Operationalizing the Science of Delivery Agenda to Enhance Development Results

doi:10.1596/K8526

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Operationalizing the Science of Delivery Agenda to Enhance Development Results

dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez Asis, Maria
dc.contributor.author	Woolcock, Michael
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-04T20:48:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-04T20:48:26Z
dc.date.issued	2015-10
dc.description.abstract	The clear development gains achieved in recent decades should not deflect attention from the scale and type of challenges that remain. The strategies largely responsible for these initial gains have been technical reforms promoting economic growth and logistical systems supplying basic inputs. Today, strategies are needed that focus on enhancing the quality of implementation— for example, ensuring learning and not just building schools and enrolling students. This concern now spans numerous domains of professional practice (especially health) and has entered World Bank discussions framed as the “science of delivery.” At the World Bank, the Global Delivery Initiative (GDI) is an operational manifestation and extension of these ideas. To date, the GDI has prepared a number of different case studies across numerous sectors on ways in which innovative teams solve particular problems during project implementation. On the basis of the initial case studies, the authors outline five key principles of how high-quality implementation occurs and invite others to add to this growing storehouse of knowledge. Specifically, task teams are encouraged to develop “live” case studies by and for their staff, documenting how, in real time, implementation challenges are being met. Projects must “learn” more rapidly and systematically how to solve the myriad range of complex implementation challenges they inevitably encounter, since most of these (by definition) cannot be anticipated ex ante. Delivery challenges of this kind will only intensify in the coming years as citizens demand effective responses to ever-more complex—and contentious—policy domains, such as justice, regulation, and taxation.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/K8526
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23226
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	citizen outcomes
dc.subject	Global Delivery Initiative
dc.subject	GDI
dc.subject	science of delivery
dc.subject	results
dc.title	Operationalizing the Science of Delivery Agenda to Enhance Development Results	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-12-04
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T11:54:37.332856Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/K8526
okr.identifier.report	103170
okr.language.supported	en
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic	Social Development::Participations and Civic Engagement
okr.topic	Education::Knowledge for Development
okr.unit	GGHVP
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