Evaluating Poverty Reduction Strategies : Ugandas Experience

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Evaluating Poverty Reduction Strategies
Ugandas Experience

• By
• Margaret Kakande
• Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Devpt.

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Presentation Outline

• Introduction
• Evaluation of early PRSP
• Constraints faced
• Introduction of MDGs
• Management for Development results
• Challenges

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Introduction

• First PEAP/PRSP produced in 1997
• Poverty Monitoring ad Evaluation strategy
  formulated in 2002
• A set of indicators to reflect the
  multi-dimensional nature of poverty formulated
  under the then 4 PEAP pillars

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Evaluation of early PRSP

• Six of the 31 priority indicators were for
  evaluation ( outcomes and impact)
• -GDP growth rate
• -Population below the poverty line
• -Life expectancy
• -Infant Mortality
• -Maternal mortality
• -Nutrition ( stunting)
• -Literacy Rate

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Early cont.

• These were complimented with evaluation of reach
  of inputs and value for money
• PRSC matrix used by various development partners
  that focused on processes and a few outputs

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Constraints faced

• ME system consisting of a cluster of
  organisations using different concepts and
  definitions
• Lack of geographically-disaggregated data
• Facility based data that omitted those not
  accessing services
• Indicators were not integrated into an index to
  give one indicator

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Introduction of MDGs

• The introduction of the MDGs concept did not
  affect the monitoring and evaluation practices
• The PEAP, to a large extent, had taken care of
  the MDG concerns

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Management for Development results

• Aimed at pinning down the strategic
  outcomes/results and performance indicators to
  measure changes in results
• Strengthening the links between inputs,
  activities, outputs, outcomes and impact.

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Management cont.

• Entails conducting annual PEAP implementation
  reviews
• Based on a close linkage between the Sector and
  pillar reviews
• Key results are analysed and cross-cutting
  causality links explored

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Management cont.

• Key Results Areas, reflect income poverty,
  inequality, human development and growth
• ReIP Sum(resPillars 1-5)
• RePillar(i)Sum(resSectors)

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Challenges

• Sector working groups the basis for this analysis
  are at different stages of development
• Establishing sectoral contributions to the
  various pillars is still a mystery
• Reorienting the budget towards resource
  allocation reflecting sectoral contributions to
  the strategic PEAP areas