Cluster Country Program Evaluation on Small States : Pacific Island Countries Program Evaluation (FY05–15)
This appendix is an adjunct to the main report. It is not intended as a free-standing Country Program Evaluation (CPE) on the World Bank in Tonga. It provides additional underpinning and evidence for the overall story of the Bank’s relevance and ef...
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| Format: | Evaluation |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/485891475064557163/Cluster-country-program-evaluation-on-small-states-Pacific-Island-countries-program-evaluation-FY05-15 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35151 |
| Summary: | This appendix is an adjunct to the main
report. It is not intended as a free-standing Country
Program Evaluation (CPE) on the World Bank in Tonga. It
provides additional underpinning and evidence for the
overall story of the Bank’s relevance and effectiveness in
the PICs provided in the main report. The Tonga country
assistance strategy (CAS) was prepared in 2010 and covered
the period from FY11 to FY14. The CAS signaled a
considerable scaling up of analytic and financial support
for Tonga (and the other PICs). It identified connectivity
as the Bank’s major contribution over the previous five
years, through the support for increased temporary migration
opportunities and the encouragement of telecoms reform that
led to the opening of the market for mobile telephones. In
addition to the two broad themes in the regional framework
(connectivity and resilience), the CAS added a third:
Supporting policy reform to strengthen growth prospects and
improve service delivery. Going forward the Bank planned to
make increased use of the development policy operation (DPO)
instrument which would support Tonga during the very
difficult period it was going through at the time, given the
combination of coping with the global crisis and with
natural disasters. There was to be emphasis on support for
improved governance and public financial management (PFM)
reforms. Under the theme of Building resilience against
shocks, the Bank looked to tap the Global Facility for
Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to provide support
for integrated adaptation and disaster risk management (DRM)
activities. The GFDRR would also be used to “climate proof”
future infrastructure investment. The CAS also declares the
intention in small island states like Tonga to be, more
nimble in project preparation and give greater attention to
implementation support. The Bank can at times be more of an
elephant than a lynx. |
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