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MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY: LESSONS FOR POST-BUSAN PROGRESS

MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY: LESSONS FOR POST-BUSAN PROGRESS. Matthew Martin Director Development Finance International DfID Mutual Accountability Seminar 14 January 2013. CONTEXT/BACKGROUND .

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MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY: LESSONS FOR POST-BUSAN PROGRESS

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  1. MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY: LESSONS FOR POST-BUSAN PROGRESS Matthew Martin Director Development Finance International DfID Mutual Accountability Seminar 14 January 2013

  2. CONTEXT/BACKGROUND • Worked with more than 35 governments on mutual accountability frameworks and assessing aid quality (part-funded by DfID, results used in MAR) • Technical Advisor to developing country negotiators in Accra Agenda for Action, mutual accountability key focus of discussions • Member of pre-Busan Task Team and post-Busan building block on mutual accountability (now added results) • Senior Advisor to UN Secretary General on Development Cooperation as part of Development Cooperation Forum (DESA) • Major technical studies on progress/what works in MA • Based on survey covering 104 countries – of MA and results progress – results presented to DCF and BB on Results

  3. MA PROGRESS – KEY PILLARS (%)

  4. KEY AREAS FOR FUTURE PROGRESS • Most vital: targets and annual assessments for individual donors - has greatest influence on donor performance and increased results, + increased MA balance also encourages gvt progress • Enhancing domestic accountability with MA – folding MA into national structures/processes and increasing role of parliaments and civil society • Aid policies – incl. reducing aid dependence + MIC aid phaseout by enhancing domestic resource mobilisation – aid “working out of a job”

  5. CASE STUDY PROGRESS (Q1 2012) • Afghanistan 19/104 – in top 20%: • lacking individual donor targets, • needs to involve non-executive sholders • could improve devt strategy and targets • Sierra Leone 37/104 – in top 40% • no donor targets or assessment • could improve devt strategy and targets, and non-exec involvement

  6. BROAD RANGE OF DFID COUNTRIES • Quite a few DfID priority countries score highly in top 20% – Mozambique, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania • Some surprising countries lagging on donor targets/assessment – Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, Zambia • many DfID countries virtually no progress – Nepal, DRC, South Africa, OPT, Kyrgyz, Jamaica, Nigeria, N&S Sudan, Guyana, Pakistan, Tajikistan (+ those in conflict – Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Myanmar, Zimbabwe) • HIGH CORRELATION FRAGILITY ↔ LOW PROGRESS

  7. HOW TO GET THERE: PROMOTING KEY ENABLING FACTORS • Government leadership essential: ensure clear lead institution/unity within government • Like-minded donor group and key sponsors who will push others through peer pressure • Trust – advance on key issues, sectors to demonstrate rapid progress is possible • New Deal should be key step forward for fragile states – but • must be integrated into broader MA steps; • not be used as excuse for “second-best”, but as route to full-fledged MA • Coordinate MA/transparency initiatives – eg aid databases include MA and link to results

  8. HOW TO GET THERE: OVERCOMING KEY BARRIERS • Lack of capacity/understanding among government/donor/non-exec staff • Capacity-building programmes for partner governments and parliaments/CSOs as part of broader accountability drives • Ensure strong donor HQ leadership on MA and integration into work practices and incentives (DfID a leader) • Lack of information on global best practice • Ensure continued monitoring and analysis of progress in context of Global Partnership (DCF survey and analysis to continue/expand) • Political “events” disrupting/reversing progress • very careful definition of process for rowing back and keeping funds flowing to the poor

  9. KEY WAYS FORWARD • Still a lot of work to do in DfID priority countries – especially to prioritise fragile states • Have clear minimum standards (country-led aid policies, targets + annual assessments for individual donors, non-executive inclusion, ND compliance) and adapt to country needs/circumstances • Work with other like-minded to ensure remains among top issues globally and nationally • Continue to share information on progress and enabling factors/barriers (in DfID and beyond) – DESA establishing web repository on best practice • Get the Building Block working more effectively – set targets for its results as TT did - to keep this at centre of Global Partnership

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