PPDs in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

IFC Staff Experience

7th PPD Global WorkshopSteve Utterwulghe, Global PPD Lead, WBG

Survey – IFC PPD Experience in FCS

♦ Background: experience shows that PPD plays a special role in FCS– Institution development– Transparency– Trust building– Peace support

♦ Purpose of survey: collect lessons learned and best practices from existing PPD projects in FCS

♦ Output: a study and toolkit for task team leaders and other staff working on PPD projects

Survey Topics

Preliminary Findings – Description of Respondents

Preliminary Findings – High Level Results

Challenges to Achieving PPD Objectives

Weak government institutions

Weak private sector

Fragmented private sector

Political polarization

Land issues

Tension among ethnic groups

Economic decline or instability

Armed conflict

Natural disasters

Tension among religious groups

Natural resource shortages

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Benefits of PPD in FCS

♦ “Built strong, local representation” – South Sudan Investment Climate Reform Program

♦ “Diverse people come together and start to discuss common challenges.” – Afghanistan Private Sector Advocacy Forum

♦ “Improved business confidence …needed for peace to take hold” – Cambodia Government-Private Sector Forum

Building a Culture of Transparency

Government or private sector conflicts of interest published

The facilitator published conflicts of interest

All meetings were open to the public

Media freely covered meetings and events

Other (please specify)

Reform process publically tracked

Minutes from all meetings published

0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0%

Who Participates

Religious groups Ethnic groups Youth groups

MicroenterprisesCivil society organizations

Subnational government officersCompanies outside the capital

Foreign investorsForeign companies

Women's groupsSMEs

Large businessesDevelopment partners

National government officersPrivate sector associations

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Possible Areas of Future Work

♦ Greater focus on political-economy analysis ♦ Broad-based stakeholder mapping♦ Improving data access and collection – baseline, monitoring, impact♦ Capturing intangible results♦ Scenario building♦ Sub-national intervention♦ Building in adaptive management ♦ Etc.

Thank you