1. Presented at:, TI Panel, WBG Annual meetings October 2008
Strengthening WBG Engagement on Governance & Anti-Corruption:
Year One Implementation
Presented at:,
TI Panel,
WBG Annual meetings
October 2008
Presented by:
Brian Levy
Head
GAC Secretariat

2. GAC for Development
Principal GAC Purpose: Enhance Development Effectiveness
“don’t make the poor pay twice”
Multistakeholder engagement key to GAC reform & development outcome
GAC contributes in diverse ways to development impact
Better procurement: Bali urban infrastructure project
31% cost savings for infrastructure
Reduced malnutrition: Maharashtra community monitoring pilot
10 percent increase in healthy children in under one year
Civil service reform in Macedonia
Meritocratic recruitment: 37% (2004); 64% (2007)
Community prioritized & monitored infrastructure in Indonesia
$1.6 billion; 34,000 villages; 30% lower cost; now national poverty program

3. GAC in Projects, 2008 Four dimensions of holistic risk management
Upstream diagnosis to identify GAC constraints
‘Defensive’: strengthened fiduciary controls in design & implementation
‘Proactive: enhanced transparency, participation, 3rd party monitoring
Informed risk-taking – including high-risk, high-return
Philippines 2nd National Roads Improvement Project
2nd opinion from special independent procurement evaluator
Capacity enhancement of Dept of Public Works & Highways, including: procurement controls (bid rigging) audit capacity
NGO group, Road Watch, to provide independent oversight on all roads sector contracting
Bank doubles supervision funding
Kenya Aids: NGO transparent, performance-based selection process
India Orissa Rural Livelihoods: Right to Information synergies

4. Implementing GAC From Country Strategies to Development Outcomes
Actionable Governance Indicators (AGIs)
Global
Country Strategies
(CGAC)
Demand Side
GAC in Sectors
Country Systems
GAC in Projects
Development Outcomes:
Services, Regulations, Corruption