Consulting Opportunities, Trust Funds, Technical Assistance Contracts at the World Bank William Cent

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Consulting Opportunities, Trust Funds, Technical
Assistance Contracts at the World Bank
William CenterAdvocacy Center, World
BankBanking On DevelopmentMarch 2006
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World Bank Operations

• In FY05, 279 Lending, Grant, Guarantee Operations
  for IBRD/IDA, totaling 22.3 billion
• In addition, 500 economic, sector work programs
  and 300 technical assistance projects
• IFC made 236 commitments totaling 6.4 billion
• IFC approved 133 technical assistance projects

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FY07 Lending Program (notional)
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A lot of Trust

• Over recent 5 years, amount of funds held in
  trust at the World Bank has grown from 3.5
  billion to 8.6 billion
• 900 trust fund programs administered by the Bank
• Trend is towards untied multi-donor trust funds
  administered by the World Bank

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Trust Funds Integral to Early Project Development

• Debt service and debt reduction
• Environment and Sustainable Agriculture
• Health and Human Development
• Poverty Reduction and Social Development
• Capacity Building and Technical Advisory Services
• Post-Conflict and Reconstruction Activities
• Financial Sector Strengthening and Crisis
  Management
• Private Sector and Infrastructure Development

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Country Assistance Strategy
IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
PROJECT PREPARATION
PROJECT SUPERVISION
IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT APPRAISAL
LOAN APPROVAL, SIGNING AND EFFECTIVENESS
LOAN NEGOTIATIONS
Joint activity
Client activity
Bank activity
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Business Opportunities During the Project Cycle
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MDBs Major Consulting Revenues

• Conservatively, 7,000 consulting opportunities at
  World Bank alone, worth 700 million annually
• Average size of WB consultant contract is
  350,000
• Average size of IFC Technical Assistance Contract
  is 135,000
• IFC budgets 65 million for T.A. annually

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Consultant Trust Funds

• World Bank has stopped accepting tied consultant
  trust funds
• IFC continues to use them

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Process behind the Process

• IFC investment officers assessed on number and
  amount of trust fund used
• Trust Funds pay administrative overhead
• Some funds easier to use than others
• Whether tied or untied trust funds are a
  competitive factor in winning follow-on work

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Bidding Standards Problematic

• Over-reliance on Quality and Cost Based Standards
• Bank currently reviewing a change in the
  guidelines for procuring consultant services

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Key Thresholds

• 50,000
• 100,000
• 200,000
• CPAR/CFAA

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Wrap Up

• MDB is steady business for consultants
• The Banks are clearinghouses for project
  information for short term consulting
  opportunities
• The clients, ie countries, are sources of larger
  consulting opportunities

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More Information

• WWW.WORLDBANK.ORG
• Home Publications Documents Reports
  Document Type Country Assistance Strategies
  (Lending Programs)
• Home Publications Documents Reports
  Document Type Procurement Plans
• Home Projects Operations Search/Browse
  Project Database

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More Information (contd)

• WWW.DEVBUSINESS.COM
• WWW.DGMARKET.COM