"The Need for Evidence-based Policy Planning and Implementation: Data, Tools, Technologies, Platforms" presented by Ousmane Badiane at 10th CAADP PP Meeting Durban, South Africa March 19-21, 2014

1. IFPRI/Badiane
OUSMANE BADIANE
Director for Africa
International Food Policy Research Institute
THE NEED FOR EVIDENCE BASED
POLICY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
DATA, TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES, PLATFORMS

2. CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY STEPS
I. DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE AND OBJECTIVE DRIVEN STRATEGY
FRAMEWORK WITH LIMITED SET OF CLEAR TARGETS
(e.g. CAADP / NAIPS)
II. EVALUATE BASELINE EFFORTS AGAINST DEFINED TARGETS
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF CHALLENGE AHEAD
III. SPECIFY ALTERNATIVE ACTION SCENARIOS AND OUTCOMES
BASELINES - MILESTONES - ACTION TARGETS - TOOLS
IV. SET UP BENCHMARKING AND LEARNING MECHANISMS
KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE
V. ESTABLISH POLICY REVIEW AND DIALOGUE PLATFORM
INCLUSIVE FORA AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
IFPRI/Badiane

3. LINKING ANALYSIS, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND POLICY:
GOVERNMENTS AND POLICY
MAKING ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH AND CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
IFPRI/Badiane
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ROLES AND ACTIONS

4. LINKING ANALYSIS, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND POLICY:
CARRIER POLICY
PROCESSES
ANCHOR
ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONAL
ACTORS
GOVERNMENTS AND POLICY
MAKING ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH AND CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
IFPRI/Badiane
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ROLES AND ACTIONS

5. LINKING ANALYSIS, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND POLICY:
CARRIER POLICY
PROCESSES
ANCHOR
ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONAL
ACTORS
DEFINE CLEAR STRATEGY,
PROGRAMS, AND ACTION
AGENDA
COORDINATE GOV ACTION,
EMPOWER LOCAL ADM;
WORK WITH CSO
INVEST IN GOV EXPERTISE;
BE INCLUSIVE OF NON STATE
ACTORS
GOVERNMENTS AND POLICY
MAKING ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH AND CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
IFPRI/Badiane
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ROLES AND ACTIONS

6. LINKING ANALYSIS, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND POLICY:
CARRIER POLICY
PROCESSES
ANCHOR
ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONAL
ACTORS
DEFINE CLEAR STRATEGY,
PROGRAMS, AND ACTION
AGENDA
COORDINATE GOV ACTION,
EMPOWER LOCAL ADM;
WORK WITH CSO
INVEST IN GOV EXPERTISE;
BE INCLUSIVE OF NON STATE
ACTORS
ALIGN RESEARCH AND CD
AGENDA WITH POLICY
AGENDA
ESTABLISH STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIPS WITH
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS
LEAVE YOUR DESK, AND
LABS, GET OUT, ENGAGE
GOVERNMENTS AND POLICY
MAKING ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH AND CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
IFPRI/Badiane
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ROLES AND ACTIONS

7.  You need data before you need them!
 What to do / How:
o Data clusters: production, trade, hh status,
prices, costs, expenditures, etc
o Working Groups/Task Forces: bureau of
statistics; NARs; data units in finance;
trade, sector ministries
o Common platform: harmonized standards and
exchange protocols
1. IMPROVED DATA SYSTEMS
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ELEMENTS

8.  A serious policy maker has to have constant
access to a high quality technical team.
 What to do/How:
o Network: build AND maintain a network of
leading national centers of expertise
o Engagement: create mechanism with a plan to
engage and use local expertise
 agreement on long term strategic research
 vehicle for ad hoc, short term technical input
2. READY-TO-USE TOP EXPERTISE
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ELEMENTS

9.  Oil the system!
 What/how:
o Dream team: assemble qualified team, first
from existing staff, later dedicated team
o Feed the beast: define demand for policy
research and link to research networks
o Connect!: ensure access to evidence and
its use in policy formulation
3. EFFECTIVE COORDINATION / BROKERING FUNCTION
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ELEMENTS

10.  Cultivate knowledge.
 What/how:
o Infrastructure: create up-to-date IT platform
o Knowledge base: build, maintain, and expand
knowledge base: start with collecting existing key
data, reports, and policy documents
o Right to know: eliminate barriers to accessing
knowledge
o Never Forget: build memory of actions,
processeses, outcomes – lessons learning to avoid
past mistakes
4. OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGEMENT MANAGEMENT
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ELEMENTS

