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Achieving the MDGs:
RBA Training Workshop
Module 7: Synthesis of sector needs assessments
and preparation of 10 year framework
9-12 May 2005
Agenda
1.
Synthesis of sector needs assessments
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Check results
Eliminate double counting and fill in gaps
Identify synergies and iteratively refine estimates
Consolidate investment needs
Preparation of 10-year framework
 Sequence implementation of interventions
 Design effective policies in support of MDG
interventions
 Divide the work and assign responsibilities
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Check results
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Scope of sector assessments
– Have all key interventions been considered?
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Consistency of underlying data, e.g.
– population growth rates
– rural and urban population ratios
– gender ratios
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Order of magnitude of per capita investment
needs
– comparison with results from other countries (e.g.
Millennium Project studies and World Bank sector
assessments)
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Check results
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Eliminate double counting and fill in gaps
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Examine interventions across sectors and
eliminate double counting
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Identify areas not covered under needs
assessments and fill in gaps
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Identify synergies and iteratively
refine estimates
Interventions will have direct benefits and in some cases
will positive externalities across sectors. These impacts
should be accounted for in the needs assessment.
Examples of direct benefits and synergies include:
Long-term sectoral synergies: Maternal education leads
to higher enrolment of children
Immediate sectoral synergies: Prevention interventions in
health have rapid impact on disease incidence rates
Cross-sectoral synergies: Provision of roads increases
access to emergency obstetric care
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Consolidate investment needs
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Aggregated individual assessments into one
framework:
– E.g. using Millennium Project tool
Ghana
Hunger
Primary education
Secondary education
Adult literacy programs
Gender equality
Heatlth
Water supply
Sanitation and wastewater treatment
Slum dwellers
Energy
Roads
Total
2006
39,761,141
282,000,055
58,269,181
7,041,095
39,413,545
358,280,159
73,240,352
46,310,222
35,548,066
270,054,633
219,535,087
1,429,453,536
2007
41,883,444
297,512,150
57,292,912
7,413,899
52,515,283
391,956,610
76,673,009
49,499,031
37,653,625
282,714,813
221,220,489
1,516,335,265
2008
44,582,171
313,981,019
56,644,810
7,792,791
54,582,726
428,798,470
80,291,148
53,019,234
39,996,618
295,897,843
222,936,350
1,598,523,180
2009
48,204,164
331,410,694
56,381,396
8,172,977
56,575,960
469,103,271
84,093,740
56,945,780
42,597,645
309,891,624
224,682,670
1,688,059,920
2010
53,181,060
349,802,436
56,465,059
8,558,512
58,625,411
513,196,512
88,057,807
61,390,314
45,479,236
324,771,881
226,459,448
1,785,987,676
2011
61,335,561
369,297,928
56,872,941
8,952,694
60,817,191
561,434,285
93,022,137
66,970,501
48,666,031
340,723,942
228,266,686
1,896,359,896
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Agenda
1.
Synthesis of sector needs assessments
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

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2.
Check results
Eliminate double counting and fill in gaps
Identify synergies and iteratively refine estimates
Consolidate investment needs
Preparation of 10-year framework
 Sequence implementation of interventions
 Design effective policies in support of MDG
interventions
 Divide the work and assign responsibilities
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Sequence implementation of
interventions
Interventions to be sequenced first:
1.
Quick Wins: Investments with high short-term impact
that do not require major capacity building, e.g.:
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Capacity-critical interventions:
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Distribution of insecticide-treated anti-malarial bednets
Elimination of school and health fees
Affordable replenishments of soil nutrients
Public management (e.g. IT, financial management skills)
Human resources (e.g. training, adjusting wages, hiring new
staff)
Infrastructure (e.g. roads, schools, health facilities)
Investments with long time lags, e.g.:
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Behavioral change through public education
Demographic changes
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Design effective policies in support of
MDG interventions
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Civil service reform, e.g.:
– Accountability systems
– Recruitment and remuneration policies
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Regulatory reform, e.g.:
– Tariff structures
– Environmental standards
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Legislative reform, e.g.:
– Land tenure system & property rights for women
– Water laws
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Decentralization and community involvement, e.g.:
– Responsibilities and financing of local authorities
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Fiscal reform, e.g.
– Taxation and tax collection
– Tax incentives for foreign direct investment
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Financing policies
– User fees and lifeline tariffs
– Targeted subsidy schemes
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Divide the work and assign
responsibilities
Three key types of responsibility need to be assigned:
 Planning and oversight
– Assign lead responsibility for each set of interventions to
line ministry or other public body
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Implementation
– Agree on division of responsibilities between national and
local governments
– Assign responsibility for the intervention to the level at
which action is necessary
– Identify role of NGOs and private sector in delivering social
services and infrastructure investments
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Financing
– Decide who has authority over budgets and will report to
parliament and development partners
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