THE ABCs OF IDA— KEY ACHIEVEMENTS BY COUNTRY Governance & Institution Building ABCs of IDA | 1 This publication is a product of the Development Finance Vice Presidency of the World Bank Group 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 ida.worldbank.org Facebook.com/IDA.wbg Twitter.com/WBG_Fin4Dev YouTube.com/WorldBank October 2017 Photography: Cover, Dominic Chavez/World Bank—Aminata Camara, midwife at Ross Road Community Health Center in Freetown, Sierra Leone. p. 4, Stephan Gladieu/World Bank--Central African Republic. p. 6, Sarah Farhat/World Bank--Nairobi’s central business district. p. 7, Arne Hoel/World Bank--Societé Genérale Mauritanie bank branch in Nouakchott, Mauritania. p. 8, Visual News Associates/World Bank--A woman stitches a bed cover in Taunsa, Pakistan. p. 9, Masaru Goto/World Bank--A classroom in Cambodia. p. 10, Dominic Chavez/World Bank--A fisherman in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 2 | ABCs of IDA ABCs OF IDA: GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTION BUILDING By the Numbers Key IDA achievements Good governance and strong better at delivering services. From Learn more about how IDA and accountable institutions are increasing tax collection in Pakistan supports country efforts to build crucial for poverty reduction and to improving budget transparency strong institutions for sustained development impact. in Chad, an effective public sector results, and be sure to see our other means better services for people “ABCs” (achievements by country) The International Development and greater citizen participation. of IDA, including highlights of our Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for the poorest, helps build the systems that IDA’s emphasis on long-term growth and capacity helps ensure work in Africa, on gender, climate, and conflict and fragility at ida. worldbank.org/abcs 50 PERCENT Increase in revenue collected by make assistance more effective. that results are sustained and that the government of the Central IDA works with ministries, countries are on a path where they African Republic agencies, and departments of the can fund their own development. 2014-2015 executive branch on managing public institutions and finances. With IDA’s help, hundreds of On broader governance issues, millions of people have escaped IDA works with the legislative poverty—through the creation and judicial branches and other of jobs, access to clean water, institutions that promote public accountability and greater engagement with society. schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more. From 2011 to 2017 IDA funding helped immunize 1/4 billion 450,000+ Citizens in Nicaragua benefited children, provide access to better from improved land titling and As a result, governments water sources for 72 million, and registry services become more transparent, more provide access to health services 2012-2015 accountable to their citizens, less for 602 million people. susceptible to corruption, and ABCs of IDA | 3 AFGHANISTAN government accountability through implementation of an From 2003 to 2015, the National efficient and transparent fiscal Solidarity Program and 31 system. In 2015, 59 percent partners, including IDA, worked of women believed that local through community development governments were meeting local councils to identify and implement priorities, up from 40 percent in 86,000 small-scale reconstruction 2011. And 78,132 local officials and development activities, were trained in community-driven including projects to improve capacity-building activities in water supply and sanitation, rural 2015. roads, irrigation, power, health, and education. The program has BOLIVIA generated over 52 million days of work for skilled and unskilled From 2008 to 2014, 2,891 workers and has helped establish families—the majority from 33,400 community development indigenous populations—accessed councils across Afghanistan that 151,579 hectares of land to grow are democratically elected through crops and raise livestock through secret ballot. productive associations, helping increase average household From 2011 to 2016, five incomes by 39 percent. 38 percent CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC government agencies in of participants in agricultural and Afghanistan adopted computer The Central African Republic Emergency Public Services administrative skills training were and mobile applications that have Response Project aims to improve the capacity of the women, and women were active expanded the reach and improved board members in 74 percent government to reestablish an operational government access to public services. In 2015, of the associations established payroll and related financial management systems the project also helped train 140 through the project. after the civil war. Results include an increase in revenue chief information officers and collections of 50 percent from 2014 to 2015. The increased officials from the government on More than 16,000 families have service delivery platforms. benefited from a project to funding allowed the government to rebuild service delivery improve access to markets for functions after the crisis. BANGLADESH smallholder farmers in rural Bolivia through self-managed grassroots An IDA-supported project organizations. has helped strengthen local 4 | ABCs of IDA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI to reestablish an operational GRENADA government payroll and related 9,741 new formal jobs were created The number of days needed to financial management systems Regulatory reforms helped as of mid-2012 and 70,624 obtain a construction permit at a after the civil war. Results include Grenada increase tourism revenue businesses were registered by the new one-stop shop dropped from an increase in revenue collections by nearly 35 percent from 2013 to business registration one-stop 137 to 99 between 2012 and 2013. of 50 percent from 2014 to 2015. 