Analyzing the Effects of Policy Reforms on the Poor : An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support to Poverty and Social Impact Analyses

The current global financial and economic crises are likely to put enormous pressure on governments to respond with immediate measures and to undertake far-reaching reforms in the medium term, requiring a substantial increase in donor support. To p...

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Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS OF POVERTY ANALYTICAL APPROACH ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK ANALYTICAL GAPS ANALYTICAL TOOLS ANALYTICAL WORK BENEFICIARIES BENEFIT INCIDENCE BENEFIT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS BEST PRACTICE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAS CHOICE OF TOOLS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPENSATION MEASURES COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM CONFIDENCE CORPORATION COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY COUNTRY CAPACITY COUNTRY CIRCUMSTANCES COUNTRY OWNERSHIP COUNTRY POLICIES COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS COUNTRY TEAM DATA COLLECTION DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS DATA COLLECTION METHODS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY OPERATIONS DISCRETION DISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF POLICY REFORMS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS ECONOMIC AGENTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK ECONOMIC POLICIES EQUILIBRIUM MODELS EVALUATION SYSTEM EVALUATION SYSTEMS EX ANTE EX ANTE ANALYSIS EX POST FLEXIBILITY FOCUS GROUPS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA IMPACT OF POLICY IMPACT POLICIES IMPACTS OF POLICY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCORPORATED INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INTERVENTION INVESTIGATION LAND USE LAWS LEARNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LIMITED M&E M&E SYSTEMS MANAGERS MARKET STRUCTURE METHODS OF ANALYSIS MIXED METHODS NATIONAL DEBATE NGO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPERATIONAL POLICY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY PROCESS POLICY ACTION POLICY ACTIONS POLICY AGENDA POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY CHOICE POLICY CHOICES POLICY CONTEXT POLICY DEBATE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DESIGN POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY RISKS POLITICAL RISKS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY EFFECTS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRICE INCREASES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC DISCUSSION PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF POLICY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITATIVE METHODS QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES REFORM IMPLEMENTATION REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REFORMULATION OF POLICY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS SECTOR WORK SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRICES SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX SOCIAL ANALYSES SOCIAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL CONCERNS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS SOCIAL IMPACTS SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY REFORMS SOCIAL PROTECTION STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL QUALITY TRUST FUNDS
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Summary:	The current global financial and economic crises are likely to put enormous pressure on governments to respond with immediate measures and to undertake far-reaching reforms in the medium term, requiring a substantial increase in donor support. To protect the poor and enhance benefits to them, key policy reforms will need to be underpinned by systematic analysis of their expected poverty and social impacts. The World Bank's experience to date with the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) approach provides useful lessons for addressing these issues. Overall, implementation of the PSIA approach has had considerable limitations. There have been tensions between the various operational objectives assigned to PSIAs. The tensions concern inconsistencies between informing country and Bank policy decisions in a timely way and building country analytic capacity. PSIAs have had limited ownership by Bank staff and managers and have often not been effectively integrated into country assistance programs. Quality assurance, monitoring, and evaluation of the overall effectiveness of PSIAs have been weak. To improve PSIAs' effectiveness, this evaluation recommends that the Bank take measures to ensure that staff fully understands what the PSIA approach is and when to use it, clarify the operational objectives of each PSIA, and ensure that the approach and timeline adopted are aligned with those objectives. Quality assurance mechanisms should be strengthened to ensure that PSIAs are designed to achieve the intended effects.

Analyzing the Effects of Policy Reforms on the Poor : An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support to Poverty and Social Impact Analyses

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