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Joint Evaluation of GBS Background, process and approach. Dissemination Conference, Paris, May 9 th -10 th 2006 Nick York, Steering Group Chair (DFID, UK). Summary. What is Partnership General Budget Support (PGBS) and why is it important? Why carry out this evaluation?
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Joint Evaluation of GBSBackground, process and approach Dissemination Conference, Paris, May 9th-10th 2006 Nick York, Steering Group Chair (DFID, UK)
Summary • What is Partnership General Budget Support (PGBS) and why is it important? • Why carry out this evaluation? • Approach and methods • How did we get here – what has been required?
What is PGBS and why is it important? • What is Partnership General Budget Support? • Origins and Purposes • Increased prominence since late 1990s • Role of PGBS in poverty reduction
Why do an evaluation of PGBS? • Is PGBS working? • it relevant, effective, efficient, sustainable? • Is it having an impact on poverty and development outcomes? • Can it be designed better? • The first major independent and evidence-based assessment of PGBS • Important time for influencing policy
Who has been involved? • Evaluation team - IDD University of Birmingham and associates. Led by Stephen Lister (Mokoro) • OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation • Steering Group -24 donors,7 partner Governments • Management Group – chaired by Kate Tench • Reference panel
Approach • Involvement of partner governments • 7 case studies (Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda, Vietnam) • Independence, joint evaluation, reference panel • Systematic, theory based approach • DAC evaluation criteria • Evaluation framework and causality map
Timeline 2001 Evaluability studies (DFID) 2004 Evaluation Framework (Lawson + Booth) Terms of reference and launch Inception phase 2005 Evaluation phase including 7 case studies 2006 Reporting and dissemination
What has been required to produce this • Partnership and cooperation • Leadership • Time • Resources • Skills