Katharina Welle & Josephine Tucker Ppt

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1. Slide 1: Is wa te r la g g ing be h ind on Aid E ffe c tive ne s s ? Le s s ons from B a ng la de s h , E th iopia a nd Ug a nda Ka th a rina We lle a nd J os e ph ine Tuc ke r, Wa te r P olic y P rog ra m m e , ODI P orto, 2 n d Oc tob e r 2008
2. Slide 2: B a c kg round Objectives • To review progress in Aid Effectiveness (AE) in the water sector • To draw a comparison with other basic social services sectors (health, education) Study countries • Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda Funding Organisation • UK Department for International Development
3. Slide 3: Wh a t is Aid E ffe c tive ne s s ? • To move away from project aid to aid that is based on governments’ national agendas and strengthens government systems • International guidelines worked out in High Level Fora in Rome (2003), Paris (2005) and Accra (2008) • There are five aid effectiveness principles (the Paris Principles): ownership, alignment, harmonisation, managing for results and mutual accountability
4. Slide 4: P yra m id fo r g re a te r a id e ffe c tive n e s s
5. Slide 5: Are we h yd ro -op tim is ts o r h yd ro - p e s s im is ts ? ? ?
6. Slide 6: P ro g re s s a g a in s t P a ris P rin c ip le s b y s e c to r a n d c ou n try Water Health Education Bangladesh Ownership Ownership Ownership Alignment Alignment Alignment Harmonisation Harmonisation Harmonisation Managing for Results Managing for Results Managing for Results Code: Mutual Accountability Mutual Accountability Mutual Accountability Ethiopia Ownership Ownership Ownership Strong Alignment Alignment Alignment Harmonisation Harmonisation Harmonisation Moderate to strong Managing for Results Managing for Results Managing for Results Mutual Accountability Mutual Accountability Mutual Accountability Moderate Uganda Ownership Ownership Ownership Alignment Alignment Alignment Weak to moderate Harmonisation Harmonisation Harmonisation Weak Managing for Results Managing for Results Managing for Results Mutual Accountability Mutual Accountability Mutual Accountability
7. Slide 7: Wh a t lie s be h ind th e a ppa re nt tre nds ?
8. Slide 8: C o m m itm e n t to m a kin g a id e ffe c tive m a tte rs m os t – b u t is ofte n m is s e d • Political commitment to poverty reduction supports or hinders progress – This includes not only formal commitments but also political leadership, capacity and effective institutions to implement policy – These are underpinned by incentive structures and
9. Slide 9: Na tion a l s ys te m s – b e yon d th e s e c to r – la rg e ly de te rm in e p ros p e c ts fo r s ys te m s a lig n m e n t • Systems are normally the same across sectors • The way donors perceive national systems for financing and procurement determines whether they use them • so the degree of systems alignment is likely to be similar across sectors
10. Slide 10: Ac to rs wh o d o n ot a dh e re to P a ris P rin c ip le s a ls o pro vid e h u rdle s to AE • At the global level there are donors who have not signed up to the AE agenda and focus on particular outcomes (vertical funds for HIV/Aids etc) • At national level in all three sectors the private sector and NGOs can be significant in service delivery
11. Slide 11: Is wa te r s e c to r AE a c a s e fo r h yd ro-o p tim is ts o r h yd ro- p e s s im is ts ?  Water is not lagging behind health  Progress in AE does not and education in achieving greater automatically translate into AE in the three study countries better aid outputs and  Sector level aid is receiving outcomes (more water points greater attention at the and improved access to international level services)  Include a broader governance and political economic analysis  Develop a coherent set of sector-level indicators which when seeking to understand link to development outcomes. sector opportunities and barriers to progress towards AE.