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ANNUAL REPORT 2018

CONTENTS

Acronyms 6

Executive Summary 8

Development Objectives and Project Description 12

Highlights of Outputs and Outcomes 16

Trust Fund Operations 22

Governance 24

A. Lessons learned to date 27

Results 28

Risks and Challenges 54

Communications and Visibility 59

Conclusions 70

A. ZIMREF extension and the focus on the GoZ’s TSP 72

B. ZIMREF formative evaluation 73

ANNEXES 74

Annex I Financial Report 76

Annex II Organogram 83

Annex III ZIMREF Program Results Framework 84

Annex IV ZIMREF Risk Framework 100

Annex V ZIMREF Gender Action Plan 106

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ACRONYMSAfDB

APM

BCI

BE

BEFSIP

BPC

CAAT

CSOs

EPFM-TRG

EU

GCF

GMM

ICT

IC-TRG

IDBZ

IFMIS

IPRSP

I-TRG

M&E

MEWC

MDAs

MLARR

MoEPD

MOFED

MoHCC

MoMMD

MoPSE

MoTID

MSME

MTR

NDC

NHA

African Development Bank

Agriculture Productivity Module

Business Confidence Index

Bank-Executed

Business Environment, Financial Sector, and Investment Policy

Budget Planning and Consolidation

Computer Assisted Audit Tools

Civil Society Organizations

Economic Public Financial

Management Technical Review Group

European Union

Green Climate Fund

Grants Management Module

Information Communication and Technology

Investment Climate Technical Review Group

Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe

Integrated Financial Management Information System

Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Infrastructure Technical Review Group

Monitoring and Evaluation

Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate

Ministries, Departments, and Agencies

Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement

Ministry of Energy and Power Development

Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

Ministry of Health and Child Care

Ministry of Mines and Mining Development

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education

Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development

Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises and

Cooperative Development

Mid-Term Review

Nationally Determined Contribution

National Health Accounts

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NHFS

OAG

OPC

PAC

PAD

PECG

PEFA

PICES

PIM

PFMS

PIU

POC

PSC

PSIP

RBB

RBZ

RDC

RE

SERA

SEPs

SOE

TA

TRG

WBG

ZETDC

ZIMASSET

ZIMRA

ZIMREF

ZIMSEC

ZIMSTAT

ZINARA

ZINWA

ZPC

National Health Financing Strategy

Office of the Auditor General

Office of the President and Cabinet

Public Accounts Committee

Project Appraisal Document

Public Entities Corporate Governance

Public Entities Financial Accountability

Poverty Income Consumption and Expenditure Survey

Public Investment Management

Public Financial Management System

Project Implementation Unit

Policy Oversight Committee

Project Steering Committee

Public Sector Investment Program

Results-Based Budgeting

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Rural District Council

Recipient-Executed

State Enterprise Restructuring Agency

State Owned Enterprises and Parastatals

State-Owned Enterprises

Technical Assistance

Technical Review Group

World Bank Group

Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company

Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio- Economic

Transformation

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority

Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund

Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council

Zimbabwe Statistical Agency

Zimbabwe National Road Administration

Zimbabwe National Water Authority

Zimbabwe Power Company

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1Photograph credits: Arne Hoel/World Bank

This annual report covers the period January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. During this period the Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund (ZIMREF) made progress towards achieving its objective of, contributing to the strengthening of Zimbabwe’s systems for reconstruction and development. In the absence of arrears clearance, the fund remained an important source of financing in responding to the changing country priorities and delivering knowledge and analytics for key reforms. This is despite the changing context in which ZIMREF operated, including a change in Government at the turn of 2017 occasioned by the former President’s resignation. In July 2018, elections were held ushering in a new President, Parliament and Cabinet (the third Cabinet in a space of 10 months) and some changes to Permanent Secretaries of Ministries. As part of the transition, the Government introduced changes in monetary policy and launched a Transitional and Stabilization Plan (TSP) in October 2018 that has led to wide-ranging fiscal reforms outlined in the 2019 Budget Statement presented in December 2018. The TSP confirmed the key priority areas that ZIMREF has been working on and offers further guidance on how to tailor and strengthen ZIMREF’s support going forward.

During the year 2018, the country was characterized by serious economic headwinds: high levels of domestic debt, rising inflation, foreign currency shortages and attendant shortages in fuel and some basic foodstuffs.

In response to these challenges, Government committed to reforms to stabilize the macro-economy and reform monetary policy as outlined in the TSP. Through these measures, the TSP aims to establish a foundation for private sector led economic recovery and inclusive growth. While Government has taken critical actions to implement the TSP, these measures have met some resistance as the outcomes have significant social and economic costs.

