Buildingup a Results Measurement System for Infrastructure

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Building-up a Results Measurement System for
Infrastructure

• Infrastructure Contributions to Results
• Approach to Infrastructure
• Implications for Development Effectiveness
• Global Level Research Agenda
• Country Level Analytic Agenda
• Measurement Framework
• Global Goals
• Country Outcomes
• Definition of Indicators
• Data Sources and Partners

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Approach to Infrastructure
Emphasizes Infrastructure Service Delivery not
only about also about
Poverty Reduction and the MDGs Means to Achieve
Goals in other Areas Affordability and
Quality Consumer Focus
Growth An End unto Itself Access and
Efficiency Provider Focus
Calls for Allocating Resources to and Targeting
Interventions In also in
Operations and Maintenance, Capacity Building,
Policy Reform
New Physical Assets
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Implications for Development Effectiveness
GLOBAL LEVEL
Research Agenda

• Identify Priority Sectors and Countries

Improve Accountability for all Development
Partners
Measurement Framework

• Identify Priority Sectors within a Country for
  Resource Allocation
• Identify interventions to Target within a Sector
• Improve Results Focus of Project Design and
  Outcome Measurement

COUNTRY LEVEL
Analytic Agenda
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Global Level Research Agenda

• Identify Priority Sectors by Developing Empirical
  Evidence
• MDGs The contribution of each infrastructure
  sector to the achievement of the MDGs
• Poverty Reduction The correlation between
  changes in infrastructure service delivery in
  each sector and changes in poverty levels
• Growth The extent to which changes in
  infrastructure service delivery in each sector
  lead to changes in e.g. GDP, national income
• Identify Priority Countries by Better Tapping
  Data
• Access to Infrastructure Services Deviation of
  each country from targets and global averages

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Country Level Analytic Agenda

• Establish Infrastructure Contributions to Country
  Outcomes
• Causal relationship between infrastructure
  service provision and country goals,
• e.g. electricity ? education level, transport ?
  income level
• Assess Overall Sector Performance
• Measurement of infrastructure service provision
  beyond access
• e.g. quality and affordability
• Benchmarking performance of one country relative
  to others
• Identify Population Segments in Greatest Need of
  Improved Infrastructure Services
• Social/economic rate of return of investment on
  rural-urban areas, different income quintiles,
  different end-user groups

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Global Goals What is Being Measured

• Measuring Progress toward Millennium Development
  Goals
• Goal 7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability
• Water Proportion of People with Access to
  Improved Water Sources
• Sanitation Proportion of People with Access to
  Improved Sanitation
• Energy GDP per unit of Energy Use (as a Proxy of
  Energy Efficiency)
• Urban/Slum Upgrading Proportion of People with
  Access to Secure Tenure
• Goal 8 Development a Global Partnership for
  Development
• ICT Telephone Lines per 1000 People
• ICT Personal Computers per 1000 People
• Taking Global Monitoring beyond the MDGs
• Demonstrates Progress in each Infrastructure
  Sector
• e.g. Transport Proportion of Rural Population
  with Reliable Access to the Road Network
• Tracks Individual Sector Performance Globally and
  Over Time

Global Measurement Uses a Single Measure for Each
Infrastructure Sector often Capturing Only Access
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Country Outcomes What Needs to be Measured
Policy Areas
Infrastructure Sectors

• Access
• Affordability
• Quality of Service
• Cost Efficiency
• Fiscal Costs
• Governance

• Water and Sanitation
• Energy
• Transport
• Roads
• Rails
• Ports
• Air
• Info. Comm. Tech.
• Housing

Country Measurement Focuses on Multiple Measures
for Each Sector
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Definition of Indicators
Policy Areas
Indicators
Access Affordability Quality of Service Cost
Efficiency Fiscal Costs Governance

• Affordability Indicators
• Connection Charge to Electricity Network
• Construction Cost of Sanitation Facilities
• Household Spending on Transport
• Cost of a Local Phone Call

• Quality of Service Indicators
• Perceived Quality of Services Delivered by
  
  
• Road Department (Perception)
• Hours/Day of Water Supply (Technical)

Indicators Should be Based on Key Policy Areas
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Data Sources and Partners
Expand Data Sources and Join Efforts across
Partners to Support Country Capacity
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Summary of Key Points

• Global Goals
• Global Measurement Uses a Single Measure for Each
  Infrastructure Sector often Capturing Only Access
  
• Country Outcomes
• Country Measurement Focuses on Multiple Measures
  for Each Sector
• Indicators
• Should be Based on Key Policy Areas
• Data
• Expand Sources and Join Efforts across Partners
  to Support Country Capacity

Build Consensus in the Development Community for
a Results Measurement System for Infrastructure