Analyzing the Effects of Policy
            Reforms on the Poor : An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of
            World Bank Support to Poverty and Social Impact Analyses

Independent Evaluation Group

dc.creator	Independent Evaluation Group
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:34:41Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:34:41Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:37:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:37:18Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100707023423
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8293-6
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2484
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242913
dc.description	The current global financial and economic crises are likely to put enormous pressure on governments to respond with immediate measures and to undertake far-reaching reforms in the medium term, requiring a substantial increase in donor support. To protect the poor and enhance benefits to them, key policy reforms will need to be underpinned by systematic analysis of their expected poverty and social impacts. The World Bank's experience to date with the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) approach provides useful lessons for addressing these issues. Overall, implementation of the PSIA approach has had considerable limitations. There have been tensions between the various operational objectives assigned to PSIAs. The tensions concern inconsistencies between informing country and Bank policy decisions in a timely way and building country analytic capacity. PSIAs have had limited ownership by Bank staff and managers and have often not been effectively integrated into country assistance programs. Quality assurance, monitoring, and evaluation of the overall effectiveness of PSIAs have been weak. To improve PSIAs' effectiveness, this evaluation recommends that the Bank take measures to ensure that staff fully understands what the PSIA approach is and when to use it, clarify the operational objectives of each PSIA, and ensure that the approach and timeline adopted are aligned with those objectives. Quality assurance mechanisms should be strengthened to ensure that PSIAs are designed to achieve the intended effects.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ANALYSIS OF POVERTY
dc.subject	ANALYTICAL APPROACH
dc.subject	ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	ANALYTICAL GAPS
dc.subject	ANALYTICAL TOOLS
dc.subject	ANALYTICAL WORK
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	BENEFIT INCIDENCE
dc.subject	BENEFIT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	BEST PRACTICE
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	CAS
dc.subject	CHOICE OF TOOLS
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	COMPENSATION MEASURES
dc.subject	COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	CONFIDENCE
dc.subject	CORPORATION
dc.subject	COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
dc.subject	COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY
dc.subject	COUNTRY CAPACITY
dc.subject	COUNTRY CIRCUMSTANCES
dc.subject	COUNTRY OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	COUNTRY POLICIES
dc.subject	COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS
dc.subject	COUNTRY TEAM
dc.subject	DATA COLLECTION
dc.subject	DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS
dc.subject	DATA COLLECTION METHODS
dc.subject	DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY OPERATIONS
dc.subject	DISCRETION
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC AGENTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
dc.subject	EVALUATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EVALUATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EX ANTE
dc.subject	EX ANTE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	EX POST
dc.subject	FLEXIBILITY
dc.subject	FOCUS GROUPS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
dc.subject	IMPACT OF POLICY
dc.subject	IMPACT POLICIES
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF POLICY
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCORPORATED
dc.subject	INITIATIVE
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	INVESTIGATION
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	LEGISLATION
dc.subject	LIMITED
dc.subject	M&E
dc.subject	M&E SYSTEMS
dc.subject	MANAGERS
dc.subject	MARKET STRUCTURE
dc.subject	METHODS OF ANALYSIS
dc.subject	MIXED METHODS
dc.subject	NATIONAL DEBATE
dc.subject	NGO
dc.subject	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	OPERATIONAL POLICY
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
dc.subject	POLICY ACTION
dc.subject	POLICY ACTIONS
dc.subject	POLICY AGENDA
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGE
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGES
dc.subject	POLICY CHOICE
dc.subject	POLICY CHOICES
dc.subject	POLICY CONTEXT
dc.subject	POLICY DEBATE
dc.subject	POLICY DECISIONS
dc.subject	POLICY DESIGN
dc.subject	POLICY DIALOGUE
dc.subject	POLICY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POLICY REFORM
dc.subject	POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY RISKS
dc.subject	POLITICAL RISKS
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	POVERTY EFFECTS
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
dc.subject	PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC DEBATE
dc.subject	PUBLIC DISCUSSION
dc.subject	PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	QUALITATIVE METHODS
dc.subject	QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES
dc.subject	REFORM IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subject	REFORM PROGRAM
dc.subject	REFORM PROGRAMS
dc.subject	REFORMULATION OF POLICY
dc.subject	REGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subject	REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
dc.subject	RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS
dc.subject	SECTOR WORK
dc.subject	SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRICES
dc.subject	SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX
dc.subject	SOCIAL ANALYSES
dc.subject	SOCIAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONCERNS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL GROUPS
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	STAKEHOLDER
dc.subject	STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject	SUBSIDIARY
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL QUALITY
dc.subject	TRUST FUNDS
dc.title	Analyzing the Effects of Policy Reforms on the Poor : An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support to Poverty and Social Impact Analyses
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication