World Bank: PRSP Source Book TFSCB StatCap initiative PARIS21 Task Team on Strategic Statistical Development Plan (SSDP) 15 October 2002

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World Bank PRSP Source Book TFSCB StatCap
initiative PARIS21 Task Team on Strategic
Statistical Development Plan (SSDP)15 October
2002
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Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are
  designed to help prioritize interventions at the
  country level according to their impact on
  poverty outcomes, which will form the basis for
  World Bank (IDA) and IMF concessional assistance
  to low-income countries including debt relief
  under the HIPC Initiative.

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Key Steps of PRSP

• Understanding the nature and locus of poverty
• Choosing public actions that have the highest
  poverty impact
• Selecting and tracking outcome indicators

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Principals of PRSP

• Country-driven
• Results-oriented
• Comprehensive
• Partnerships
• Long-term Perspective

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PRSP and Statistics

• It is recognized that developing a PRS in any
  country will inevitably be a data and information
  intensive process.
• There will have to be a number of trade-offs
  between what is desirable and what is possible.
• It is also important to ensure that the
  opportunity provided by the PRS process, to
  highlight deficiencies in information systems and
  to mobilize resources for investment and capacity
  strengthening, is taken.

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STATCAP

• STATCAP is a new WB lending instrument to support
  statistical capacity building in developing
  countries, system wide or in particular
  statistical areas if needed
• STATCAP is an Adaptable Program Loan (APL) and
  based on a sector wide approach.
• It is designed to be a simple, user-friendly
  lending facility to initiate, design and operate
  the statistical capacity building projects

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STATCAP

• STATCAP, as other WB projects, requires a
  preparation of a Project Appraisal Document
  (PAD).
• The template PAD will be based on a STATCAP
  Master Plan (SCMP) for the country
• The SCMP will cover the entire national
  statistical system, even if the project is to
  finance SCB in only one area

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STATCAP Master Plan

• Will build on existing strategies and processes,
  identify existing strengths and weaknesses, and
  propose an action plan, normally based on the
  following components
• statistical policy and the regulatory and
  institutional framework independence and
  confidentiality, legislation, the dialogue with
  data users, management and organization
• the development of statistical infrastructure
  the business register, sampling frames,
  classifications, database structures and
  geographic information systems
• statistical operations and procedures
• physical infrastructure and equipment.

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STATCAP ME basis

• Identification of specific targets and indicators
  of success, according to goals set out in the
  SCMP
• International standards such as the IMFs GDDS
  and DQAF and the UNs fundamental principles of
  official statistics
• PARIS21 Indicators of statistical capacity
  building

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Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building and
SMP preparation

• One of the TFSCB Country-specific activities is
  the Development of Statistical Master plans
• At present 2 countries are preparing SMPs under
  the TFSCB and 6 more have applied for TFCB
  Grants to finance this activity
• The TFSCB may play a crucial role in realization
  of STATCAP projects by financing the preparation
  of the SCMP, which is a modification of a SMP

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TFSCB and SMP preparation

• To facilitate the the process, we suggest
• Preparation of a Template application for SMP
  funding from TFSCB (150,000)
• Consultants Guidelines for the SMP preparation
• Fast track approval of SMP application