2014. shop as of the end of 2014. The increased funding allowed CAMBODIA the government to rebuild service GUINEA It now takes 3 days to create an delivery functions after the crisis. enterprise—down from 45 days From 2011 to 2015, 5,487 Ministry In 2015, 50 percent of mines in 2004—and the number of days of Education staff participated in Guinea complied with fiscal CHAD needed to obtain a construction in training to improve capacity in controls in line with established permit is 30—down from 260 in management, assessment, higher standards, up from 0 in 2012. As of 2014, the government’s 2006. education accreditation, and 43 percent of mining activities in expenditure network is fully financial management. computerized and 17 other 2015 were subject to environment 4,224 construction permits were monitoring inspections, up from 0 government institutions are issued by the one-stop shop as of in 2012. The time taken to receive CAMEROON connected with the finance the end of 2014. an exploration license was reduced ministry, allowing the agency to Cameroon reduced the time it generate instantaneous budget to 30 days in 2015, down from 60 More than 56 percent of industrial takes to issue mineral rights from reports. All budget information days in 2012. mining operations were inspected 11 days in 2013 to 5 days in 2015. from 2012 to 2016 has been made for compliance with national The project has helped modernize available to the public on the web HONDURAS environmental guidelines adopted the government’s management of (www.pamfip.org). in 2015. 63 percent of industrial mining titles and helped set up a The government of Honduras mining operations were covered website (www.mines-cameroun. improved its score on by annual technical inspections GHANA cm) to increase transparency in Transparency International’s Open in 2015, up from 0 in 2014. 304 Cameroon’s mining sector. 1,324 datasets were available on Budget Index from 11 (out of 100 people have been trained in the Ghana’s government data website possible points) in 2011 to 42 in implementation of environmental CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC in 2015, up from 100 in 2013. 2015. The improvement reflects legislation regarding mining the government’s efforts to make operations. The Central African Republic more budget information available Emergency Public Services to the public. Response Project aims to improve the capacity of the government ABCs of IDA | 5 KENYA From 2010 to 2015, 32 percent of on-the-ground inspections of In Kenya, ‘MajiVoice’ software exploration and mining operations allows citizens to submit real time were performed using improved feedback on water services online systems and procedures in line or by SMS. The service has helped with international standards. Kenya’s largest utility increase In 2015, 1,631 government its complaint resolution rate from personnel were trained in contract 46 percent to 94 percent and management, financial analysis, halve the time it takes to resolve accounting, environmental and problems. social management Six new mining regulations were also approved. KOSOVO LESOTHO From 2008 to 2015, the number of days needed to complete a record From 2014 to 2015, 28,616 of purchase or sale of property people benefited from a project dropped from 30 days to about to improve Lesotho’s business 10 days with the help of a project environment, increase access to to improve tenure security and finance, and diversify the country’s develop the real estate market in economy by developing selected post-conflict Kosovo. non-textile sectors. LAO PDR 100 non-government organizations received training from 2013 to In 2015, 1,321 square kilometers 2015 in two of five priority areas KENYA of forest met forest management related to addressing the HIV In Kenya, ‘MajiVoice’ software allows citizens to submit standards set by the Forest epidemic in Lesotho. real time feedback on water services online or by SMS. Stewardship Council (FSC), up The service has helped Kenya’s largest utility increase its from 806 square kilometers in MALAWI complaint resolution rate from 46 percent to 2013. A smartphone investigation tool, which allows people to report As of 2015, all mining operations 94 percent and halve the time it takes to resolve when forest laws are broken, in Malawi were subject to problems. reduced the number of breaches environmental certification, from 744 in 2013 to 390 in 2015. up from 50 percent in 2012. 