Country Evaluation:Nigeria Assessment Of Development Results ADR Findings

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Country Evaluation Assessment of Development
Results Viet Nam Key conclusions October 2003
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Viet Nam - Characteristics

• Model poverty reduction and impressive economic
  growth
• Growing inequality
• Use of resources
• A communist, one-party state
• Private sector development
• Changing role of the state

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Key achievements - the UNDP contribution

• Private sector development and economic growth
• The evolving State role
• Developing the legal and judicial system
• Human development
• Openness, participation, decentralization
• Awareness on environment and disasters

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The UNDP strategic response

• Neutral, trusted partner with a low-key approach
  with effect far beyond its financial contribution
  
• High relevance - governance
• Very responsive - first mover and policy advice
• Operationally nimble - but wider range of tools
  needed now
• Portfolio - too broad, uneven mix of strategic,
  replicable, local initiatives
• Partnerships to improve coordination and UNDP
  visibility

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Recommendations for Viet Nam

• 1. Policy advice and coordination Build targeted
  capacity
• 2. Governance for poverty reduction Work on
  governance centrally for poverty effects locally
• Enabling framework for reform
• Decentralized governance
• Rural private sector development
• Sustainable development
• 3. Knowledge sharing and learning
• 4. Project selectivity and management innovation

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Lessons learned and corporate implications

• Ideas and knowledge as important as money in
  promoting change
• Linkages between localized programmes and poverty
  alleviation are difficult to demonstrate focus
  should be on how to impact the aggregate level
• Link micro level support to boarder policy goal
  and have clear exit strategy
• Piloting and innovations need coherent learning
  and internalization strategies within and between
  countries
• Operational toolbox is inadequate for advisory
  role
• Potential of practice area matrixing -
  unexplored?
• Country offices need top policy capacity
• Stability in senior management at CO level
  essential for results

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Lessons Corporate Implications Vietnam and
Nigeria

• Ideas and knowledge as important as money in
  promoting change
• Linkages between localized programmes and poverty
  alleviation are difficult to demonstrate focus
  should be on how to impact the aggregate level
• Link micro level support to boarder policy goal
  and have clear exit strategy
• Piloting and innovations need coherent learning
  and internalization strategies within and between
  countries
• Operational toolbox is inadequate for advisory
  role
• Potential of practice area matrixing -
  unexplored?
• Country offices need top policy capacity
• Stability in senior management at CO level
  essential for results