Review on the Partnership Between The World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA

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Review on the Partnership Between The World Bank
and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

• April 4, 2002
• Koji Yamada, Trust Fund Strategy and Donor
  Relations Unit (TFS), The World Bank

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Background

• The Bank and JICA have had annual consultations
  for the last 12 years.
• Reduction of Japanese bilateral ODA budget. Need
  for more effective aid.
• Banks shift toward poverty reduction and
  capacity building
• Need for redefinition and strengthening of the
  Bank-JICA partnership

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Objectives of the Presentation

• To Review the past Bank-JICA collaboration and
  collect lessons learned
• To share the knowledge on the mode of the
  partnership among the Bank staff and between the
  Bank and JICA
• To promote a common understanding on the future
  direction of the partnership
• To promote the development of a short-term action
  plan and define the role of each actor

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Comparative Advantage Institution Building vs.
Individual Capacity Building

• World Bank
• Financial resources mobilization
• Consultations with various development partners
  in the client country
• Policy advice Impact on the whole sector and
  whole economy
• Dialogue with policy makers and opinion leaders
• Global networks of human resources

• JICA
• Entry point for Japanese financial resources
  through the bilateral ODA channel
• Posting Japanese human resources in the line
  ministries or institutions in the client country
• Capacity building targeting middle-level
  technicians and field workers of the client
  government
• Broad domestic network inside Japan

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Case 1 Project Design for Cofinancing
Infrastructure Development

• More than 40 Bank lending projects were all or
  partly designed by JICA studies in 1990s.
• Examples
• Basic Primary Education (Nepal)
• Jamna Multipurpose Bridge (Bangladesh)
• Primary School Construction in Northern Mountain
  Area (Vietnam)

JICA Studies (Feasibility Study) (Basic Design
Study)
Japanese Bilateral Grant/Loan
Bank Lending
Parallel Cofinancing
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Case 2 Knowledge Sharing

• JICA co-hosted two regional workshops with WBI in
  FY00 Community Health (Ghana), Integrated
  Watershed Management (Philippines).
• CDS Tokyo Conference (FY00)
• GDN Tokyo Conference (FY01)
• Learning Across Borders Workshop Series for
  Japanese and Asian/Pacific NGOs (FY01)
• Contents development for GDLN and J-Net (FY02)
• Symposium on Aid Effectiveness and Knowledge
  Intensive Assistance (Nov. 2002)

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Case 3 Cofinancing for Joint Activities

• Trust Fund GDLN Center in Jordan (FY01)
• Financial Contribution Peru Country Innovation
  Day (FY01)
• Joint Workshops in Ghana and the Philippines
  (FY00)

JICA
Bank
Joint Activities
Procurement, Events Seminars/Workshops
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Case 4 Financing for Complementary
Projects/Programs

• Unconscious Parallel Cofinancing
  Equipment for Archaeological Activities in
  Honduras (FY00)
• Financing for Un-awarded Proposals for
  Development Marketplace (FY02)
• Dispatch of Volunteers to CGIAR Research Centers

Bank Program
JICA Program Or Bilateral Grant
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Lessons Learned

• Need for both sides to understand more on the
  project cycle, schedule and business style of
  each other
• Need for Japanese bilateral partners to
  understand more on the Japanese Trust Funds
  channeled through the Bank mechanism
• Easy identification of the focal points on both
  sides
• Quick response to the queries from each other
• Effective actions of JICA USA Office as
  intermediary

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Future Direction 1 Program
Design and Future Collaboration

• Examples
• Transport, Primary Education (Vietnam), Rural
  Electrification (Malawi)
• Sector Program Grant for Common Basket (Africa)
  
• Health Population Sector Program (Bangladesh)
• Regional Development for the Phnom Penh
  Sihanoukville Growth Corridor (Cambodia)

Participation in CDF/PRSP Process Coordination on
the designing of sector program and regional
development plan
Policy Dialogues
Cofinancing (Bilateral Grant/Loan/TCBank Lending)
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Future Direction 2 Joint Preparation
for the Bank Projects

• Examples
• South-South Cooperation programs
• Policy Advisor
• Trainers training, study tours
• Technical Experts, Volunteers
• Training outside the client country

JICA Technical Cooperation
Bank PHRD TA
Bank Lending Projects
Cofinancing Opportunities
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Future Direction 3 Strengthening
Banks CDD Approach

• JICA can provide
• Advice on designing of the activities at field
  level.
• Advice on the capacity enhancement on designing
  and construction process and quality management
  for community infrastructures

Bank Social Fund
JICA Experts JOCVs Local NGOs Local Consultants
Community Development Activities
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Future Direction 4 Increasing
Options for JICA Experts

• Understanding the Banks grant programs enables
  more flexible project identification and
  preparation by JICA Experts and Country Offices.
• In-country networks of JICA Country Offices help
  the Bank to utilize the contributions from the
  GOJ.

JICA Programs
JICA Experts / Country Offices
PHRD, JSDF, PRSP TF, GEF, Cities Alliance, etc.
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Future Direction 5 Addressing
the Common Issues in Japan

• Capacity Building of Japanese NGOs Learning
  Across Borders 2 (under preparation)
• Awareness on ICT among the development partners
  in Japan Conference on ICT and Gender in Rural
  Development (under preparation)
• Capacity Building of the Japanese Consultants in
  the Social Sector
• Partnership with the Private Sector in Japan

JICA
Bank
Development Partners in Japan NGOs Consultants Res
earch Institutes Private Sector
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Proposed Actions for FY02/03

• More intensive dialogues in the country level
• Information dissemination on the Banks lending
  and non-lending programs to JICA
• Information dissemination on the JICA programs to
  the Bank
• Help desk for the application to the Banks grant
  program (JICA USA)
• Linking the existing JICA programs to the Banks
  CDD approach
• Development of proposals for the Japan-Bank
  Partnership Program
• WBI-JICA detailed discussion is underway.