Publication: PREM Anchor Support to the Africa Region
Date
2008-04
ISSN
Published
2008-04
Author(s)
Danny Leipziger
Abstract
The goal of the Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management (PREM) Network is to shape policies and
to help countries build successful national strategies for
sustained, shared growth, and to strengthen partnerships at
the country level for improved aid effectiveness. There is
no region in which this goal is more challenging than in
Africa. In support of the Africa Action Plan (AAP), the PREM
Anchor has actively stepped up its support to the Africa
Region (AFR) in fiscal year 2006 (FY06).As of the end of
January 2006, Anchor staff had provided nearly 83 staff
weeks in direct cross-support alone. Activities have
included knowledge generation, high level policy support on
missions, the development of toolkits and diagnostics to
improve policy advice on growth strategies, among others.
Most of this work has been provided on a demand driven
basis, and PREM plans to continue providing such services
subject to its budgetary and skills capacity. This note
illustrates how the PREM Anchor's support to the PREM
Anchor support to the AFR connects with the objectives of
the AAP. The PREM Anchor is working closely with the AFR on
ways to improve the results focus and analytical foundations
of poverty reduction strategies (PRSs). A study is under way
on the integration of PRS reporting and budget
implementation covering eight African countries to improve
existing reporting instruments and assess how to better
align PRS reporting with budget reporting. Work is also
under way to strengthen the quality of second generation
PRSs and their relevance as a framework for scaling up and
improving aid effectiveness.
Citation
“Danny Leipziger. 2008. PREM Anchor Support to the Africa Region. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 289. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0e4fff59-eb20-5b81-af43-48db1db8fa10 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”