Transcript Making Development Agencies more Results - Oriented by Margaret Kakande Head,Poverty Monitoring and Analysis Unit Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development. A paper presented at the.

Making Development Agencies
more Results - Oriented
by
Margaret Kakande
Head,Poverty Monitoring and Analysis Unit
Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic
Development.
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A paper presented at the DAC Development
Partnership Forum,11-12 December 2002
OECD - Paris
What Development Results do we
need to see?
These are outcomes reflected by ;
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Improved income levels
Better social and governance conditions
Consumption of quality services
Access to other factors directly enhancing the
wellbeing of the poor.
Challenges of making a development
agency more results-oriented
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Results take long to occur and agencies are
impatient because of the need to account to
own citizenry.
The uncertainty of outcomes of development
results because of the numerous influencing
factors.Many agencies are reluctant to take on
risks jointly.
Difficulty of attributing contribution to an
outcome.Many agencies believe in “visibility”
and ,therefore,in outputs for which they can be
held accountable for.
How to operationalise a results
focus at country level
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Have a shared vision and work towards its
achievements. This would entail active
participation in policy/programme formulation &
implementation processes.
Assist poor countries build capacity in systems
for service delivery.Give governments time to
build capacity for self-mobilization and to
desist from undermining these efforts.
Provide long-term financing to ensure
achievement of the “long-coming “results.
Be transparent and share information with all
stakeholders. Put all cards on the table ,so that
poor countries predict possible future trend of
events.
 Forge true partnerships within recipient
countries. This would mean:
1- give up the visibility syndrome
2-stop the got-it alone attitude.
3-learn to listen and take the passenger seats but
assist governments who are the drivers, to
avoid accidents.
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4- be ready to share success/ failures with poor
governments.
5-condition funding to achievement of results
6-have uniform country procedures
(procurement, disbursement,reporting etc) for
all development agencies.
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Reconciling the need for
more precise measurements with
administrative efficiency
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Results may be measured efficiently by:
 Determining a few proxy indicators that can
give an indication of the probability of
achieving the results.
 Using standardized methodologies for data
collection.
 Having uniform reporting formats on same
indicators,for all development agencies.
 Development agencies participating in joint
sector reviews.