government of Kerala requested the Bank to identify international ex-periences and good practice in capacity building that would benefit officials of local self-governments. This knowledge exchange was meant to bring together officials from Kerala to learn from their counterparts in the Government of South Africa where tremendous achievements in reforming the intergovernmental fis-cal system have been posted by the central and local government since the end of Apartheid.


Officials participated in videoconferencing with South African counterparts to discuss municipal finance and governance systems, and develop an agenda for a study tour. Nine Indian officials, including Kerala’s Minister for Panchayat and Social Justice, directors from the Kerala Institute of Local Administration and other agencies, and municipal leaders visited Johan-nesburg, Pretoria, and Durban. In Johannesburg, del-egates met with the Department of Cooperative Gov-ernance and Traditional Affairs where they learned about South Africa’s programs and integrated infor-


In line with India’s 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amend-ment, the state of Kerala has, since the mid-1990s, embraced decentralization reforms aimed at devolv-ing greater funds, functions, and functionaries to local self- governments that would provide public services such as sanitation, healthcare, and education. In 2011, the Kerala Government further embarked on tackling the second-generation institutional reform challenges facing local self-governments by implementing the World Bank-supported Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery Project. Funded at US$200 million, the project sought to enhance the institutional capac-ity of local self-governments to perform and deliver on their newly delegated mandate.

D. Strengthening Decentralization and Local Governance in the State of Kerala in India


provider of know-how to other states. This exchange also provided an opportunity for South Africa to learn from Kerala, notably in ways to involve poor people in the implementation of government programs.

Within the context of the Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery Project, Kerala officials organized an exchange for three days in August 2014 to share good practice in decentralization and good practice among Kerala and the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and West Bengal. The knowledge-sharing experience was aligned with a pillar of the Bank’s In-dia Country Partnership Strategy (FY13-17) to support low-income states. The experience also stimulated further interest from participating states in deepening the decentralization reforms enshrined in the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment.

Complementing efforts of the Kerala Local Govern-ment and Service Delivery Project, state agencies increased their capacity to train local governments. For example, the Kerala Institute of Local Admin-istration has updated its training mechanisms and manuals gained from the South Africa experience at the Municipal Institute of Learning.

mation system for training provincial and local gov-ernments. They also met with representatives at the National Treasury where they learned about the laws and formulas for dividing national funding among local governments. Delegates met with officials from South Africa’s Cities Support Program and the South Africa Local Government Association, which advo-cates for the interests of local governments among national authorities. In addition, they consulted with staff from the South African Cities Network and the Johannesburg Development Agency, where they learned how Johannesburg engages communities in public planning. In Pretoria and Durban, the delega-tion met with municipal officials to learn about how they govern, plan public programs, and finance infra-structure and services, and toured a Durban housing site. Finally, they consulted with Municipal Institute of Learning, which provides comprehensive training to local governments.


The exchange increased the capacity of Kerala and local self-government officials to plan, manage, and deliver public services while positioning Kerala, which is a more relatively decentralized Indian state, as a


E. Mozambique: Enhancing Municipal Revenues to Improve Service Delivery

Recipient country: Mozambique

Knowledge-providing country: Brazil


Sector: Urban Development

Task Team Leader: Uri Raich

therefore focused on strengthening capacity to improve municipal tax collection and raise the rev-enues required for financing increased coverage and quality of municipal services, mainly in low-income periurban areas. Visits to Brazil by Maputo Municipal Council officials stimulated interest in learning from the experience of Brazilian municipalities in revenue administration.


In September 2012, Maputo Municipal Council officials and technicians traveled to the State of Parana in Brazil to meet officials of the state gov-ernment and to visit two municipalities with similar characteristics and challenges. Brazilian officials from Paranacidade visited Maputo on four subse-quent occasions to provide on-the-job training and technical assistance. Through joint fieldwork, the methodology used in Brazil was refined and adapted to the reality in Maputo. After six months of coop-eration with Paranacidade, in March 2013 Maputo


With the largest urban population in Mozambique, the capital city Maputo faces a continuous demand for municipal services. The city is aware that it must increase its own sources of revenue to ensure that services are provided in a sustainable manner. A primary challenge for Maputo has been to improve its tax base by continuously updating and expand-ing the property cadaster (registry of taxpayers). The twin-city exchange with Brazilian counterparts


program implementation (2011-2015). Going forward the Council is committed to making property taxes the main source of municipal revenue and thus a pillar of financial sustainability.

With the support of Paranacidade, Maputo Munici-pal Council has been able to update and/or add more than 25,000 properties to its cadaster, reaching a total of 57,000 properties. At the moment, the ca-daster covers almost the entirety of the main urban core of the city (that includes most of the high-value properties). The Council now plans to expand its ca-daster to the suburban planned neighborhoods and to the unplanned neighborhoods near the city core.

After the completion of knowledge exchange, Maputo Municipal Council and Paranacidade expanded their memorandum of understanding to ensure the continuity of this technical assistance that will now go until mid-2016. The costs for the coop-eration have now been fully taken by the Council.

Municipal Council implemented piloted fieldwork with 30 interns to test the new methodology on the rapid expansion of the property cadaster. After a positive experience, the exercise was repeated with 60 mid-level technicians from July to October 2013. Monitoring primarily came through regular progress updates and assistance via e-mail and videoconfer-encing. Overall, the program benefited 80 municipal employees, including 17 technicians and municipal staff of the Department of Revenue, and 60 mid-level technicians in charge of fieldwork.


There is now a positive trend in property tax col-lection in Maputo. As a result of this cooperation, Maputo Municipal Council has managed to reach all its yearly targets agreed in the Bank-financed Mu-nicipal Development Program that set up an overall increase of 300 percent through the five years of


cial management of state-owned enterprises, which could inform the implementation of this Law and secondary legislation. Bolivian authorities sought to learn from the models of Brazil and Peru, which had faced similar SOE management challenges, to sup-port the application of this Law.


In 2014, officials from key Bolivian ministries en-gaged in a multi-pronged exchange with Brazil’s De-partment of Coordination and Government of Public Enterprises (DEST), Peru’s National Financing Fund for State Enterprises (FONAFE), and other agencies and state-owned enterprises. In April 2014, Bolivian officials visited Peru and Brazil to learn about the respective roles of DEST and FONAFE; the national strategies and policies and approaches for planning, regulating, and financing state-owned enterprises; and, specifically, the SOE operations in energy, oil, water, and agriculture. In May, Peruvian officials from FONAFE travelled to Bolivia to learn about Bolivia’s


The Bolivian Government sought to improve the management and regulation of state-owned enter-prises (SOE), which provide services in key sectors such as energy, transport, and communication. Boliv-ian officials approved in 2013 a Public Corporation Law establishing a legal framework for state-owned enterprises. However, Bolivian officials lacked knowl-edge of how to design and implement models for strategic planning, corporate governance, and finan-

Recipient country: Bolivia

Knowledge-providing country: Peru, Brazil


Sector: Governance, Private Sector Development

Task Team Leader: Jose M. Rodriguez Alvarez

F. Strengthening Management of State-Owned Enterprises in Bolivia



The exchange was critical in helping the Bolivian Government to better manage state-owned enter-prises, particularly by supporting application of the new SOE Law. In the end, Bolivian officials applied lessons from the exchange to draft and develop sec-ondary legislation and rules and regulations related to the SOE Law. For example, what they learned dur-ing the exchange was applied to help develop a final version of the General Guidelines for SOE Strategic Planning and Management of External Financing and General Guidelines on SOE Assets and Services and Internal Financing.

Public Corporation Law and share their experiences. Bolivian officials visited Peru again in June to investi-gate more deeply FONAFE’s organization, functions, and management tools for directing and regulating state-owned enterprises, particularly related to stra-tegic planning, budgeting, and information systems. The exchange enabled Bolivian officials to gain new insights into options for governing, planning, and funding of state-owned enterprises. They also came to understand that effectively managing this sector requires a balance between control and autonomy, and providing support to individual enterprises to carry out their objectives. They also gained a better understanding of their role in the SOE sector and how to better coordinate their work.


What was the situation prior to the exchange?

In December 2013, the Plurinational State of Bolivia enacted its first law on state-owned enterprises at the central state level (Law 466). After approval of this law, there was a need to pass regulations – also known as General Guidelines – on aspects of SOE management (for example, the financing system, administration of goods and services, public corpo-rate planning, the employment regime). To inform the implementation of this law and the develop-ment of Guidelines, the Government engaged in an exchange with Peru (FONAFE) and Brazil (DEST).

What were the results from the exchange?

The knowledge shared with the Bolivian team by FONAFE and DEST was of the utmost importance to preparing general guidelines for SOE manage-ment with regard to public business planning and financing. The exchange also built the capacity of technicians in the Ministry of Development Planning to develop General Guidelines related to the legal regime of state-owned enterprises and to analyze regulations. Moreover, the exchange exposed best practices concerning adequate corporate gover-nance in public companies.

The Ministry also intends to share input gained from the corporations dependent on FONAFE and DEST with Bolivian state-owned enterprises, and use them throughout the process of implementing Law 466. In addition, communication was improved between the Bolivian team, and established channels for contin-ued learning between Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil on SOE management issues, particularly corporate gov-ernance, financial oversight, and strategic planning.

What would have happened if you didn’t have the exchange?

The exchange made possible useful, timely, and of-ficial information about the state-owned enterprises dependent on FONAFE and DEST and their practic-es related to strategic planning, financing regimes, and corporate governance. Furthermore, without the exchange, the Bolivian Government would not have established the closer contact among technical teams from Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia, and would have lost an opportunity for more in-depth knowledge of different SOE management and governance styles.

CLIENT FEEDBACK FROM MINISTER ELBA VIVIANA CARO HINOJOSA, MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA

33ANNEX

ANNEX 1: South-South Facility Grants

Approved in 2014

34 ANNEX 1

No. Region Grant name Requesting country

Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)

1. Sub-Saharan Africa3A-Strategies for tackling non-communicable diseases: Case of cancer care and control

Uganda, Botswana

Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia

02/25/2014 02/25/2015 49,000

2. Sub-Saharan AfricaKnowledge exchange on agricultural productivity and commodity value-chain creation

Uganda Senegal 03/16/2014 03/19/2015 49,000

3. Sub-Saharan Africa

Improving the institutional capacity of Cabo Verde to support tourism sector through a national tourism organization

Cape Verde Seychelles 05/15/2014 04/30/2015 49,940

4. Sub-Saharan AfricaCapacity development for Somalia disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process

Somalia Rwanda 09/21/2014 09/03/2015 49,950

5. Sub-Saharan Africa Mauritius Education Hub Mauritius Brazil, India 10/06/2014 06/20/2015 49,000


Improving the institutional capacity of Madagascar to support the tourism sector’s development

Madagascar Malaysia 11/17/2014 04/30/2015 49,956

7. East Asia & PacificMunicipal development fund for enhanced financing of municipal infrastructure

Vietnam Colombia 01/08/2014 04/30/2014 40,967

8. East Asia & PacificFinancial sector assessment program study tour and capital market development

Lao PDRCambodia, Malaysia

03/14/2014 04/30/2014 24,421

9. East Asia & Pacific

Meeting Indonesia’s urban development challenge: South-South exchange on national urban programs

IndonesiaSouth Africa, India

05/01/2014 06/30/2015 49,000


Knowledge exchange in the design and implementation of e-government procurement system in Vietnam

Vietnam Chile 05/21/2014 11/19/2014 46,976

11. East Asia & PacificVietnam subnational economic development: lessons from India’s experience

Vietnam India 06/06/2014 03/30/2015 49,000

12. East Asia & PacificBuilding performance audit capacity of Indonesia Supreme Audit Institution

Indonesia South Africa 06/12/2014 12/31/2014 6,907


The revision of village legislation in Timor-Leste: Exchanging experiences with other developing countries facing similar challenges

Timor-Leste

Mozambique, South Africa, Nepal, India, Vanuatu

08/12/2014 01/31/2015 46,345


Knowledge sharing and experience exchange on the optimal utilization and management of external financing for development

VietnamChina, Indonesia, Philippines

11/03/2014 06/30/2015 49,000

15.Europe & Central Asia

Improving solid waste management for greener growth in Romania

Romania Turkey 04/23/2014 12/17/2014 47,932


Routine maintenance of rural roads through the concept of microenterprises

Armenia Peru 06/03/2014 05/31/2015 49,980


Strengthening municipal financing mechanisms in Tajikistan

TajikistanBangladesh, Georgia

07/18/2014 06/30/2015 49,000

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Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)


Promoting broadband market development

Kyrgyzstan Croatia 08/11/2014 03/31/2015 48,700


Railway sector knowledge exchange

Ukraine Poland 11/26/2014 02/15/2015 49,000


Learning from the Romanian experience in the district heating sector

Moldova Romania 12/01/2014 12/15/2015 49,000

21.Latin America & the Caribbean

Knowledge exchange on incorpo-ration of disaster risk management in territorial planning

Honduras Colombia 01/08/2014 08/31/2014 47,469


Efficient municipal enterprises for enhancing delivery of basic public services

Ecuador Colombia 01/23/2014 04/16/2015 49,000


Improving the capacity of the Bolivian central government to develop corporate governance, financial management supervision, and strategic planning in state-owned enterprises

Bolivia Brazil, Peru 02/20/2014 06/30/2014 37,447


National bank of public invest-ment projects and programs for an adequate planning and execu-tion of public investment at the subnational level

Colombia Peru 04/04/2014 06/30/2014 44,579


Knowledge exchange between Mexico and Morocco in the renewable energy sector

Mexico Morocco 05/01/2014 05/31/2015 49,000


Oaxaca-Ceara sustainable water supply and sanitation (services knowledge exchange

Mexico Brazil 05/22/2014 10/01/2014 47,209


Nicaragua learns from land administration experience in Croatia and Macedonia

NicaraguaMacedonia, Croatia

06/06/2014 02/15/2015 49,000


Improving landfill operation standards and social inclusion plans, in municipalities and national financing programs in Argentina and Bolivia

Bolivia, Argentina

Colombia, Peru 08/28/2014 04/15/2015 49,000


South-South exchange to improve the management of health tech-nologies (medical equipment) in the public health system

Nicaragua, El Salvador

Brazil 09/25/2014 09/15/2015 26,000


Jamaica learning from Malaysia education leadership development

Jamaica Malaysia 11/26/2014 12/31/2015 49,900


Strengthening of a geo- referenced information system, as a tool of the state’s strategic planning, with special emphasis in the subnational levels

BoliviaEcuador, Chile, Peru

11/26/2014 04/15/2015 49,500


Building a corporate governance framework for state-owned enterprises in Paraguay

Paraguay Peru, Chile 12/01/2014 05/31/2015 49,000


Environmental sustainable cacao production for small scale IP and Afro-descendants farmers in Honduras

HondurasDominican Republic

12/02/2014 06/30/2015 49,500

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Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)

34.Middle East & North Africa

Road maintenance and perfor-mance contracts: The Uruguayan and Argentinian experience

MoroccoUruguay, Argentina

04/22/2014 04/17/2015 49,000


National railways reform in Egypt: Experiences from Morocco and Tunisia

EgyptMorocco, Tunisia

06/06/2014 06/30/2015 49,999


Djibouti South-South development exchange r oundtable, sectorial five-year action plans for implementing Vision 2035

DjiboutiRwanda, Cape Verde, Mauritius

06/09/2014 06/01/2015 49,999


Study tour for knowledge and experience exchange on integrated water resources management

Morocco China 06/27/2014 04/30/2015 49,900


Study tour for knowledge exchange on integrated coastal zone management

Morocco India 06/30/2014 06/30/2015 49,900

39. South AsiaKnowledge exchange for designing and implementing conditional cash transfer programs

India Mexico 02/25/2014 12/31/2014 19,708

40. South Asia

Improving water and sanitation facility in lagging Indian states learning from the experience of Brazil

India Brazil 03/12/2014 02/24/2015 49,000

41. South AsiaIncreasing VAT revenues and transparency in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Vietnam 08/11/2014 01/15/2015 49,360

42. South AsiaBusiness community support for tax reform exchange


Summary of grants approved by region in 2014

Region Grant amount (US$) Grant amount as % of total

Sub-Saharan Africa 296,846 16

East Asia & Pacific 312,616 16

Europe & Central Asia 293,612 15

Latin America & the Caribbean 596,604 31

Middle East & North Africa 248,798 13

South Asia 151,993 8

Total 1,900,469 100

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under Implementation as of December 31, 2014

38 ANNEX 2


Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)


Facilitating expressway development in Ethiopia through collaboration: leveraging China’s 25 years of experience

Ethiopia China 10/31/2013 06/30/2015 49,000


Uganda, Botswana


02/25/2014 02/25/2015 49,000


Uganda Senegal 03/16/2014 03/19/2015 49,000


Improving the institutional capac-ity of Cabo Verde to support the tourism sector through a national tourism organization



Capacity development for Somalia disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process through knowl-edge and experience exchange

Somalia Rwanda 09/21/2014 09/03/2015 49,950


7. Sub-Saharan AfricaImproving the institutional capacity of Madagascar to support the tour-ism sector’s development


8. East Asia & PacificMeeting Indonesia’s urban develop-ment challenge: South-South ex-change on national urban programs


05/01/2014 06/30/2015 49,000


Vietnam India 06/06/2014 03/30/2015 49,000


The Revision of village legislation in Timor-Leste: Exchanging experienc-es with other developing countries facing similar challenges

Timor-Leste


08/12/2014 01/31/2015 46,345




11/03/2014 06/30/2015 49,000



Armenia Peru 06/03/2014 05/31/2015 49,980




07/18/2014 06/30/2015 49,000





Railway sector knowledge exchange Ukraine Poland 11/26/2014 02/15/2015 49,000



Moldova Romania 12/01/2014 12/15/2015 49,000


Efficient municipal enterprises for enhancing delivery of basic public services)


39ANNEX 2


Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)


Facilitating expressway development in Ethiopia through collaboration: leveraging China’s 25 years of experience

Ethiopia China 10/31/2013 06/30/2015 49,000


Uganda, Botswana


02/25/2014 02/25/2015 49,000


Uganda Senegal 03/16/2014 03/19/2015 49,000


Improving the institutional capac-ity of Cabo Verde to support the tourism sector through a national tourism organization



Capacity development for Somalia disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process through knowl-edge and experience exchange

Somalia Rwanda 09/21/2014 09/03/2015 49,950


7. Sub-Saharan AfricaImproving the institutional capacity of Madagascar to support the tour-ism sector’s development


8. East Asia & PacificMeeting Indonesia’s urban develop-ment challenge: South-South ex-change on national urban programs


05/01/2014 06/30/2015 49,000


Vietnam India 06/06/2014 03/30/2015 49,000


The Revision of village legislation in Timor-Leste: Exchanging experienc-es with other developing countries facing similar challenges

Timor-Leste


08/12/2014 01/31/2015 46,345




11/03/2014 06/30/2015 49,000



Armenia Peru 06/03/2014 05/31/2015 49,980




07/18/2014 06/30/2015 49,000





Railway sector knowledge exchange Ukraine Poland 11/26/2014 02/15/2015 49,000



Moldova Romania 12/01/2014 12/15/2015 49,000


Efficient municipal enterprises for enhancing delivery of basic public services)



Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)


Knowledge exchange between Mexico and Morocco in the renewable energy sector

Mexico Morocco 05/01/2014 05/31/2015 49,000


Nicaragua learns from land administration experience in Croatia and Macedonia

NicaraguaMacedonia, Croatia

06/06/2014 02/15/2015 49,000


Improving landfill operation stan-dards and social inclusion plans, in municipalities and national financing programs in Argentina and Bolivia.

Bolivia, Argentina

Colombia, Peru 08/28/2014 04/15/2015 49,000


South-South exchange to improve the management of health technologies (medical equipment) in the public health system

Nicaragua, El Salvador

Brazil 09/25/2014 09/15/2015 26,000


Jamaica learning from Malaysia education leadership development

Jamaica Malaysia 11/26/2014 12/31/2015 49,900


Strengthening of a geo-referenced information system, as a tool of the state’s strategic planning, with special emphasis in the subnational levels

BoliviaEcuador, Chile, and Peru

11/26/2014 04/15/2015 49,500


Building a corporate governance framework for state-owned enterprises in Paraguay

Paraguay Peru, Chile 12/01/2014 05/31/2015 49,000


Environmental sustainable cacao production for small scale IP and Afro-descendants farmers in Honduras

HondurasDominican Republic

12/02/2014 06/30/2015 49,500


Road maintenance and performance contracts: The Uruguayan and Argentinian experience

MoroccoUruguay, Argentina

04/22/2014 04/17/2015 49,000


National railways reform in Egypt: Experiences from Morocco and Tunisia

EgyptMorocco, Tunisia

06/06/2014 06/30/2015 49,999


Djibouti South-South development exchange roundtable, sectorial five-year action plans for implementing Vision 2035

DjiboutiRwanda, Cape Verde, Mauritius

06/09/2014 06/01/2015 49,999


Study tour for knowledge and experience exchange on integrated water resources management

Morocco China 06/27/2014 04/30/2015 49,900


Study tour for knowledge exchange on integrated coastal zone management

Morocco India 06/30/2014 06/30/2015 49,900

31. South Asia

Improving water and sanitation facility in lagging Indian states learning from the experience of Brazil

India Brazil 03/12/2014 02/24/2015 49,000

32. South AsiaIncreasing VAT revenues and transparency in Bangladesh


33. South AsiaBusiness community support for tax reform exchange


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Summary of grants under implementation by region in 2014

Region Grant amount (US$) Grant amount as % of total







Total 1,585,854 100

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Completed in 2014

42 ANNEX 3


Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)

1. Sub-Saharan AfricaStrengthening quality of services by community nutrition workers in Madagascar

Madagascar Bangladesh 07/31/2013 02/28/2014 49,000

2. Sub-Saharan AfricaLeadership development on telecom liberalization

Mauritania Turkey, Tunisia 08/21/2013 07/31/2014 42,515

3. Sub-Saharan AfricaKnowledge and experience sharing for effective implementation of extractive industries transparency initiative

Tanzania, Ethiopia

Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria

09/27/2013 06/28/2014 28,977

4. Sub-Saharan AfricaRwanda adolescent girls initiative knowledge sharing and capacity building visit to Liberia

Rwanda Liberia 09/27/2013 12/30/2014 47,853

5. Sub-Saharan AfricaSharing Zambia’s new minerals wealth with all Zambians: Fiscal and social development lessons from Chile

Zambia Chile 09/27/2013 09/15/2014 49,968

6. Sub-Saharan AfricaExchange of the Colombian experience for a sustainable coffee landscape in Burundi and Rwanda

Burundi, Rwanda

Colombia 10/31/2013 11/01/2014 48,909

7. East Asia & PacificLearning international best practices on conservation agriculture from Brazil

China Brazil 01/10/2013 01/31/2014 47,552

8. East Asia & PacificSouth-South exchange Indonesia-Vietnam on financial sector and state-owned enterprises restructuring

