World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-05-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3126The synthesis report concerns to go beyond a summary of the country studies to provide lessons and recommendations on how to further improve Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) effectiveness. To do so, it draws on findings from country case studies, the literature and recent internal Bank reviews (World Bank 2006, 2008) on PSIA. The synthesis is structured in three parts. Section two reviews the role of PSIA in country work drawing on internal guidance from the Bank and the wider literature. It introduces the PSIA framework and the main elements of an effective PSIA. Section two ends with a presentation of the review framework and the approach to sampling and methodology for the country studies. Section three presents the bulk of the review findings and lessons learned with a focus on lessons for embedding PSIA into country processes. Section four addresses the future of PSIA with recommendations aimed at: (i) improving the influence that PSIA has on policy and planning processes in-country, and (ii) ensuring that it is applied more routinely by partner governments and Bank programs.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSALLOCATIONALTERNATIVE POLICYANALYTICAL APPROACHANALYTICAL GAPSANALYTICAL METHODSANALYTICAL TOOLSANALYTICAL WORKCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY CONSTRAINTSCAPACITY DEVELOPMENTCHOICE OF TOOLSCIVIL SOCIETYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOMPENSATION MEASURESCONFIDENCECONSUMPTION PATTERNSCOUNTRY CAPACITYCOUNTRY CIRCUMSTANCESCOUNTRY CONDITIONSCOUNTRY OWNERSHIPCOUNTRY OWNERSHIP OF REFORMSCOUNTRY POLICIESCOUNTRY RISKSCOUNTRY STAKEHOLDERSCOUNTRY TEAMCOUNTRY WORKDATA COLLECTIONDATA LIMITATIONSDATA SOURCESDEVELOPMENT PARTNERSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT POLICY OPERATIONSDIRECT CONSULTATIONDISCRETIONDISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSISDISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCESDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTSDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTSDOMESTIC POLICYECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC IMPACTSECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORKECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC THEORYENERGY PRICESEVALUATION SYSTEMSEXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOCUS GROUPFOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONSFOCUS GROUPSFUEL PRICESGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESSGOVERNMENT OFFICIALGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSGOVERNMENT POLICYGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSINCOMEINFORMANT INTERVIEWSINSTITUTIONAL ANALYSISINSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL CHANGEINSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTSINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL REFORMINSURANCEINSURANCE SCHEMESINTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSLEADERSHIPLOCAL POLICYM&EMACROECONOMIC REFORMSMEDIANATIONAL DEBATENATIONAL POLICY DEBATENATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESOIL PRICEOPERATIONAL POLICYOPERATIONAL WORKPARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALPENSIONSPOLICY ACTIONPOLICY ADVICEPOLICY AGENDAPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY AREASPOLICY CHANGEPOLICY CHOICEPOLICY CHOICESPOLICY CONTEXTPOLICY DEBATEPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY DESIGNPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY MAKINGPOLICY NOTEPOLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OUTCOMESPOLICY PROCESSPOLICY PROCESSESPOLICY PURPOSESPOLICY REFORMPOLICY REFORMSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESPONSESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSISPOLITICAL ECONOMY RISKSPOLITICAL INTERESTSPOLITICAL LEADERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY GROUPPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY IMPACTSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPRICE INCREASEPRICE INCREASESPUBLIC DEBATEPUBLIC POLICIESQUALITATIVE ANALYSISQUALITATIVE DATAQUALITATIVE METHODSQUANTITATIVE ANALYSISQUANTITATIVE METHODSREFORM EFFECTIVENESSREFORM EFFORTSREFORM IMPACTSREFORM IMPLEMENTATIONREFORM PACKAGEREFORM PROGRAMSAFETY NETSSCENARIOSSECTOR WORKSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYSOCIAL ANALYSISSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTSOCIAL EFFECTS OF POLICY REFORMSOCIAL GROUPSSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSISSOCIAL IMPACTSSOCIAL IMPLICATIONSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RISK ASSESSMENTSTAKEHOLDER ANALYSISTRANSPARENCYTRUST FUNDSUNINTENDED CONSEQUENCESWATER POLICYWorld Bank10.1596/3126