11. Collective wisdom is best
What/how:
o Dialogue platform: institute broad, informed
debate about key strategic issues and choices
o Review culture: evaluate and track commitments,
performance and progress
5. INCLUSIVE POLICY DIALOGUE
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
KEY ELEMENTS

12. IFPRI/Badiane
Revamped web-based review
and benchmarking tool
Published 2013 Annual Trends
And Outlook Report (ATOR)
Organized annual ReSAKSS
Conference
Signed first 3 of 15 agreements
To set up country SAKSS*
platforms
2013
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
THE ReSAKSS EXPERIENCE

13. IFPRI/BadianeSource: Benin, S.
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
TRACKING CAADP INDICATORS

14. IFPRI/Badiane
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Angola
Benin
Botswana
BurkinaFaso
Burundi
Cameroon
CentralAfrican…
Chad
Comoros
Congo,Dem.Rep.
Congo,Rep.
Côted'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
STP
Senegal
Seychelles
SierraLeone
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
0
5
10
15
20
25
Angola
Benin
Botswana
BurkinaFaso
Burundi
Cameroon
CentralAfrican…
Chad
Comoros
Congo,Dem.Rep.
Congo,Rep.
Côted'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
STP
Senegal
Seychelles
SierraLeone
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Annual Average (1995-2003)
CAADP 10%
target
CAADP 10%
target
Annual Average (2003-2010)
Source: Benin, S.
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
TRACKING CAADP INDICATORS

15. LIBRARY OF MODELS
. 4 CGE (gbl., reg., country)
. 6 Partial Equilibrium
. Trade econometrics
. Poverty anallysis tools
. TASTE: Tariff simulation
DATA BASES
. 250 data sets
. >100 hh/ag surveys; SAMs
. Documentation
. Quality control .
TRAINING AND GRANTS
. 8 Training courses in 2013
. 20 grants in 2013
~ research
~ Mentoring
~ Conferences
~ Publications
148 members
29 countries
~ 30% female
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING
& IMPLEMENTATION
BUILDING EXPERTISE

16. IFPRI/Badiane
Policy
Analysis
Units
Think Tanks,
Central Bank
Statistics Bureaus,
Universities, FBOs
Parliament, PS,
FBOs, Donors,
Directors
Meets
Demand Supply
Strategic Research
Policy Analysis
Knowledge
Brokering
Oversight, Review
and Policy Dialogue
•Identify and express
knowledge gaps
•Synthesize knowledge
•Mobilize and
coordinate knowledge
generation
•Facilitate training
•…
•Link existing
knowledge centers
•Develop analytical
expertise
•Carry out research to
fill knowledge gaps
•…
 Credence of SAKSS in
CAADP process
 Governance
 Channel knowledge
and evidence to policy
makers
• …
Source: Benin, S.
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
THE COUNTRY SAKSS

17. IFPRI/Badiane
Policy
Analysis
Units
Think Tanks,
Central Bank
Statistics Bureaus,
Universities, FBOs
Parliament, PS,
FBOs, Donors,
Directors
Level 100
Rationale and
Concepts
(Policy goals, inputs,
outcomes, impact)
Level 200
Concepts and
Application
(Policy Analysis;
Outreach)
Level 300 …
Application and
Modeling
(CGE, Econometrics, Data
Work)
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
LINKING DATA TO ANALAYIS TO POLICY

18. • Strategic analysis: data, tools, and analysis for
monitoring key growth and poverty-reduction priorities
and assessing the impacts of interventions to address
key questions
• Knowledge management
– develop a common pool of up-to-date information on key
indicators to support policy planning, analysis, and dialogue
– document lessons for improving future growth and poverty
reduction strategies
• Capacity strengthening and policy communication
– collaborate and work closely with national and regional
networks of partners in doing above
– facilitate access to and share results and knowledge with
policymakers and others through various media and
interactions
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF COUNTRY SAKSS

19. IFPRI/Badiane
Benin, Burkina, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Malawi,
Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia,
1. Capacity Needs Self-Assessment
2. Capacity Strengthening Strategy
3. Action Plan
4. Tors and Work Plan
5. Sign agreement with ReSAKSS
KEY STEPS to set up country
* Strategic Analysis and Knowledge
Support Systems (SAKSS)
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRESS IN SETTING UP COUNTRY SAKSS

20. REVIEW, BENCHMARKING, AND LEARNING TOOLS - e-ATLAS

21. REVIEW, BENCHMARKING, AND LEARNING TOOLS - JSR