Country Ownership of PRSPs Experience in 4 countries.pptVIP

Country Ownership of PRSPs: Experience in 4 countries Bolivia (EBRP 3/01) Ghana (GPRS 2/03) Kyrgyz Republic (NPRS 1/03) Senegal (DSRP 4/02) Objectives Document and synthesize experiences where the PRSP process is enhancing country ownership of national development strategy (formulation and early implementation) Enhance cross-Bank collaboration – OPCS, ESSD, PREM, WBI, country teams Facilitate cross-country learning PRSP teams (government, internal partners) Staff of development assistance agencies (multilateral, bilateral) Provide basis for deepening country ownership of national development strategies including through alignment, harmonization and stronger coordination Participation and Country Ownership Participation: the process through which stakeholders influence and share control over priority setting, policy-making, resource allocations, and access to public goods and services (PRSP Sourcebook) Country ownership: the broadening of consensus within and between the executive, parliament, local governments and internal and external partners on pro-poor policies within national development strategies 5 Factors of Country Ownership of PRSPs Leadership within and participation across the executive Institutionalized participation (participation through existing/permanent institutions and integrated into established decision making processes) The role and impact of parliament, local government, internal partners The role and impact of external partners Political and economic factors 1. Country ownership of PRSPs is dynamic Emphasis on country ownership still relatively new, history of participation relatively short in many countries. Capacity constraints pervasive in the executive, parliament, local government, internal partners. Entrenched practices, vested interests slow to change. A continuous objective: countries with country ownership substantially in place strive to deepen it. 2. Leadership and coordination within the e