Harmonising Ex ante poverty impact assessment International Forum on Poverty Reduction

1. Harmonising Ex ante poverty impact assessment International Forum on Poverty Reduction On Good Practices 14-15 November 2006 Solveig Buhl, GTZ Solveig.buhl@gtz.de

2. The new challenges are Harmonization Alignment Accountability Management for Development Results Increasing effectiveness A harmonised ex ante Poverty Impact Assessment(PIA) is required

3. Group founded in 2005 to develop harmonised and easy to use approach to (ex ante) poverty impact assessment Participants: DAC/OECD, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Ireland, Finland (plus consultations with partner countries) Report “Harmonizing ex ante Poverty Impact Assessment” approved by DAC in March 2006 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/44/36573576.pdf Pilots by several donors in 2006 Guide to PIA will be submitted to POVNET in November 2006 and soon be published The Task Team within DAC POVNET

4. Can cover most interventions (policy, programmes, projects, NOT budget support) Based on existing approaches, e.g. PSIA, capability framework Use of existing data and analyses Relatively simple, flexible approach, providing 5 modules with matrices Basic properties and level of application

5. PIA Framework and modules PIA Modules Risks Assess Improvements to MDGs plus 5 Assess Enhancement to capabilities 4 Determine transmission channels 3 R E S U L T S C H A I N Information quality and gaps 2 Analyse Institutions & Stakeholders Determine & Design Interventions 1 National Strategies / Plans Country Assistance Strategies MDGs

6. PIA should be embedded in ongoing planning and appraisal process: can be part of comprehensive planning document or constitute separate report PIA can be carried out by interdisciplinary team or as a desk study – should never degenerate into a mere box ticking exercise Time needed varies between 2 days and 2-3 weeks can also be used - in slightly modified way – for assessment during or after implementation PIA is a flexible approach

7. To summarise, PIA allows to identify interventions with high poverty reduction and pro-poor growth impact improve design of proposed intervention identify existing information and information gaps identify monitoring needs Increased transparency, accountability and dialogue Reduces burden on partner countries Clearly in line with Paris Declaration! The improved understanding of the planned interventions serves several purposes

8. Dissemination of lessons learned and continuous learning Up-scaling of the approach Increased involvement of partner countries Capacity development Next steps and challenges for the future

9. THANK YOU! For further information Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Harmonising Ex Ante Poverty Impact Assessment http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/44/36573576.pdf The Guide to Ex Ante Poverty Impact Assessment will be published soon!

10. Module 1: Poverty situation and relevance to national strategies and plans

11. Module 2: Stakeholder/ Institution Analysis, Example PPP Biofuel

12. Module 3: Understanding Transmission Channels, example biofuel

13. Module 4: Outcomes related to capabilities, example biofuel

14. Module 5: Understand impacts at aggregated level, example biofuel