1. Governance Indicators at AfDB Stephen Bahemuka May, 2012 African Development Bank

2. Outline 1. Introduction 3. Governance indicators 5. Conclusion 2. General Areas of Governance 4. African Governance Outlook

3. Introduction Our role  To contribute to the effective development of statistical capacity and systems in African countries for the provision of timely and reliable data for policy formulation, implementation, evaluation and the monitoring of progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs).  To support and enhance the Bank’s operational effectiveness systematically through in country programming and project cycle activities with the objective of mainstreaming results measurement in Bank operations and ensuring inclusion of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) components.

4. General Governance areas Core areas : Financial Governance in both private and private sectors Core areas : Financial Governance in both private and private sectors Electoral and Political Governance Legal Governance & Humana rights for the population

5. Needs Assessment on Governance Indicators Findings;  Include Most relevant indicators in the database  Raise the profile of governance indicators through publication and use.  Carry out capacity building for governance statisticians in member countries  Integrate the collection and dissemination of governance indicators in the national statistical system

6. Current governance Governance indicators in AfDB Database  Transparency International Indicators of Corruption (1)  CPIA Overall Rating (1)and CPIA detailed (16)  Doing Business indicators (43)  Mo Ibrahim Index (7)  Global Governance Indicators (7)  Miscellaneous, source not specified (40)

7. Proposed Governance Indicators for AfDB Database  Doing Business (44)  Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) (33)  Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)(17)  Africa Governance Outlook (AGO) (50)  Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA)(33)  Other Governance indicators

8. Africa Governance Outlook (AGO)  Five Dimensions; 1.Budget governance 2.Revenue governance 3.Internal Control Framework 4.Procurement 5.External Oversight.

9. Africa Governance Outlook (AGO)  Each Dimension has five governance variables: 1.Inclusiveness 2.Openness 3.Rule Compliance 4.Oversight 5.Publicness

10. Conclusion  Need to improve the collection, dissemination and use of governance indicators  Need to identify a core set governance indicators to regularly produced and disseminated  The priority and focus for the Bank is the economic and financial governance indicators  National Statistics Office (NSO) should be encouraged to build capacity in the collection and dissemination of governance indicators in the national statistical system

11.  Thank You