To date, in support of the economic recovery and inclusive growth agenda, the Trust fund has played a pivotal role in contributing to strengthening institutional and knowledge capabilities in previously under-addressed areas like Public Financial Management and Public Procurement. ZIMREF remains relevant to the new priorities driven by Government: these include continued implementation of Ease of Doing Business reforms; increased financing for infrastructure; reform, commercialization and winding up of some state enterprises and parastatals (SEPs); and strengthening of the systems required for effective devolution.

Overall, ZIMREF is performing well in achieving results and meeting spending targets. Both Bank and Recipient executed projects are making progress to achieve their targeted high-level outcomes by their end dates. As at 31 December 2018, the Fund is on track to achieve two thirds of high-level outcome indicators and most intermediate outcome indicators by June 2019 (See Annex III for detailed cumulative achievements under ZIMREF to date).

After three years of implementation, ZIMREF has passed its midpoint. During this time, it has achieved a significant number of results – mainly at output level in the form of legislative and policy reforms, completion of system assessments and capacity building of Government officials to further strengthen systems and institutions. As the project closing dates draw closer, outcomes are beginning to emerge.

Since the establishment of the Trust Fund in 2014, a total of US$44.3 million was pledged by seven donors. By December 31, 2018, US$37.8 million had been received and transferred into the Trust Fund. During 2018, ZIMREF expenditure on Bank Executed (BE) and Recipient Executed (RE) activities was US$15.7 million, reflecting an increased pace of implementation as compared to 2017.

The overall risks that ZIMREF faced in 2018 are the economic headwinds faced by the country, legislative delays due to the elections, changes in political will due to Cabinet reshuffles and restructuring of the public administration and, inadequate funding to achieve intended outcomes. The overall challenges faced in 2018 are: stakeholder coordination, limited understanding of Government’s emerging priorities under the TSP and the steep learning curve for Government to implement RE projects.

Going forward, current delays in the re-engagement timetable will require retro-fitting ZIMREF to new/emerging priorities of Government. This Annual Report outlines outcomes achieved to date and highlights key steps on the way forward.

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DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

AND PROJECT

DESCRIPTION

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Development Objectives and Project Description | 11

OUTPUT 1

OUTPUT 3B

OUTPUT 2

OUTPUT 4A

OUTPUT 3A

The Business Environment, Financial Sector and Investment Policy (BEFSIP) Technical Assistance (TA) Program supports implementation of Doing Business and investment policy reforms, and development of credit and capital markets infrastructure.

The Project Development Objective of the Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund (ZIMREF) is to contribute to the strengthening of Zimbabwe’s systems for reconstruction and development with a focus on stabilization and reform, reconstruction, development, and poverty alleviation.

ZIMREF supports 8 core Recipient-Executed (RE) and Bank-Executed (BE) activities which are described in the box below:

The Public Procurement Modernization Reform Project supports the modernization of the public procurement regulatory framework and practices and develops and pilots e-Government procurement.

The Capital Budgets TA Program develops modern systems for public investment planning, management, and resource mobilization; improves state-owned enterprise governance; and supports development of a pipeline of feasible projects in the transport and energy sectors.

The Results-Based Budgeting TA Program supports the introduction of program budgeting, as well as key reforms to strengthen the management of financing and public expenditures in key social sectors.

The Public Financial Management (PFM) Enhancement Project provides for modernization of key elements of the public financial management system including coverage and reporting, internal and external audits, and Parliamentary and civil society oversight.

See Annex 1 for detailed information on the background for ZIMREF. ¹

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OUTPUT 5A

OUTPUT 5B

OUTPUT 4B

The National Water Project aims to improve water supply in the small-town sector and strengthen the Zimbabwe National Water Authority and the regulatory framework in the water sector.

The Climate Change TA Program aims to help develop Zimbabwe’s climate policies, its pipeline of climate adaptation investments, and its mainstreaming of climate changes in investment planning.

The Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation TA Program aims to improve the monitoring of poverty and shared prosperity outcomes and their integration into national strategy and planning documents.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF OUTPUTS AND

OUTCOMES

3Overall, ZIMREF is performing well in achieving results and meeting its spending targets. Both Bank and Recipient executed projects are progressing towards achieving their targeted high-level outcomes by their end dates. As at 31 December 2018, the program is on track to achieve two thirds of high-level outcome indicators and most intermediate outcome indicators by June 2019 (See Annex III for detailed cumulative achievements under ZIMREF to date).

