Guinea Bissau Citizen Engagement : Policy Note on Inclusive on Inclusive Service Delivery
Despite higher levels of poverty and extreme poverty in rural areas, access to basic services outside the capital is limited in Guinea-Bissau. The state’s weak presence beyond Bissau has meant that donors, working in partnership with local non-gove...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/147331592281712226/Guinea-Bissau-Citizen-Engagement-Policy-Note-on-Inclusive-on-Inclusive-Service-Delivery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33967 |
| Summary: | Despite higher levels of poverty and
extreme poverty in rural areas, access to basic services
outside the capital is limited in Guinea-Bissau. The state’s
weak presence beyond Bissau has meant that donors, working
in partnership with local non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), have become an alternative service provider, leaving
the country heavily dependent on development partners. Only
1 percent of its investment program is financed by domestic
finances and there is little coordination of donors, leading
to gaps and duplication. Despite decentralization efforts,
local governments lack the capacity to provide basic
services. Therefore, in the short term, the focus should be
on creating a development partnership framework (DPF) to
establish a system for planning, monitoring, and evaluating
development efforts. This framework should be set up in an
incremental fashion, starting with (i) establishing a
transitory DPF while the government puts in place the
enabling actions needed; (ii) establishing an Aid
Coordination Unit within the office of the Prime Minister to
support the overall implementation of the DPF; (iii)
creating an Aid Management Information System to act as a
single repository for all aid information; and (iv)
institutional development and capacity building to improve
the efficiency and effectiveness of development programs and
ensure a transparent and accountable planning and budget process. |
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