Vietnam Indonesia 03/05/2013 02/28/2014 42,681

9. East Asia & PacificMyanmar community driven development study tour

MyanmarIndonesia, Philippines

04/16/2013 02/28/2014 24,603

10. East Asia & PacificLessons from Indonesia for Lao PDR on implementing community-based nutrition interventions

Lao PDR Indonesia 09/18/2013 06/15/2014 47,526

11. East Asia & PacificCapacity building for c reditworthiness of the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

MongoliaSouth Africa, Peru

11/06/2013 04/01/2014 47,094

12. East Asia & PacificMunicipal development fund for enhanced financing of municipal infrastructure

Vietnam Colombia 01/08/2014 04/30/2014 40,967

13. East Asia & PacificFinancial sector assessment program study tour and capital market development

Lao PDRCambodia, Malaysia

03/14/2014 04/30/2014 24,421

14. East Asia & PacificKnowledge exchange in the design and implementation of e-government procurement system in Vietnam

Vietnam Chile 05/21/2014 11/19/2014 46,976

15. East Asia & PacificBuilding performance audit capacity of Indonesia Supreme Audit Institution

Indonesia South Africa 06/12/2014 12/31/2014 6,907


SSKE between Moldova and Romania: Sharing experience on school graduation examinations

Moldova Romania 02/25/2013 06/20/2014 21,012


Russia-Brazil urban transport knowledge exchange

Russia Brazil 04/24/2013 04/24/2014 49,432


Central Asia knowledge exchange and capacity development program on practical applications for new technologies

Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan , Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan

India 06/27/2013 06/30/2014 47,469


Building skills for preparing and introducing eProcurement in Tajikistan

Tajikistan Malaysia 07/10/2013 06/30/2014 44,122


Bosnia-Serbia knowledge exchange on energy efficiency

Bosnia-Herze-govina

Serbia 07/19/2013 05/31/2014 48,866


Leadership development program for Uzbek officials on ICT for improved growth and governance

Uzbekistan Malaysia 11/20/2013 09/30/2014 38,875

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Providing country

Approval date

Closing date

Grant amount (US$)


Improving solid waste management for greener growth in Romania

Romania Turkey 04/23/2014 12/17/2014 47,932


Fostering ecosystem development for youth entrepreneurship in ICT in Jamaica

Jamaica Chile 02/07/2013 02/03/2014 44,319


Implementing multidimensional measures of wellbeing

Bolivia, Ecuador

Bhutan, Mexico 07/05/2013 08/30/2014 44,701


Knowledge exchange on incorporation of disaster risk management in territorial planning

Honduras Colombia 01/08/2014 08/31/2014 47,469


Improving the capacity of the Bolivian Central Government to develop corporate governance, financial management supervision, and strate-gic planning in state-owned enterprises

Bolivia Brazil, Peru 02/20/2014 06/30/2014 37,447


National bank of public investment projects and programs for an adequate planning and execution of public investment at the subnational level

Colombia Peru 04/04/2014 06/30/2014 44,579


Oaxaca-Ceara sustainable water supply and sanitation services knowledge exchange

Mexico Brazil 05/22/2014 10/01/2014 47,209


Operating public bus companies in the multimillion urban context

Egypt India, China 09/04/2013 06/30/2014 39,758

30. South AsiaImproving the training and employment program design for young women

Afghanistan Nepal 04/01/2013 03/31/2014 26,032

31. South AsiaImproving local government capacity for better service delivery: The case of Kerala in India

India South Africa 06/19/2013 02/28/2014 49,538

32. South AsiaReshaping Pakistan’s agricultural innovation system: Learning from the experience of EMBRAPA, Brazil

Pakistan Brazil 08/21/2013 12/31/2014 47,332

33. South AsiaPakistan and India learning from each other with the use of ICT to improve service delivery, transparency, and citizen engagement