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This report therefore places emphasis on the linkages between attained outputs and emerging outcomes. To date, ZIMREF has contributed to the following key results:

Over 20 significant administrative, regulatory and legislative reforms to improve the cost and ease of doing business leading to a 3.4 percentage point improvement in the Doing Business score (the distance to frontier score);

Strengthened public enterprise governance through the development and implementation of a Public Entities CorporateGovernance Act, supporting Regulations and Guidelines, and turnaround strategies that are either currently being deliberated or implemented for the energy and telecommunications sectors.

Updated and refined Poverty Income Consumption and Expenditure Survey (PICES) including an agricultural module, modernized data processing and capacity of ZIMSTAT, and introduced a statutory instrument to allow for anonymization of micro-data for researchers and policy analysis;

Modernization of procurement laws, regulations and production of a cutting-edge e-Government Procurement strategy that has potential to change the procurement landscape once rolled out countrywide.

Enhanced Public Financial Management (PFM) including two annual consolidated financial statements (FY2016 and FY2017), Parliamentary review of audited annual financial statements for three years (FY2015, FY2016 and FY2017), and improved coverage of internal audit – in FY2017, 87% of the internal audit workplan was completed with 60% of Ministries exceeding 90% of their workplans;2

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It was noted that Ministries with decentralized offices (provincial and district offices) tended

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Comprehensive Mid Term Reviews (MTRs) were conducted for the two largest ZIMREF projects: the Public Financial Management and Enhancement Project (PFMEP) and the Zimbabwe National Water Project (ZNWP). The PFMEP review highlighted notable progress towards implementation of project activities across all the components, with the Project Development Objective remaining relevant, and the project’s institutional and implementation arrangements adequate. For the ZNWP, the development of the National Water Resources Master Plan remained behind schedule and this has affected the general performance of the project. Also, of note is that the overall impact of the project will be hampered by a financing gap of US$10 million3 and as part of the mitigation, the results framework for the ZNWP will be revised to capture only those project activities that are being funded.

The PFMEP and ZNWP projects were restructured during the reporting period. Both projects were appraised at US$20 million each but only half the amount was raised. It became clear during implementation that no funding beyond the initial US$10 million would be made available hence the restructuring. The restructuring also triggered new environmental and social safeguards as the project design phase only screened project sites and did not anticipate any resettlement impact. During a site visit to Guruve in June 2017, the Bank team found that some small household infrastructure for 19 households had occupied the right of way of the water distribution lines and had been either damaged or destroyed. This triggered a restructuring of the project to ensure households were compensated and safeguards put in place for future WASH-projects. Government subsequently compensated the affected households. The PFM project was restructured for two other reasons; (i) to capture the re-prioritization of project activities among components in light of the reduced envelope, as well as to reflect additional insights gained about key priorities through a Public

The ZNWP was prepared as a US$20 million project to be financed through a grant from a

multi-donor trust fund: the Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund (ZIMREF). To date, $10 million

has been made available by ZIMREF and, as a result, the project has been divided into two

phases each programmed at US$10 million.

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Expenditures and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment that was recently completed; and (ii) to adjust the Results Framework to focus on key priorities to align with the actual activities and improvements supported.

Over the implementation period, ZIMREF faced several challenges including a constantly changing political context and limited funding to undertake some of the key reforms required for systems strengthening. During the first quarter of 2018, ZIMREF experienced funding shortfalls and cash flow deficits resulting from delayed replenishments by donors4 and currency exchange rate losses of up to USD 2 million since ZIMREF inception. In April, ZIMREF received additional funding of 3 million pounds5 from DFID which allowed ZIMREF to respond to additional essential Bank Executed activities to deepen reforms, while closing the funding gap which had been created by exchange rate losses. In addition, ZIMREF received USD 1 million from the State and Peace-building Fund (SPF). The identified activities6 and results to be funded with the additional resources are in line with Government’s priorities.

In October 2018, the POC agreed to an extension of ZIMREF’s closing date to December 2021. With additional resources, an extended ZIMREF can be used as a transitional mechanism in the period leading to full re-engagement of key development partners. Recent changes in the operating environment present an opportunity to rethink ZIMREF’s role as a transition mechanism that can support implementation of the TSP. This would allow for stabilization of the macro-economic and financial environment, making it possible to provide more comprehensive support for the preparation and implementation of the Government’s next 5-year National Development Plan. Other notable transitions point to the critical contribution that international support, through Trust Funds such as ZIMREF, can have in terms of supporting delivery of complex reforms aimed at transforming socio-economic systems in client countries.

