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Projects supported by the World Bank are designed to carry out
national poverty-reduction strategies.
The Comprehensive Development Framework governs the development
of those strategies. Presented to
the World Bank Board of Governors in 1998, the framework spells
out four principles, all of which mark
significant shifts in thinking about development since the
1990s:
Development strategies should be comprehensive and shaped by a
long-term vision. In the past,
development strategies emphasized short-term macroeconomic
stabilization and balance-
of-payment corrections. The CDF stresses longer-term structural
and social considerations, such
as expanding and improving education and health facilities,
maintaining infrastructure, and
training a new generation of public officials.
Each country should devise and direct its own development agenda
based on citizen participation.
The CDF holds that when countries own reforms, governments and
their citizens are more
committed to seeing them through.
Governments, donors, civil society, the private sector and other
stakeholders should work
together in partnership led by recipient countries to carry out
development strategies.
Partnerships built on transparency, mutual trust and
consultation can increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of aid, and help countries increase their capacity
to develop and carry out a wide
variety of programs.
Development performance should be evaluated on the basis of
measurable results. Traditionally,
the Bank tended to concentrate on disbursement levels and
project inputs in evaluating
development efforts, an approach that measured only resource
allocation and consumption. The
CDF emphasizes that evaluation should focus on the impact of aid
on people and their needs.
Additional Information
Comprehensive Development Framework Website
The 2002 Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development
produced a consensus amongdeveloped and developing countries on the
need for mutual accountability in achieving
sustainable development and poverty reduction. CDF principles
provide the foundation for
implementing this consensus at the country level
The latest progress report on implementation of the
Comprehensive Development Framework
Assessments of the progress countries are making toward
implementing the CDF
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