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Title: MDGbased National Strategies: What do they Look Like


1
MDG-based National Strategies What do they Look
Like?
  • Workshop
  • FSM
  • 26-29 June 2007
  • degol.hailu_at_undp.org

2
The Concept
  • Linking strategies to the MDGs is linking where
    we want to be with how we want to get there

3
What does an MDG-Based Strategy Look Like?
  • Poverty profile, diagnosis and analysis
  • Analysis of growth and poverty linkages
  • Country driven consultative and partnership
    based
  • National and MDG goals and targets aligned
  • Polices and strategies (sectoral and macro)
  • Capacity building and governance
  • Needs assessment and financing the strategy and
  • Monitoring and evaluation systems.

4
Contribution to Poverty Analysis
  • The strategy process is an effective mechanism
    for transferring analytical and empirical
    information about poverty reduction across
    sectors
  • The process supports data collection, including
    technical advice, which substantially contribute
    to the quality of poverty diagnosis and
    identification of gaps in poverty related data
  • Opportunity to work out determinants of poverty
    at the household and national levels

5
Growth and Poverty Linkages
  • Economic growth is the principal, but not the
    only means to reduce poverty
  • What are the sources of economic growth and what
    is the potential for growth in the future?
  • What are the mechanisms and conditions by which
    economic growth translates into poverty
    reduction?
  • How do initial poverty and inequality affect the
    prospect for sustained and rapid economic growth?
  • What are the links among economic growth, income
    distribution and poverty in the short and long
    term?

6
Interactive Participation
  • Consultation and participation change the
    relationship between government and donors and
    lenders, and between governments and civil
    society
  • Start down-stream and move up-stream
  • NGOs independent task force to contribute and
    monitor the consultative process
  • Worst practice is consultations mostly to provide
    reactions to governments existing policies and
    programs

7
Develop an MDG Matrix
8
Developing Proxies
  • Filling Gaps Primary school completion rates and
    transition rates to secondary school are often
    used as proximate indicators of dropout and
    persistence rates
  • Dealing with data discordance apparently high
    levels of access to health services coupled with
    low health outcome indicators. Use proximate
    information to substitute for the flawed data.
  • Regional Initiatives Harmonisation of
    definitions and methodology when collecting
    environmental statistics, for instance

9
Introduce Ambitious Policies and
StrategiesMacro and Sectoral
  • Develop pro-poor growth strategies to
    redistribute the growth increment for successful
    poverty reduction (for example, Ethiopia and
    Vietnam)
  • Fiscal and monetary policies must have a pro-poor
    macroeconomic framework, where the priorities are
    real targeting as opposed to monetary targeting
  • From inflation 7.5 and OB -1.7 of GDP b/n
    2002-2005 to employment and MDG targets.
  • Education, Health (HIV/AIDS), Gender policies

10
Capacity Building
  • Strengthening government capacity in creating
    conducive environment for domestic entrepreneurs
  • Building the capacity of local and regional
    administration in execution of development
    programs
  • Enhance the government's capacity to minimize
    adverse impacts of market failure
  • Strengthening the capacity of democratic/political
    institutions to insure the rule of law at all
    levels of the administration system
  • Strengthen the government's capacity for
    efficient and effective service delivery, and
    accountability

11
Carry out a needs assessment
  • Identify infrastructure, human, and financial
    resources that correspond to budgetary outlays or
    expenditures, laying the ground for aligning
    public medium-term expenditure frameworks with
    national MDG strategies
  • The UN Millennium Project, in cooperation with
    local partners, has carried out preliminary MDG
    needs assessments in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana,
    Tanzania, and Uganda. The results show that these
    countries total MDG investment needs are 7080
    per capita in 2006, rising to 120160 in 2015.