The World Development Report (WDR) 2011 highlights the harm that the international community can do by “turning off the tap” in response to political and economic disruptions. While the status quo scenario identified for ZIMREF at its inception still seems most realistic, ZIMREF’s reservoir of trust and goodwill built with the Zimbabwean Government to date, will be critical for realizing the scenario. More specifically the extension of ZIMREF is intended to build on and deepen lessons learned in phase I and tap into knowledge from the 2017 World Development Report and the more recent publication - “Pathways for Peace”.

Particularly European Union and Switzerland

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These are ongoing and new activities

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Some ZIMREF activities (particularly the Zimbabwe National Water Project and Public Financial Management Enhancement Project) experienced lengthy delays in 2018 due to the election period and institutional re-organization that followed it. As such some activities will not be completed by June 2019, as originally envisaged and the restructuring of these two recipient-executed projects will be supported by changes to the ZIMREF Trust Fund itself (now extended to December 2020).

The on-going transition in Zimbabwe requires fiscal consolidation and financial stabilization; in addition to social, political and economic reforms that create a foundation for private sector led growth. This necessitates a scale up in support to build Government’s capacity to implement these reforms and facilitate a successful transition.

The TSP’s central message - “austerity for posterity” - highlights the need for patience, as reform measures will be painful and costly in the short term. An extension of ZIMREF would enable sustained support to mitigate against the short-term negative impacts of these reforms.

The Joint Needs Assessment highlights global experience that points to a five to eight-year transformation period for a successful transition. Targeted international support can help manage the transition process over time, including through TA to strengthen the national development planning process and make this more inclusive.

Complementing support to other development programs financed by other donors and International Finance Institutions. This included public sector systems that serve multiple sectors and just-in-time support, particularly in instances where the Bank has the comparative advantage.

Implementing the latter requires flexibility to enable adaptation and innovation in support emerging needs of government.

Key factors influencing the extension are:


TRUST FUND OPERATIONS

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Of the anticipated US$61.4 million for approved projects, development partners’ pledges and contributions amounted to US$44.3 million. In 2018, out of a remaining due balance of US$9.7 million, a total of US$7.4 million was transferred by the Donors to the trust fund, leaving an amount of US$2.3 million to be transferred by December 2019.

ZIMREF is comprised of eight projects and programs, including four Bank-Executed Technical Assistance (TA) programs and one hybrid project originally budgeted for US$14.4 million and three Recipient-Executed projects budgeted for US$43.2 million, with the balance earmarked for corporate fees and program management costs. By the end of 2018, ZIMREF expenditure on BE and RE activities was US$15.7 million, reflecting an increased pace of implementation as compared to 2017, when US$14.2 million was spent.

In 2018, ZIMREF’s secretariat was staffed with a full-time Administrator, Senior Finance Assistant, Program Assistant, and part-time Communications Specialist, two M&E Specialists and Gender Specialist. Building on the mid-term review (MTR), the Secretariat revised and refined guidelines and tools for implementation of the ZIMREF program, particularly risk monitoring and enhanced communication and dissemination of information on Trust Fund activities through a monthly newsletter series. In 2019, the secretariat will further strengthen coordination among project teams, development partners, and contributing donors, as well as improve the systematic tracking and reporting on ZIMREF results.

The secretariat will continue to make efforts to mobilize resources for an extension period of ZIMREF, approved at the October 2018 POC meeting. Bank funds and Trust Funds will complement and supplement these funds. The Secretariat will also support the implementation of the evaluation of ZIMREF and coordinate the process of closing projects.

Photograph credits: Arne Hoel/World Bank

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GOVERNANCE

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ZIMREF has a two-tier governance structure comprising a Policy Oversight Committee (POC) and Technical Review Groups (TRGs). The POC and TRGs are comprised of;


representatives from the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ);

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the World Bank.

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During the reporting period, the POC was co-chaired by the Government of Zimbabwe, DFID and the Embassy of Sweden.7 The POC had two meetings in 2018. Approvals and key decisions included:

• Approval of the 2018 work program, considering priorities requiring more support in light of the new dispensation and just in time support.

• Endorsement of changes to ZIMREF Fund-level Logical & Results Frameworks and, M&E indicators for BEFSIP, ZNWP, Climate Change and PFM.

• Establishment of a committee made up of MoFED, DFID, Sweden, EU and the World Bank to lead an evaluation of ZIMREF in 2019.

• Approval of a roadmap in the development of the 2018 Annual report.

• Decision to hold an ad-hoc POC in the first quarter of 2019 to discuss extension of ZIMREF.

• Extension of the closing date for ZIMREF to December 2021.

The three TRGs whose setup is stipulated in the revised Operational Guidelines8 held meetings during the reporting year. The major roles of the TRGs as highlighted in the guidelines are to: provide technical guidance to the POC; ensure technical quality-at-entry of projects oversee project implementation; provide support for cross-sectoral and stakeholder coordination; and review and analyse M&E plans and findings. Additionally, TRGs provide an important function in risk monitoring and project reporting.

