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Analyzing the effects of policy reforms on the poor : an evaluation of the effectiveness of World Bank support to poverty and social impact analyses

World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, International Finance Corporation, World Bank

2010

Overview

This IEG evaluation, requested by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, represents the first independent evaluation of the PSIA experience. The evaluation finds that:. • The PSIA approach has appropriately emphasized the importance of assessing the distributional impact of policy actions, understanding institutional and political constraints to development, and building domestic ownership for reforms. • PSIAs have not always explicitly stated their operational objectives (i.e., informing country policies, informing Bank operations, and/or contributing to country capacity). • PSIAs have had limited ownership by Bank staff and managers and have often not been effectively integrated into country assistance programs. • Quality assurance and Monitoring and Evaluation of the overall effectiveness of PSIAs have been weak. The evaluation recommends that the World Bank:. • Ensure that Bank staff understand what the PSIA approach is and when to use it. • Clarify the operational objectives of each PSIA and tailor the approach and timeline to those objectives. • Improve integration of the PSIA into the Bank’s country assistance program by requiring that all earmarked funding for PSIAs be matched by a substantial contribution from the country unit budgets. • Strengthen PSIA effectiveness through enhanced quality assurance.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO EDUCATION / ACCOUNTABILITY / ACCOUNTING / ANALYSIS OF POVERTY / ANALYTICAL APPROACH / ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK / ANALYTICAL GAPS / ANALYTICAL TOOLS / ANALYTICAL WORK / Armutsbekämpfung / BENEFICIARIES / BENEFIT INCIDENCE / BENEFIT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS / BEST PRACTICE / CAPACITY BUILDING / CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS / CAS / CHOICE OF TOOLS / CIVIL SOCIETY / CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS / COMPENSATION MEASURES / COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM / CONFIDENCE / CORPORATION / COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES / COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY / COUNTRY CAPACITY / COUNTRY CIRCUMSTANCES / COUNTRY OWNERSHIP / COUNTRY POLICIES / COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS / COUNTRY TEAM / DATA COLLECTION / DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS / DATA COLLECTION METHODS / DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS / DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS / DEVELOPMENT POLICY / DEVELOPMENT POLICY OPERATIONS / DISCRETION / DISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS / DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT / DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF POLICY REFORMS / DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS / ECONOMIC AGENTS / ECONOMIC ANALYSIS / Economic assistance / Economic development projects -- Evaluation / ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK / ECONOMIC POLICIES / Economic policy / Entwicklungsländer / EQUILIBRIUM MODELS / Evaluation / EVALUATION SYSTEM / EVALUATION SYSTEMS / EX ANTE / EX ANTE ANALYSIS / EX POST / FLEXIBILITY / FOCUS GROUPS / GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA / IMPACT OF POLICY / IMPACT POLICIES / IMPACTS OF POLICY / INCOME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCORPORATED / INITIATIVE / INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS / INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS / INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY / INSTITUTIONAL REFORM / INTERVENTION / INVESTIGATION / LAND USE / LAWS / LEARNING / LEGAL FRAMEWORK / LEGISLATION / LIMITED / M&E / M&E SYSTEMS / MANAGERS / MARKET STRUCTURE / METHODS OF ANALYSIS / MIXED METHODS / NATIONAL DEBATE / NGO / Nonfiction / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / OPERATIONAL POLICY / PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT / PARTICIPATORY PROCESS / POLICY ACTION / POLICY ACTIONS / POLICY AGENDA / POLICY ANALYSIS / POLICY CHANGE / POLICY CHANGES / POLICY CHOICE / POLICY CHOICES / POLICY CONTEXT / POLICY DEBATE / POLICY DECISIONS / POLICY DESIGN / POLICY DIALOGUE / POLICY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION / POLICY REFORM / POLICY REFORMS / POLITICAL ECONOMY / POLITICAL ECONOMY RISKS / POLITICAL RISKS / Politics / Politische Reform / POOR PEOPLE / Poverty / POVERTY ASSESSMENTS / POVERTY EFFECTS / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER / PRICE INCREASES / PRIVATE SECTOR / PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION / PUBLIC DEBATE / PUBLIC DISCUSSION / PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF POLICY / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW / PUBLIC POLICY / PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE / PUBLIC SECTOR / QUALITATIVE METHODS / QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES / REFORM IMPLEMENTATION / REFORM PROGRAM / REFORM PROGRAMS / REFORMULATION OF POLICY / REGRESSION ANALYSIS / REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE / RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS / SECTOR WORK / SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY / SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRICES / SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX / SOCIAL ANALYSES / SOCIAL ANALYSIS / SOCIAL CONCERNS / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT / SOCIAL DIMENSIONS / SOCIAL GROUPS / SOCIAL IMPACT / SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS / SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT / SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS / SOCIAL IMPACTS / SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY / SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY REFORMS / Social planning / SOCIAL PROTECTION / Soziale Folgen / STAKEHOLDER / STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS / STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT / SUBSIDIARY / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TECHNICAL QUALITY / TRUST FUNDS / Weltbank / Wirkungsanalyse / World Bank -- Evaluation
• ISBN: 0821382934, 9780821382936