6 | ABCs of IDA Standardized royalties, taxes and From 2011 to 2015, a project to NEPAL regulations have been drafted. A modernize Moldova’s government new mineral tax administration services helped launch “M-Cloud,” The government of Nepal and revenue management manual cloud-based shared computing introduced gender-sensitive and model have been developed infrastructure that allowed 35 of budgeting, and allocations and were in use as of 2015. the country’s public institutions to activities that are directly to migrate 112 information supportive of women have steadily systems to the cloud. The same increased to 19 percent in the MALI project helped launch an open country’s 2015 budget. From 2011 to 2015, citizens’ government data portal with over perception of local government 800 government data sets and a NICARAGUA management improved by government services portal. More 48 percent. All urban local than 2,200 public servants and 458,557 people, more than half governments met the minimum other government employees have women, benefited from a project to conditions for access to received e-government training strengthen property rights through performance-based grants in under the project. improved land titling and registry 2015. services from 2012 to 2015. More than 42,000 families have received MONGOLIA legal documents for their property. MAURITANIA From 2011 to 2015, a technical From 2012 to 2014, Mauritania assistance project helped Mongolia NIGERIA increased the amount it collects pass accounting and auditing in taxes by nearly 50 percent laws to adhere to international The number of public contracts MAURITANIA through reforms to improve public standards and helped collect awarded through open competition From 2012 to 2014, resources management. data and set up a database grew by 85 percent in 2015, up Mauritania increased the that can be used to target from 20 percent growth in 2009. amount it collects in taxes MOLDOVA government services and subsidies From 2009 to 2015, eight states by nearly to the poorest households. The Application processing for Moldova’s project has also helped increase in Nigeria adopted a revised legal framework for payment 50 percent social assistance program fell from transparency in the government through reforms to authorizations, and seven states 30 days in 2010 to 8.4 days in 2015 procurement process, with all enacted legislation and established improve public resources thanks to an online information procurement plans, invitations for a regulatory agency to manage management. management system. bids, and contract awards posted government procurement. on the government’s procurement website. ABCs of IDA | 7 PAKISTAN RWANDA 25.7 million people in Pakistan From 2012 to 2015, statisticians have benefited from a social safety in all 30 districts in Rwanda were net program between 2009 and trained on web-based software 2015. From 2009-2014, more than for civil registration and vital $2.9 billion was provided in cash statistics. As of 2015, the National transfers through debit cards, Data Archive was fully operational, mobile phones and smartphones. allowing users to access and The program also established download data from Rwanda’s a database of more than 27 three main household living million households to ensure standards surveys. the government is reaching the poorest. SIERRA LEONE Tax collection in Pakistan’s Sindh Public revenues from the fisheries province increased from PKR sector increased from $0.9 million 34 billion in fiscal year 2012-13 in 2008 to $3.8 million in 2013, to PKR 42 billion in fiscal year a 322 percent increase over 5 2013-14. years, thanks to a program to curtail illegal fishing and establish Government agencies in conservation zones dedicated to Punjab province have improved local small-scale fishing. transparency through regular and proactive disclosure of information TAJIKISTAN on 76 websites set up between 2013 and 2016. Government PAKISTAN 37 percent of students enrolled in agencies also logged 170,000 calls higher education in Tajikistan in 25.7 million people in Pakistan have benefited from a social from citizens about key services in 2015 were female, compared to safety net program between 2009 and 2015. From 2009- 2016, up from 50,000 in 2013. And 28 percent in 2013. The country 2014, more than $2.9 billion was provided in cash transfers as of 2016, 216 services—including also saw a 24 percent increase through debit cards, mobile phones and smartphones. The healthcare facilities, veterinary in women who registered for the program also established a database of more than 27 million services, and teacher and student national university entrance exam attendance—were being monitored households to ensure the government is reaching the poorest. from 2013 to 2014. using mobile devices. 8 | ABCs of IDA TANZANIA As part of the East Africa Public Health Laboratory From 2014 to 2015, an IDA- Networking Project, Uganda’s supported project helped National Tuberculosis Reference Tanzania sign the Statistics Laboratory reached the gold Act into law, which provided a standard ISO accreditation and stronger mandate for the National qualified to serve as a prestigious Bureau of Statistics to lead and WHO Supranational Reference coordinate the official statistical Laboratory, the second of its kind system of Tanzania. on the continent. UGANDA UZBEKISTAN The time needed to register a 7,406 doctors and 22,086 nurses property dropped to 52 days in received training between 2011 2013 from 225 days in 2006, and 2015 as part of a health and the time needed to register systems improvement project in a business from 135 to 2 days, Uzbekistan. during the same period. CAMBODIA From 2011 to 2015, 5,487 Ministry of Education staff participated in training to improve capacity in management, assessment, higher education accreditation, and financial management. ABCs of IDA | 9 SIERRA LEONE Public revenues from the fisheries sector increased from $0.9 million in 2008 to $3.8 million in 2013, a 322 percent increase over 5 years, thanks to a program to curtail illegal fishing and establish conservation zones dedicated to local small-scale fishing. 10 | ABCs of IDA ABCs of IDA | 11 The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W. 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