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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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