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Popularizing transparent standards to strengthen accountability for social program outcomes

Popularizing transparent standards to strengthen accountability for social program outcomes . RECURSO-PERU. Ana Maria Munoz Boudet - March 25, 2010. The program. RECURSO - Rendición de Cuentas para la Reforma Social- Accountability in the Social Reform Objective:

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Popularizing transparent standards to strengthen accountability for social program outcomes

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  1. Popularizing transparent standards to strengthen accountability for social program outcomes RECURSO-PERU Ana Maria Munoz Boudet- March 25, 2010

  2. The program RECURSO-Rendición de Cuentas para la Reforma Social- Accountability in the Social Reform Objective: a) To help Gov. define and popularize simple-to-understand standards for social outcomes in education, health and nutrition. b) To strengthen the accountability of service providers to their clients and help improve results.

  3. Unbundling Service Delivery: The WDR 2004 Approach A low level equilibrium in the delivery chain

  4. An accountability cycle

  5. The standards • Children should reach a minimum of 82 cm of height by the age of two. • All women should have access to good-quality Institutional Births. • All grade 2 children should attain age-appropriate reading comprehension which means reaching level 2 in the national standard test.

  6. Reading standards: “60 words a minute” • A standard parents can understand: how can you know if your child is learning well at school? • A standard that is technically accepted by professionals in the sector • Promoting a metric which links to an appropriate pedagogical strategy • Operationalizing accountability at local level: making schools responsible for what they achieve • Data collection to test improvements: Education census • Finding out the appropriate policy changes • Dissemination/distribution of results scorecards to parents

  7. Innovative means Videoshave been produced to popularize the standards, show they are feasible to attain even for poor families, and highlight the potential for schools and health posts to greatly improve outcomes 60 words per minute Do you know how much your children are learning?

  8. Nutrition: Involving local stakeholders • Decentralization challenge: Making sub-national agencies accountable and improving their performance • Improve procurement efficiency : Vasode Lecheprogram study on milk providers and alternatives

  9. Monitoring Standards • REACT DPL: strengthening standards and accountability within public sector agencies and providing information to CSOs to monitor performance. Three means: • Performance based budgeting and strategic programs. • Participatory monitoring of budgetary implementation. • Transparency: ConsultaAmigable • Participatory budgeting at the local level

  10. Learn more • RECURSO book: A New social contract for Peru: http://go.worldbank.org/7755UFLMS0 • 60 words per minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BxL1aqb6mY&feature=PlayList&p=88AEF6A36A7907AB&index=15 • How much are your children learning? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnpfbVNc-yg • My future in my first centimeters video: http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=2957518629669192470&pr=goog-sl#

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