Joint Evaluation of General Budget Support Progress Report to 3 rd meeting of DAC Network on Development Evaluation, Paris, June 2 nd 2005 Mike Hammond, SG Chair (UK) Kate Tench, MG Chair (UK)

Presentation Outline 1.Process Progress 2.Evaluation progress since last DAC Network meeting 3.Final Inception Report 4.Causality Map & Evaluation Questions 5.Next steps

1. Process progress Review panel: Geske Dijkstra and Mushtaq Khan Communication strategy: GBS domain within DAC website Thematic studies postponed SECO study on PAFs Belgium joins MG

2. Evaluation progress since Nov 04 Oct – Dec ’04 Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda, Vietnam Inception visits => interim country reports + draft inception report (IR) 1 – 2 Feb ’05 Brighton, UK SG meeting on IR => rejection + request for stronger team 15 March ’05Submission of IR2 26 – 27 April ’05 Birmingham, UK Field preparation workshop => causality map + key evaluation questions 20 May ’05Approval of Final IR by MG => Publication

3. Final Inception Report MG confident that IR is now basis for strong evaluation Causality map: (guide to inquiry) Reflecting main causality hypotheses 9 Key evaluation questions Work plan for the remainder of the study

Causality Map – coverage of questions EQ1 EQ2 EQ3-5 EQ6 EQ7 EQ8

Key Evaluation Questions 1 Responsiveness to country conditions, government and donor priorities 2 Contribution to harmonisation and alignment 3How efficient, effective and sustainable has been the contribution of PGBS to: 3.PEM performance 4.Government ownership, capacity, and accountability 5.Public policy processes 6.Macroeconomic performance 7.Public service delivery performance

Key Evaluation Questions (continued) 8Government impact on poverty 9Process sustainability 9Cross cutting issues: Gender, Environment, HIV/AIDS, Democracy/Human Rights Themes – capacity building, private sector, TC, corruption, etc

6. Next Steps May – July ’05Field visits - Country Reports (CRs) 12 Sept ’05Submission of CRs and SN to SG W/C 3 Oct ’05SG meeting on CRs & SN W/C 12 Dec ’05SG meeting on SR 14 – 15 March ’06International Dissemination Conference - Presentation of final results

Thank you… Any questions… …Reflections on Cape Town BS Forum - Mike Hammond