Ghana National M

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Ghana National ME System
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Ghana ME System

• Starting point Growth and Poverty Reduction
  Strategy (GPRS II).
• Outlines the national development priorities
  across three pillars
• Macroeconomic stability and private sector
  competitiveness
• Human resource development
• Good governance and civic responsibility
• 159 core indicators across the three pillars
  selected from the sector ME frameworks

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The GPRS II ME Plan

• The ME Plan contains
• The 159 core indicators
• Roles and responsibilities for all key ME
  stakeholders, including NDPC, OoP, MoFEP, GSS,
  sector ministries, provinces and districts.
• A plan for ME activities, including
  dissemination.
• The budget.

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The Annual Progress Report

• The APR is the center piece in the GPRS II ME
  system.
• Contains the annual update of the 159 indicators
  takes stock of progress towards targets.
• It is produced in the Q1 every year. Data is
  vetted by MDAs and GSS.
• Has been complemented by a CRC report that
  provides a qualitative alternative to the
  quantitative data in the APR.

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Producers of Data

• Ghana Statistical Service
• Produces survey data according to a statistical
  master plan.
• Challenge to prioritize surveys and sort out PSR
  issues.
• Sector ministries
• Produces administrative data
• Districts collect data on a subset of 20 GPRS II
  indicators.
• NDPC and CSOs produce qualitative CRC and CSC
  surveys.

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Dissemination of Data

• www.GhanaInfo.org
• Is an online database where the GPRS and MDG
  indicators are available for all stakeholders.
• Challenge to enter and disaggregate data
• Dissemination of GPRS II and APR
• Both on the web and across the country done by
  NDPC

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Use of Data - Information

• APR is used in April to inform the budget support
  assessment.
• Informs the CG results matrix in June where
  results are tied in with funding of the GPRS II
  pillars.
• Informs the budget negotiations that start in
  July.

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The link between Results and Resources

• Every budget expenditure has to be GPRS II
  vetted e.g. relevance for GPRS II has to be
  agreed between NDPC and the requesting line
  ministry.
• Budget is GPRS II coded, so very expenditure has
  a GPRS II code.
• CG pledges are mapped against GPRS II priority
  focus area and sector.
• A three year MTEF has been developed with DP
  (including HIPC) as well as GoG resources.

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Challenges and Opportunities

• To select a core set of PRSP indicators from
  sector ME frameworks.
• To collect quality and timely data on 159
  indicators Good to limit the number to a
  manageable number. And sector reporting cycles
  differ
• To harmonise ME across sectors sector and
  districts ME guidelines developed. Some sectors
  have no ME systems.

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Challenges and Opportunities

• Move towards SWAPs so DPs can use sector ME
  systems (not DP project) and ME support will be
  for the sector.
• To capture and map all DP support across sectors
  and GPRS II priorities both at national and
  sector levels.
• Ownership ME is often DP driven. MoF and OoP
  need to be engaged.
• Linking resources and results value for money,
  impact, use of indicators to inform
  implementation and budget negotiations.

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Challenges and Opportunities

• ME is cross-cutting both a challenge and
  opportunity.
• PRSP offers a way to streamline ME from top to
  bottom.
• PRSP offers an opportunity to link the budget to
  results and hold MDAs accountable both for
  results and financially.
• It also offers a way to harmonize DP support
  across PRSP priorities If Governments take
  ownership of the dialogue (Tanzania)