West and Central Africa 2009 Regional Result Management

Plan

Presentation Outline

I. Regional Overview

II. Structural Characteristics of the Regional Portfolio & Project Implementation Performance

III. IFAD’s Vision for the Region

IV. Divisional Management Plan

Regional Overview of West and Central Africa

• 24 countries of which:5 represent the lowest rankings in the Human

Development Index13 are in the bottom 22 in the Human

Development Index5 countries face civil war or conflict3 are only just emerging from conflict1/3rd of the area of WCA is located in the arid

or semi-arid zone: drought and famine are common

Regional Overview of West and Central Africa

• 550 million people (Oct. 2006)52% womenMore than 70% live in rural areas

• High annual population growth rates:

2% - 3.5%

• Agriculture provides more than 70% of the basic needs and incomes of rural people

Source: FAOSTAT 2006

Rural and Rural Poor Populations in West and Central Africa

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Rural Population

Rural Population suffering from Poverty

•Majority of people in WCA live in rural areas: 350 Million, 2006

•More than 70% of the rural population of WCA suffer from acute poverty (less than 1$/day)

•Agriculture is the primary source of income in the region.

Source: Rural Population, FAOSTAT, Rural Poverty Rates, INSD, EPCV, ESAM, CLSS, HCLS, ENBC & National Household Surveys

Structural Characteristics of the Regional Portfolio

• 50 financed projects in 20 countries. • Total financing about US$729 million, with

cofinancing of about US$313 million. • The regional grant portfolio amounted to

US$21.24 million: 15 large regional grants (US$18.49 million) and 19 small grants (US$2.75 million).

• Cofinancing mobilized increased by 12% from US$291 million to US$313 million

Project Implementation Performance

• Of the 40 projects rated, 33 were classified as Not At Risk (NAR), 3 as Potential Problem Projects (PPPs) and 4 as Actual Problem Project (APPs).

• There are currently 7 projects ‘at risk’ compared to 9 from the previous review period.

• Low disbursement rates represent the most significant portfolio constraintShare of projects with disbursement lag over 40%

down to 22% from 27%.

IFAD’s Vision for the Region

“West Africa is enabled to lift itself out of poverty

and hunger” • Achieved through promotion of innovative

and effective programmes and support to policies to ensure expanded agricultural and rural development growth

Loan and Grant Programme Priorities in WCA

• Support the building of inclusive value chains and rural enterprises including access of the rural poor to technology and innovations to promote sustainable agricultural productivity and food security.

• Access of rural households and enterprises to financial services and local, regional and international input-supply and output markets

• Access to natural resources (especially land and water) and maintaining the quality of the resource base for agriculture in the context of climate change

• Institutional development and capacity-building

Divisional Management Plan

Better programme designBetter project designBetter project implementationKnowledge management and

innovationPartnership within & outside IFAD

Better Programme Design

• 4 result based COSOPs to be designed in 2009

• Use the CPMT approach to produce high quality COSOPs in harmony with the Paris declaration

• Contribute to national and regional policy generation and transformation through partnership (IFPRI, FAO, OECD, etc.)

KPI: Country Programme DesignCMR 1: Better Country Programme Design

Divisional KPI Baseline Year Target

# RB-COSOPS presented to the board 1 4

Proactive engagement in PRSP design and implementation to increase focus on agriculture and rural poverty

# Countries with CPMT # Draft proposal for

a regional tracking and reporting system developed  for PRS

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24

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KPI: 2009 Objective for COSOP in quality

• % of COSOP rated satisfactory or better at entry------------------------------------------80%

• % of COSOP rated satisfactory or better during implimentation according to client survey----------------------------------------80%

• % of Country programmes rated satisfactory or better on adherence to Paris Aid Effectiveness according to Paris Declaration monitoring Group----------80%

Better Project Design

• 7/8 projects to the board in ’09• Currently 11 projects in the pipeline at varying

stages of design • Three criteria to determine the entry of new

projects into the portfolio & design– Ensure robustness & quality of projects at entry– Maximum utilization of PBAS– Progressive reduction of number of projects in the

regional portfolio to match resources: maximum of 1 project per country per PBA cycle

KPI: Country Project DesignCMR 2: Better Project Design

Divisional KPI Baseline Year Target

% of project designs rated satisfactory or better for quality at entry

% of large grants rated good or better for quality at entry

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0%

80%

80%

% of new project rated satisfactory or better on likely impact on poverty agregate for 2008/9

% of project rated satisfactory or better at completion (c0mpletion reports

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0%

80%

75%

Better Project Implementation• Areas of focus

– Reduction and eventual removal of projects at risk

– Reduction of implementation problems, especially relating to: Disbursement ratingCounterpart fundsM&E Project management

Better Project Implementation• Improve development effectiveness by:

Taking over supervision of projects: 3 projects

directly supervised in 2006, 12 in 2007, 23 in 2008, 35 in 2009, all projects in 2010

Increasing the country presenceOutposting of CPMs (starting with Senegal

and Ghana in 2009;Newly established portofolio suport unit Divisional dashboard to monitor portfolio performance

KPI: Country project implementation

• Average time from project effectiveness to approval-----------------------------13 months

• % of projects with supervision rating satisfactory or better (sup. Reports---80%

• Pro-activity index--------------------------70%

• Project at risk -----------------------25% max

KPI: On Human Resource Management

• % of positions filed within 3 months from close of vacancy---------------------------95%

• Ratio of GS to Professional staff------70%

• Staff survey showing improvement of staff moral-----------------------------Improvement

• 360 degre introduced ------------------100%

• % of staff attendind training-----------100%

Knowledge Management and Innovation

• Expected Results:– Mainstreaming of KM in country programmes

and projects starting with new projects and at mid-term review

– Improving M&E (M&E regional grant)– Learning from field experiences (Scouting

innovations through supervision)

Knowledge Management and Innovation:Expected Results Continued…

– Strengthening Fidafrique and linking to ES Africa

– Improving the effectiveness of knowledge grants (Knowledge Grants: IITA Grants, Microfinance, Future focus on Rice, R&T, Millet/Sorghum)

– Improving the skills of IFAD staff and partners in supervision, implementation support, innovation and KM

Partnerships

• Within IFAD– Closer cooperation with PF (Fidafrique, NEPAD,

market access)– Systematized cooperation through joint programmes

with FC, EC, EO (project information management, support implementation performance, policy)

• External Partners– Professional organizations and Private Sector– Co Financers (AfDB, WB, BSF, OPEC, BOAD, IsDB,

BADEA)– Policy support (OECD, IFPRI)– All above: within the context of the Paris Declaration

Risk Management

• Civil Strife– Increase project pipeline to ensure delivery

• Poor resource management– Enforce submissions of project audit– Introduce continuous audit processes where

risk is high– Include component on corruption in project

design

Expanding Country Presence and Proposed CPM Out Posting

Countries Existing Country Presence

New Proposed Country Presence

New proposed CPM Out Posting

2009 2010 2009 2010

Benin X

Burkina Faso X

Cameroon X

DR Congo X X

Ghana X

Guinea X

Mali X

Nigeria X

Senegal X X