Implementing M4P? HR and Flexibility: Katalyst

Perspective

Manish PandeyManish Pandey

Making Markets Work for the Poor Workshop

Bangkok, Thailand

November 26, 2008

Katalyst-BangladeshPhase I Phase II

Donors DFID SDC SIDA

DFID SDC CIDA The Netherlands

Implementers SwisscontactGTZ-International Services

SwisscontactGTZ-International Services

Duration Oct ’02 –15 Mar ’08 16 Mar ’08 – 15 Mar ’13

Budget US$ 20 million US$ 45 million

Line Ministry Ministry of Commerce Ministry of Commerce

Challenges, Responses Delivery concept

Human resources Industry “experts” “Experienced” “Qualified”

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• Step 1: Understanding: growth potential, market failures, leverage points

• Step 2: Developing strategies• Step 3: Finding opportunities,

partners• Step 4: Deal making, risk taking• Step 5: Monitoring and adjusting

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Rural Economy: Agriculture and secondary towns

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Rural Marketing

Agriculture Small enterprises in secondary towns

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Seeds

Compost Fertilizer

ICT

Services around Haats

Mass Media

Policy advocacy

Challenges, Responses Working through

others Replication Outreach

Internal structures and processes Project size Divisional

methodologies Silo structures Coordination

• Capacity building of co-facilitators• Replication and scale through

•private sector•government

• Manageable span of control, flexibility

• Knowledge management• Uniform methodology with wider

definitions• Meetings, planning

Challenges, Responses Institutional setting

Government “ownership”

Donor coordination, harmonization

Time horizon 5 years Early impact

Improved over time, consortiumBuilt on trust and empathy

time

Initial research, action learning and confidence

building

Project activities

Scaling up activities, addressing major constraints

Remedial activities.

monitoring

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Efforts, resources,

Impact

LessonsDesign and Monitoring Methodology and

approach take time to evolve

Agree on impact logic & indicators

Clarify institutional setting

Invest in knowledge mgmt

Evolutionary path of the project

Donor harmonization through consortium

Implementation Project led at private

sector’s pace Portfolio includes

success and failure Slow start, “burn rate” Limited capacity of co-

facilitators High costs of frequent

reviews & adjustments Internal communication

needs of donors

Flexibility with rigor Project Identity?

What are you? The “field”

Methodology and approach

Where is the impact? How do you measure? Impact logic, LFA M&E Activities

Service MarketsDevelopment

Enterprise Competitiveness

PovertyAlleviation

Donors

Project

Project M&IA Manual

3rd Party Impact Assessment?

What is it all about?

Capacity

Orientation

Business attitude

Academic rigor

Result orientation