Post on 21-Jan-2016
STRATEGIC REVIEW OF THAILAND’S INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIONPresentation to TICA on Methodology07/06/13
Methodology OverviewPolicy analysis
Institutional analysis
Financing analysis
Impact analysis
Policy analysisGoals and objectives of IDC policy at National Level (e.g. promoting growth, poverty reduction, governance reform)
Goals and objectives at Ministerial Level
Consistency with other related polices (e.g. trade policy, economic cooperation)
Policy analysisStrategies for achieving policy
objectives◦Strategy towards international groupings,
triangular cooperation, preferred cooperation mechanisms
Position on latest international policy debates◦MDGS and their replacement◦Development effectiveness (e.g. Busan
partnership)◦Models of South-South Cooperation◦Climate Finance
Institutional AnalysisMapping of roles of
◦Central government agencies (e.g. TICA, the Cabinet, NSEDB)
◦Key line ministries (e.g. education, health, agriculture)
◦Other key relevant public bodies (e.g. NEDA, EXIM Bank)
Institutional Analysis Existing institutional arrangements for
◦ Policy making process
◦ Coordination between and across ministries
◦ Budgeting resource allocations
◦ Recording financing
◦ Program implementation monitoring
◦ Impact evaluation and monitoring
◦ Communicating policy to the public
Institutional AnalysisReview of financing instruments
being used◦Grants
◦Concessional loans
◦Technical cooperation
◦Support for multilaterals
◦Other…
Institutional AnalysisReview of partnerships for
development◦Domestic partnerships with CSOs,
research institutes, universities, the banking sector etc.
◦International partnerships with regional networks, UN, OECD-DAC, development banks,
Financing analysis (based on OECD definitions)
Official Developmen
t Finance
Official Development Assistance
Grants
Financial
In-Kind
Technical Cooperation
Contributions to
multilateralsLoans
Other official flows
Financing analysisObjective is to prepare reports on
◦ Finance by type (e.g. Grants, loans etc.)◦ Finance by country recipient (e.g. Lao PDR,
Myanmar)◦ Finance by provider (e.g. TICA, Ministry of Health)◦ Finance by sector (e.g. health, education etc.)
Review alignment of financing with policy
Quality of analysis dependent on information received
Impact analysisProgram evaluations (either
formal or based on interviews)
Explore beneficiaries of financing
RecommendationsPolicy recommendations
Institutional recommendations
Recommendations on how to use finance more effectively and efficiently
Support development of master plan
Approach to researchDesk-based research (relevant
policy documents to be analyzed, financing information – if available)
Interviews (see questions in Annex 1)
Financial information◦Ministries to complete templates
Next stepsStart interviews
Review budget database
ODA workshop