The Economic and Public Financial Management Technical Review Group (EPFM-TRG) is currently chaired by the European Union Delegation. During 2018, the TRG met in April and October to discuss progress in implementation and risk management. Progress on implementation was assessed for PFM, Results-Based Budgeting (RBB), Poverty Monitoring, and Procurement Modernisation Project.

The Investment Climate Technical Review Group (IC-TRG) is currently chaired by the Department of Foreign International Development (DfID). The IC-TRG met in February and September 2018 and mainly assessed implementation progress on BEFSIP and new activities such as work on the Investment Law and the Needs Assessment. Further funding opportunities were also discussed.

The Infrastructure Technical Review Group (I-TRG) is currently chaired by the Department of Foreign International Development (DfID). The I-TRG met during the year in March and October 2018. Similarly, the TRG assessed implementation progress on Capital Budgets TA, Climate Change TA, and the National Water Project.

A key point of discussion in the TRG meetings was extension of ZIMREF and TRG contribution into prioritization of activities for the extension.

Follow up actions on the mid-term review (MTR) of ZIMREF conducted in 2017 are detailed in Annex VII.

The POC is chaired by GoZ and one of the development partners (the Bank rotates chairing

with the development partners on a yearly basis).

The Operational guidelines were revised in 2017 in line with the recommendations of the

mid-term review of ZIMREF.

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In 2018, there were several lessons for the ZIMREF:

• Stakeholder co-ordination spearheaded by MoFED provided checks and balances that minimized risks of duplication of activities within ZIMREF and across other donors. Regular updates were provided to Government, and the Aid Coordination Unit, on ongoing activities. Attention was provided to PFM and Procurement projects where there could be risks of overlap from other supporting agencies including AfDB, UNICEF, ZIMREF, UNDP, DfID, IMF/AFRITAC and the EU.

• The learning curve for Government in implementing RE activities has been steep, and there is a need to strengthen client learning and capacity building, and Bank supervision. This is evidenced by slower pace of implementation in recipient-executed activities when compared with those that are bank-executed. Turbulence in the economy has raised additional challenges.

• Project institutional structures need to be made more effective to play a strategic role and provide support to implementation teams to complete their tasks expeditiously. There has been intensification of implementation support by Task Team Leaders (TTLs) directly managing recipient executed projects. The TTLs, with support from locally based consultants managed to expedite the pace of implementation for RE projects notably PFM and the ZNWP.

• ZIMREF could have been more flexible to respond to emerging challenges in Zimbabwe.

A LESSONS LEARNED TO DATE

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OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES

6The 2018 Annual Report aims to demonstrate ZIMREF’s results to date i.e. the extent to which the intended impact and outcomes have been achieved since the Fund was established in 2014. Unlike previous annual reports, this report pays less focus on the tasks conducted and outputs achieved in the last year, and more focus on the overall progress attained.

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The results section will test out ZIMREF’s Theory of Change, which was approved by the POC. It states:

If investment, financial and commercial policies are made effective9 and predictable, and

if public investment10 systems are modernized, and

if state-owned enterprises’ governance and performance are improved,

then the business climate, particularly for SMEs, and capacity to leverage financing for infrastructure are improved.

Further, if public financial management11 and public procurement systems are modernized, and

if national development planning integrates climate and monitoring of poverty and shared prosperity outcomes, and

if water resource management is strengthened,

then resilience will be improved, and public spending will be made more transparent, more accountable and more equitable.

Ultimately, if business climate and infrastructure financing are improved, and

If resilience and equity of public spending are improved,

then the systems for reconstruction and development in Zimbabwe will be strengthened.

Especially reducing the time and cost of doing business

Planning, management and resource mobilization

With a special focus on management of financing and public expenditures in key social sectors

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BEFSIP TA is expected to achieve the following results:

• High-level outcome: improved business climate, especially for MSMES and smallholder farmers.

• Intermediate outcomes:

With respect to achieving the high-level outcome, the business climate in Zimbabwe has improved marginally since the beginning of ZIMREF – it was hoped that with support from the BEFSIP TA, Zimbabwe’s distance to frontier score on the Ease of Doing Business index would improve by 11 percentage points over the period 2015-2018, however it only improved by 3.4 percentage points. The domestic perception of the improvements in the investment climate have, however, improved significantly as measured by the CZI Business Confidence Index – an improvement of 58.1 points against a target of 32.2 points. The Business Confidence Index is perception based and fluctuates more widely than the Ease of Doing Business Index.

