Summary of Day 1

1
Summary of Day 1

• Learned about ourselves, ODI the CSPP the
  LRC Composting Case Study,
• Shared experiences of CSOs trying to influence
  policy in Ghana / Nigeria.
• Identified some strategies for success.
• Learned about the RAPID framework tools.
• Tried it out on Ghana / Nigeria cases.

2
Outline of Day 2

• Review of Context, Evidence, Links Framework
• Group work ???
• More work on current cases
• Use the Framework on another case study
• Use other tools to characterise the context for
  Evidence-based policy in Ghana
• Information needs
• What next for the CSPP?
• Seminar
• Forest Watch Case
• RAPID framework etc

3
Examples
2 examples of how the CEL framework has been used
to analyse policy processes 1) The Paravet Story
in Kenya 2) The PRSP Story
4
Paravets in Kenya

• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment ? collapse.
• Paravet projects emerge.
• ITDG projects.
• Privatisation.
• ITDG Paravet network.
• Rapid spread in North.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.
• Still not approved / passed!

5
Paravets in Kenya - Political Context

• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment ? collapse of services.
• Paravet projects emerge.
• ITDG projects.
• Privatisation.
• ITDG Paravet network.
• Rapid spread in North.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.
• Still not approved / passed!

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment
• Privatisation
• ITDG Paravet network and change of DVS.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.

6
Paravets in Kenya - Research

• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment ? collapse of services.
• Paravet projects emerge.
• ITDG projects.
• Privatisation.
• ITDG Paravet network.
• Rapid spread in North.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.
• Still not approved / passed!

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment
• Privatisation
• ITDG Paravet network and change of DVS.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.

ITDG projects collaborative action research.
7
Paravets in Kenya - Links

• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment ? collapse of services.
• Paravet projects emerge.
• ITDG projects.
• Privatisation.
• ITDG Paravet network.
• Rapid spread in North.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.
• Still not approved / passed!

• Professionalisation of Public Services.
• Structural Adjustment
• Privatisation
• ITDG Paravet network and change of DVS.
• KVB letter (January 1998).
• Multistakeholder WSs ? new policies.

ITDG projects collaborative action research.
8
Paravets in Kenya - Lessons

• Political stagnation, professional protectionism
• Practical evidence invisible to policy makers
• Powerful individuals, professional interests
• Bad timing - ITDG missed the boat twice!
• A Tipping Point
• New champions
• Collaborative policy-research

9
What should ITDG have done?

• Learned more about the political context
• Involved more policy makers earlier
• Collected more empirical data used it better
• Seized the chance in 1989
• Involved non-livestock policy makers
• Controlled the club
• Looked for champions
• Involved bilaterals and multilaterals

10
PRSPs Political Context

• Widespread awareness of a problem with
  international development policy in late 90s
• Failure of SAPs (and Asian financial crisis)
• Mounting public pressure for debt relief
• Stagnation of Comprehensive Development Framework
  idea
• Diverging agendas (UK Poverty, US Governance)
• WB/IMF Annual General Meeting, Sept 1999

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PRSPs Evidence

• Long-term academic research informing new focus
  on poverty, participation, ownership, aid
  effectiveness etc
• Applied policy research
• ESAF reviews
• HIPC review
• SPA Working Groups
• NGO research on debt
• Ugandas PEAP

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PRSPs Links

• WB, IMF, SPA, Bilaterals, NGOs all involved
• Formal an informal networks
• None of the players was more than two handshakes
  away from any of the others