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How to adopt RIA in Taiwan’s How to adopt RIA in Taiwan’s policy making---policy making---A lesson from UgandaA lesson from Uganda

Presented by group member: Azlan, Victor, Zinhle, NoPresented by group member: Azlan, Victor, Zinhle, Nomfundo, Khetsiwe and Jamesmfundo, Khetsiwe and James

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What has Uganda done?What has Uganda done?

PEAP : PEAP : Uganda is one of the few countries who Uganda is one of the few countries who first developed a first developed a Poverty Eradication Action Poverty Eradication Action PlanPlan

Actions planned under five pillars:Actions planned under five pillars: Economic managementEconomic management Enhancing production, competitiveness and incEnhancing production, competitiveness and inc

omesomes Security, conflict resolution and disaster managSecurity, conflict resolution and disaster manag

ementement Good governanceGood governance Human developmentHuman development

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Do right things V.S. Do things rightDo right things V.S. Do things right

Do right thingsDo right things:: Is PEAP a right things to do?Is PEAP a right things to do? Since 2000,Word Bank and IMF have Since 2000,Word Bank and IMF have

asked their developing-country asked their developing-country clients to prepare Poverty Reduction clients to prepare Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers(PRSPs), partly Strategy Papers(PRSPs), partly inspired by the example the inspired by the example the Uganda’s first PEAP.Uganda’s first PEAP.

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Do right things V.S. Do things rightDo right things V.S. Do things right

Do things rightDo things right What is RIA?What is RIA? A better way for policy making A better way for policy making

decision, to do things rightdecision, to do things right

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Lessons from Uganda to help Lessons from Uganda to help Taiwan to do thing rightTaiwan to do thing right

Uganda failed to implement RIA wellUganda failed to implement RIA well Does Taiwan has the same problem if Does Taiwan has the same problem if

we adopt RIA? What Taiwan can do we adopt RIA? What Taiwan can do to avoid Uganda’s mistake?to avoid Uganda’s mistake?

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Government policy and Government policy and commitmentcommitment

Uganda: no ongoing commitmentUganda: no ongoing commitment Taiwan: strong governanceTaiwan: strong governance

Institution:RDEC (Research,DevelopmInstitution:RDEC (Research,Development and Evaluaiton Commission )ent and Evaluaiton Commission )

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Policy consultation and dialogue Policy consultation and dialogue frameworksframeworks

Uganda: inadequate consultation and Uganda: inadequate consultation and dialogue infrastructure has been a dialogue infrastructure has been a major handicapmajor handicap

Taiwan: consultation mechanism Taiwan: consultation mechanism

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Competing policy priorities, policy Competing policy priorities, policy inconsistency and weak planninginconsistency and weak planning

Uganda: Competing reform priorities , Uganda: Competing reform priorities , cause competition for limited resource,cause competition for limited resource, capacities and staff time capacities and staff time

Taiwan:Taiwan:(1)(1) Sectionalism:Sectionalism:(2)(2) policy inconsistencypolicy inconsistency: the case of Bayer investmen: the case of Bayer investmen

t, nuclear power plantt, nuclear power plant

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Institutional championsInstitutional champions

Uganda: significantly depended on a Uganda: significantly depended on a limited number of key institutional limited number of key institutional champions, other ministries just sit champions, other ministries just sit backback

Taiwan: has the trend to delimit Taiwan: has the trend to delimit responsibilityresponsibility

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Converting support for RIA into the use Converting support for RIA into the use of RIA in day to day policy-makingof RIA in day to day policy-making

Uganda: challenge in Uganda is to conveUganda: challenge in Uganda is to convert this initial support and interest in RIA rt this initial support and interest in RIA consistentlyconsistently

Taiwan: similar methodology: design-imTaiwan: similar methodology: design-implement-monitorplement-monitor

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ConclusionConclusion

The more we do thing right, the more The more we do thing right, the more we do right thingwe do right thing