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Managing for efficiency (MfE) in IFAD:Progress under IFAD8 and proposals for IFAD9

24-25 October 2011

Ninth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources

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Outline of presentation

• Managing for efficiency under IFAD8: The Change and Reform Agenda (CRA)

• Efficiency gains under IFAD8• Managing for efficiency under IFAD9• Measuring efficiency under IFAD9• Next steps

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Managing for efficiency under IFAD8: The Change and Reform Agenda (CRA)

The Change and Reform Agenda• Strengthening the organizational structure and

streamlining the decision-making process• Aligning human and financial resources with

strategic objectives• Human resources management reforms• Strengthening financial services and improving

administrative and business processes

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Evolution of IFAD’s efficiency ratio

Efficiency gains under IFAD 8

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Managing for efficiency under IFAD9

Proposed actions:• Consolidation of the Change and Reform

Agenda (CRA)• Adopting new management tools to contain

and reduce costs and achieve efficiency gains

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Managing for efficiency under IFAD9 (cont’d)

Consolidation of the CRA:• Expansion and strengthening of ICOs• Refining the results-based budgeting• Completion of strategic workforce

planning exercise• Implementing fully the HR reforms• Strengthening financial services• Improving key business processes

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New management tools:• Time Reporting System (TRS)• Introduce efficiency indicators for key

business processes

• More accurate data on actual costs• Better management of costs

• Efficiency gains

Managing for efficiency under IFAD9 (cont’d)

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Ex-ante Indicators

Measuring efficiency under IFAD9

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Ex-post indicators

Measuring efficiency under IFAD9 (cont’d)

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• Implementation and consolidation of CRA (2011+)

• Introduce management tools (2012):- TRS- Business process efficiency indicators

• Incorporate recommendations of external evaluation (2012+)

Next Steps

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