East AsiaPacific Pilot Presentation-Getting Serious about St.ppt

Getting Serious about Stakeholder Analysis Piloting Political Science Methods in World Bank Operational Work Why Do We Need Stakeholder Analysis? Experience suggests many Bank-supported reforms fail because of low client commitment Understanding the dynamics of potential support and opposition for different policy measures can help reformers design programs that will “work” politically What If? Gorbachev had developed a strategy to defuse opposition to his program to transform political and economic structures in the USSR? Hillary Clinton had been able to manage friends and foes in her efforts to push radical reform on health care in the U.S.? George Bush had analyzed stakeholder positions before going to a vote in the UN Security Council on the war in Iraq? Could Stakeholder Analysis have changed history…..??? Stakeholder AnalysisBackground Potential winners and losers of policy reforms can actively influence reform outcomes To account for role of politics, Bank has performed intuitive analyses of stakeholder preferences Need for more systematic political stakeholder analysis Pilot studies conducted by EASPR using the Expected Utility Stakeholder Model Stakeholder AnalysisObjectives of Pilot Study Operationally useful analytic tool that factors politics into Bank’s understanding and design of interventions Insights to help Bank staff make informed decisions about operational priorities Share modeling findings with country clients (subject to comfort level of country and regional management) Stakeholder AnalysisEast Asian Pilot Program Pilot Program Analyzed Politics of High Profile Governance Issues in 2 East Asian Client (Low and Middle-Income) Countries Country A (Low-income): Anti-corruption (Broad reform initiative plus customs and procurement reform) Civil Service Pay and Employment Reform Country B (middle-income): Anti-corruption (Broad reform initiative plus customs, procurement, and revenue reforms) Stakeholder AnalysisOperational Question