12
Financing strategy
  • Link to the national budget set out clear
    benchmarks for monitoring and reporting on
    progress
  • Develop an MDG financing strategy map out
    government expenditures, specifies contributions
    from households and the private sector, and
    identifies the MDG financing gap to be covered
    through increased aid and debt relief
  • Prepare an MDG-consistent macroeconomic
    framework A macroeconomic framework identifies
    how public expenditures and revenues relate to
    key macroeconomic variables, such as GDP growth,
    national savings rates, private investment,
    inflation, and current account balances.

13
Establish Poverty Monitoring Systems
  • Track changes in key poverty indicators to
    evaluate whether the changes are due to
    deliberate policies instituted to reduce
    poverty.
  • Process monitoring is crucial as opposed to
    outcome monitoring. Once the relevant indicators
    are identified tracking progress becomes easier,
    mainly because indicators can be divided into
    two final and intermediate
  • It is possible to work out whether a country is
    moving towards the direction of poverty
    reduction and
  • If a country is not on course for poverty
    reduction, then corrective measures can be taken
    early No Surprise

14
Process Monitoring
15
Strong MDG-based Strategies
  • Emphasis on poverty reduction
  • Sound poverty diagnostics and analysis
  • Broad and multidimensional look at poverty
  • Expenditure outlays linked to poverty reduction
    strategy
  • Guided by a pro-poor macroeconomic framework
  • Poverty and MDG monitoring systems in place
  • Strategy is the result of interactive
    participation

16
Weak MDG-based Strategies
  • Poverty not the focus of the strategy
  • Too broad objectives
  • Lack of poverty diagnostics and analysis
  • Objectives not linked to the budget process
  • Sources of growth not adequately identified
  • Poor linkages between growth and poverty
    reduction
  • Monitoring systems are not clearly set out
  • No meaningful participation

17
Checklist on the strategy
  • Is the strategy based on poverty analyses?
  • Are the links between growth and poverty
    reduction identified?
  • Is the process nationally owned and country
    driven, which are essential to commitment to
    implementation?
  • Are the national goals and targets aligned with
    MDGs
  • Are the sectoral and macro policies in place?
  • Is the strategy costed and linked to fiscal
    instruments?
  • Is the strategy consistent with and does it
    improve national capacity to implement programmes
    and monitor outcomes?
  • Is a monitoring system in place?

18
Case Country Surinam
  • Absence of poverty diagnostic and analysis
  • The links between growth poverty unidentified
  • Commitment to the participation of all actors in
    the implementation of the national plan, but
    little consultation during its preparation
  • The goals are aligned with MDGs
  • Sectoral policies are in place, but not macro
    policies
  • Adequate costing of the plan with source of
    finance (PlanBudget)
  • No capacity development plan is in place
  • Monitoring systems use the process concept

19
Case Country Ethiopia
  • Complete poverty diagnostic and analysis
  • The links between growth poverty articulated
    agriculture identified as source of growth and
    poverty reduction with labour productivity and
    capital inputs, fertilizer etc.
  • Top-down approach to consultation and
    participation
  • The goals are aligned with MDGs
  • Sectoral policies are in place, with macro
    policies
  • Adequate costing of the plan with source of
    finance - by sector and sources of revenue using
    the MEEF
  • Capacity development plan is in place
  • Monitoring systems use the process concept

20
Guide for Discussion
  • (a)What do the case studies reveal in terms of
    difficulties, solutions, and how it can apply to
    your country situation?
  • (b) How does your planning process need to change
    to ensure an MDG-based approach?

21
Group Work
  • What is the state of poverty diagnostics and
    analysis in your country? If inadequate, what are
    your suggestions to improve them?
  • Discuss the linkages between growth and poverty
    in your country
  • How would you design a consultative and
    participatory process for an MDG-based strategy?
  • What ambitious pro-poor policies do you suggest
    for achieving MDG-related targets?
  • How would you design a capacity development
    programme and identify the target groups?
  • What are the major sources of financing MDG-based
    strategies?
  • What methodology would you use for setting up
    poverty and MDG monitoring systems?
  • Construct a short MDG Matrix for 4-5 of the MDG
    goals

22
END
  • Thank You
  • degol.hailu_at_undp.org
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