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

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