• Reducing the time and cost of doing business;

• Making investment, financial and commercial policies effective and predictable;

• Making a regulatory Framework that promotes SME and smallholder access to finance and markets.

Business Environment, Financial Sector and Investment Policy (BEFSIP) Technical Assistance (TA) - BEFSIP aims to improve the business climate for the private sector. It is a US$3.2 million Bank-executed TA program that was approved for ZIMREF in March 2016. BEFSIP has a focus on improving the business climate for microenterprises, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and agricultural smallholder farmers by:

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reducing the time, cost, and bureaucratic burden of doing business in Zimbabwe;

introducing more effective and predictable investment and commercial policies; and

strengthening the regulatory framework and financial infrastructure for expanded access to financial services and markets for small and medium enterprises and smallholder producers.

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The top improvers in the Ease of Doing Business index in Sub-Saharan Africa over the period, 2015-2018 have been:

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3. Senegal

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Notable improvements in financial inclusion have been achieved, however it should be noted that much of the improvement is due to the public and Government response to the cash crisis that has affected Zimbabwe over the past four years –

of adults now have a bank or mobile money account putting RBZ’s goal of ...

financial inclusion by 2020 within reach.

Figures from RBZ show that as at December 31, 2018 the total number of bank accounts is ...

69%

90%

6.7 million12 up from ...

3.1 million in December 2016, and

1.5 million in December 2016

(an increase of 116% in 2018).

RBZ. 2019. Monetary Policy Statement pp. 5912


Reducing the time and cost of doing business

The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business survey assesses the effectiveness of business regulations. Zimbabwe’s ranking on the Ease of Doing Business has improved to 155th out of 190 countries in Doing Business 2019, up from 171st out of 189 countries in Doing Business 2015. However, key improvements in Zimbabwe since 2015, according to the survey have been in reducing the time it takes to:

• Start a business (fallen from 90 days to 11 days16), • Register a property (down from 36 days to 14 days). Title deeds for properties

are now available online and can be accessed publicly for a small fee of RTGS$ 1 per two searches.17 This has strengthened urban property rights, increased their transparency and reduced the time and cost of ascertaining property ownership.

• Get a construction permit (from 448 days to 208) through the establishment of a one-stop-shop for construction permitting.

• Liquidate a company (from an average of four years to 6 months), through the amendment of the Insolvency Act. Insolvency administration has also been professionalized through amendment of the Estate Administrators Act.

This is an estimated

on par with the global average of

In addition, by November 2017, there were

and way above the Sub-Saharan Africa average of ...

(which includes mobile money accounts).14

of the adult population - ... 67.8%13

69%

8.9 million money accounts, an estimated ...

79.9% of the adult population.15

43%

Using UN population estimates for 2017. The data however, does not account for multiple

account holders.

World Bank. 2017. The Global Findex Database 2017

Using RBZ data as at November 30, 2017. Likewise, this estimate does not account for multiple

account holders and users who are not adults yet.

The time to start a business has fallen to 11 days in the past six months, however the 2019

Doing Business report notes the number of days at 32 as the survey closed before the

reduction to 11 days.

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In addition, other key improvements are:

• Introduction of a credit registry and credit bureau. The credit registry records cover 7% of the adult population.

• Improvement of the enforcement of contracts through the increase in the threshold of claims that can be handled by the Small Claims court and establishment of a commercial court in Mutare. This was a result of the enactment of the Ease of Settling Commercial and Other Disputes) Act in 2017.

The BEFSIP TA contributed to these achievements by building upon progress made under its predecessor, the Business Enabling Environment Program (BEEP). There remains some laws, whose amendment has been supported through BEFSIP TA, which have not yet been enacted and will be tabled before the current Parliament. Further details are provided in Annex III.

More importantly, the efforts aimed at reducing the time and cost of doing business have helped change the way Government regulates the business sector. BEFSIP has supported legislative amendments to 22 Acts and regulations. This has sparked a fundamental shift in the judiciary’s handling of business matters, de-escalation of politicization of economic issues and Government’s decision to expand the scope of Doing Business reforms beyond the scope of BEFSIP to include other economic sectors and issues at local authority level.

Local authorities have vastly improved the ease of doing business in their jurisdictions with guidance from a Government official (a coach) who was trained under BEFSIP. For example, in Zvimba Rural District Council, applications for a property can now be done online and, all rural district councils have standardized the rates they levy on economic activity. The City of Harare reduced the time taken to register a shop license from 2 weeks to 1 day under the guidance of their official who was part of the Working Group on Starting a Business. Other improvements were achieved in speeding up customs processing for tourists at points of entry, introducing incentives for local registration of cross-border buses18 and the reduction of the time it takes to process VAT rebates for mining exports from 2-3 years to 6 months.