Pakistan India 08/30/2013 07/31/2014 32,653

34. South AsiaEnhancing institutional capacity for infrastructure sharing in Afghanistan

Afghanistan India 09/04/2013 09/30/2014 26,866

35. South Asia Bhutan: Capacity building in municipal finance Bhutan India 10/10/2013 06/30/2014 46,200

36. South AsiaKnowledge exchange for designing and imple-menting conditional cash transfer programs

India Mexico 02/25/2014 12/31/2014 19,708

Summary of completed grants by region in 2014

Region Final grant amount (US$) Final grant amount as % of total







Total 1,447,464 100

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ANNEX 4: Countries Providing and Receiving Knowledge

in the South-South Facility

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CountriesNumber of exchanges providing knowledge

Number of exchanges receiving knowledge

1 Afghanistan 4

2 Algeria 1

3 Angola 1

4 Antigua and Barbuda 1

5 Argentina 5 1

6 Armenia 2 5

7 Azerbaijan 1

8 Bangladesh 6 5

9 Barbados 1

10 Belize 1 1

11 Benin 1 2

12 Bhutan 1 2

13 Bolivia 3 9

14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1

15 Botswana 1 2

16 Brazil 31 1

17 Bulgaria 1

18 Burkina Faso 5 3

19 Burundi 1

20 Cabo Verde 2 3

21 Cambodia 2 1

22 Cameroon 1

23 Central African Republic 2

24 Chad 1

25 Chile 12

26 China 17 2

27 Colombia 16 1

28 Congo, Democratic Republic of 1

29 Congo, Republic of 3

30 Costa Rica 2

31 Cote d'Ivoire 1

32 Croatia 3

33 Czech Republic 1

34 Djibouti 2

35 Dominica 1 4

36 Dominican Republic 6

37 Ecuador 3 2

38 Egypt, Arab Republic of 2 2

39 El Salvador 2 2

40 Equatorial Guinea 1

41 Estonia 1

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42 Ethiopia 4 7

43 Gabon 1

44 Gambia, The 1 2

45 Georgia 1 1

46 Ghana 2 8

47 Grenada 1 5

48 Guatemala 2 1

49 GuineaBissau 1

50 Haiti 4

51 Honduras 2 9

52 India 25 11

53 Indonesia 9 5

54 Jamaica 5 3

55 Kazakhstan 1 2

56 Kenya 3 2

57 Korea, Republic of 2

58 Kosovo 1

59 Kyrgyz Republic 1 5

60 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3 5

61 Latvia 1

62 Lesotho 1 3

63 Liberia 3 3

64 Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of 2 1

65 Madagascar 1 3

66 Malawi 1

67 Malaysia 8

68 Maldives 1

69 Mali 1 2

70 Mauritania 1

71 Mauritius 4 4

72 Mexico 11 2

73 Moldova 2 5

74 Mongolia 1 3

75 Morocco 4 4

76 Mozambique 1 4

77 Myanmar 2

78 Namibia 2

79 Nepal 3 3

80 Nicaragua 3 8

81 Niger 1 2

82 Nigeria 2 8

83 Pakistan 3 2

47ANNEX 4



84 Panama 5 1

85 Papua New Guinea 1 2

86 Paraguay 1

87 Peru 10 2

88 Philippines 9 4

89 Poland 1

90 Reunion 1

91 Romania 5 1

92 Russian Federation 3 3

93 Rwanda 6 4

94 Senegal 3 5

95 Serbia 1

96 Seychelles 1

97 Sierra Leone 1

98 Singapore 3

99 Slovak Republic 1

100 Slovenia 1

101 Solomon Islands 1

102 Somalia 1

103 South Africa 13 1

104 South Sudan 2

105 Sri Lanka 2 2

106 St. Kitts and Nevis 2

107 St. Lucia 1 6

108 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1 4

109 Sudan 1

110 Suriname 1

111 Tajikistan 1 10

112 Tanzania 11

113 Thailand 6 1

114 TimorLeste 2

115 Trinidad and Tobago 1

116 Tunisia 3 2

117 Turkey 4

118 Turkmenistan 1

119 Uganda 2 9

120 Ukraine 1

121 Uruguay 2

122 Uzbekistan 4

123 Vanuatu 1 1

124 Vietnam 6 15

125 Yemen, Republic of 4

126 Zambia 2 5

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