Transporters can now import 50 buses duty-free per year18


Making investment, financial and commercial policies effective and predictable

A new Investment law is being drafted with support from the BEFSIP TA. It is based on the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) produced by Government in January 2018 and presented in Davos. The IPS which was developed with support from the BEFSIP TA seeks, inter alia, to make property rights more predictable and government policies and services more effective, while aligning laws to the Constitution. In addition, BEFSIP TA is supporting the establishment and capacity development of the Zimbabwe Investment Development Authority (ZIDA) whose Bill is yet to be enacted. To date the TA has made recommendations for Zimbabwe’s investment policy framework that would build and operationalize key parts of the Investment Policy Statement issued by President Mnangagwa in Harare in January 2018.

Further, Government has established a credit bureau and credit registry, which are now operational and in full usage by financial institutions.

Regulatory Framework that promotes SME and smallholder access to finance and markets

Government has, with support from the BEFSIP TA, made significant progress in improving the regulatory framework within which businesses, SMEs and smallholder farmers operate. With support provided through the Market Institutions Development component, a multi-stakeholder working group was established and seven regulations identified as barriers in the agricultural sector and containing 50% of regulatory costs for agribusinesses. These are detailed in the Enabling the Business of Agriculture report. The component seeks to foster the development of markets mainly for agriculture sector commodities and the improvement of access to market by industries linked to the agriculture sector. A good practice reform guideline was produced. In addition, use of psychometric testing as collateral has been piloted with Steward Bank. If successful, this will lead to greater access to financing for SMEs and especially, female entrepreneurs.


Capital Budgets TA - The Capital Budgets TA aims to improve Zimbabwe’s capacity to leverage much needed infrastructure financing by strengthening work on the Public Investment Management systems and State-Owned Enterprise governance. The US$4.3 million Bank-executed program approved in November 2015 is developing modern public investment systems, improving the governance of state-owned enterprises, and supporting the development of a pipeline of feasible projects in the transport and energy sectors.

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The Capital Budgets TA is expected to achieve the following results:

• High level outcome: improved capacity to leverage infrastructure financing.

• Intermediate outcomes:

Modernized public investment planning

Improved policies and strategies in the

transport sector

Improved governance and performance of

state-owned enterprises

Improved efficiency and effectiveness in the energy sector


The Public Entities and Corporate Governance Act was enacted in 2017 and came into force in July 2018. The Act introduces key elements of good practice such as 10-year term limits for CEOs of State Enterprises and Parastatals (SEPs), preventing Permanent Secretaries of Ministries from sitting on boards of public entities, asset declaration by senior employees of SEPs, preventing access to loans and any other forms of credit from SEPs by Board members and, establishment of a Corporate Governance Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet.

The foundation for achieving the high-level outcome has been set. The capacity to leverage infrastructure financing has been built by Government through the Public Entities Corporate Governance (PECG) Act which has created the legal framework under which, with the right political will, state enterprises can effectively secure financing for public investments and manage it well. In addition, public investment planning and governance of state-owned enterprises have been improved as detailed below:

Modernizing public investment planning

The country’s public investment systems have not yet been modernized. However, foundations have been put in place to enable modernization. With support from the TA, a modern public investment management (PIM) framework has been developed and the draft PIM manuals for energy and transport await formal endorsement; 30 Government officials have undergone PIM training,19 the PIM Project Appraisal Manual has been engendered and a modern PIM database is being developed. The work of modernizing the public investment systems is work in progress and focuses on the transport and energy sectors. If ZIMREF is extended, the water sector will also be added as a focus area.

The activities aimed at modernizing PIM have yielded integration with activities under the Implementation of PICES project whereby spatial analysis by the poverty team has identified infrastructure deficits that if addressed would go a long way in addressing poverty. This integration is being explored by the project teams with a view of achieving both long-term intra-government consideration of poverty in public investment considerations, and in the short-term achieving short-term gains such as getting the PSIP Unit to make use of the Poverty Atlas developed by ZimStat with support from the Bank.

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Improving governance and performance of state-owned enterprises

A critical step in improving performance has been achieved through the improvement of the governance framework for SOEs, primarily through enactment of the PECG Act. The TA supported Government (OPC, MoFED and SERA) in developing the PECG Bill, developing an engagement strategy to support its enactment, and preparing guidelines on Board effectiveness and on performance management to help SOEs to implement the new Act. The TA also supported the development of implementing Regulations for the Act, and refinement of a Code of Conduct and Ethics for SOEs. The Act lays the legal foundation for improvements in the governance of SOEs, including with regards to:

An early improvement in the governance of SOEs has been the establishment of an online portal by the OPC’s Corporate Governance Unit where any citizen of Zimbabwe interested in serving on the boards of public entities and possessing the requisite skills and experience can submit their credentials.[1] The Bank also developed a PECG Act compliance assessment tool for government. The tool was piloted on two entities and the new Unit in OPC has begun to roll it out to all public entities.

The capacity of OPC, MoFED and SERA in providing advice to Cabinet on SOE reform was strengthened. In April 2018, Government announced its approach to SOE reform, detailing enterprises to be partially privatized, restructured, merged, integrated into Ministerial departments, or closed. This was partly as a result of activities conducted under the Capital Budgets TA:

clarifying the duties of Ministers, Boards and SOE management;

preparation of strategic plans and annual reports on progress;

submission of audited financial reports (in line with the PFM Act), and

declaration of assets and of potential conflicts of interest.

training and advice on the analysis of SOEs’ mandates and roles; and

support provided to SERA to update and analyze its database of SOE results, with additional training focusing especially on the interpretation of financial reports.

In response, the World Bank has provided a review of the SEP portfolio in the telecoms sector outlining a range of options for implementing the Cabinet decision. It has also provided advice on the information and policy requirements for implementation of the mining sector aspects of the Cabinet decision.

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The draft aviation policy paper contained recommendations for the reform of the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe which were taken up in the amendment to the Civil Aviation Act in 2018.

The main unintended consequence of the support provided by the World Bank to date has been the issue of capacity in the new OPC Unit. Despite ZIMREF support through appropriate tools and advice, the Unit’s continued staffing limitations place at risk their monitoring role. If the Unit is unable to build up its capacity quickly, there is a risk that SOEs which fail to comply with the Act will not be pursued, undermining its credibility. During 2018, the SOE reform TA received additional funding of $750,000 for the implementation of the PECG Act.

Improved policies and strategies in the transport sector

Draft policy papers critical to the improvement of transport sector policies namely, in the road sector, aviation and road tolling have been prepared with a view of enabling greater efficiency and effectiveness in expenditure in the transport sector as well as paving the way forward for other key sectors. The draft aviation policy paper contained recommendations for the reform of the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ). While the list is longer, the four main policy recommendations presented to CAAZ are:

hosting of Air Navigation Services (ANS) outside of CAAZ to achieve clean separation of operations and regulatory functions;

impartiality and independence of the accident investigation function;

review of fees and charges structure to make CAAZ financially viable; and

clarity on the creation and functions of successor entities particularly identifying ANS and management of airports as separate functions.

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In 2018, the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2018 (No. 10 of 2018), to unbundle CAAZ was enacted. It is key to note that this separation of CAAZ is the culmination of advisory efforts by several development partners including ZIMREF. Some of the TA’s recommendations were included in the enactment of the Amendment Act, principally the independence of the accident investigation function from CAAZ.

A draft policy framework and policy documents on general road funding has been drafted. These provide proposals for reforms in eleven policy areas and have been shared with the Zimbabwe National Road Administration. Three policy focus areas are:

There remains a lack of clear strategy for the transport sector indicating the need for further technical assistance.

Improved efficiency and effectiveness in the energy sector

Draft sector turnaround strategies and financial models for ZESA subsidiaries (ZPC and ZETDC) have been developed. However, these reports on their own will not lead to the achievement of the intermediate outcome. Following workshops held to discuss findings, the Government has taken forward the recommendations within the context of ongoing SOE reforms.

to make a clear separation of road funding and road network management functions;

to improve equity, accountability and transparency in road financing, and fund allocation; and

to improve efficiency in road network management by introducing modern road network management practices through corporatization, in line with SADC Protocol on Transport, Communication and Meteorology.

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PFMEP is expected to deliver the following results:

• High level outcome: Improved allocation, transparency & accountability in the use of public resources

• Intermediate outcome: Improved coverage and quality of public financial controls, accounting and reporting

Some progress has been made in improving the public financial management system (PFMS) with the aim to improve control, transparency and accountability, and oversight in the use of public resource in Zimbabwe. The PEFA report of 2017 identified several challenges with the PFM systems which included; worsening control over commitments in recent years; unclear processes for ensuring that payments are well integrated and recorded; and delays in reporting and difficulty with producing reports. Through the PFM project management and accounting is being modernized by introducing computerized PFM systems at local government level in 6 districts (with plans to do the same in the remaining 57 districts), adding seven donor-provided grants to the PFMS, integrated statutory funds into the PFMS and establishing the Business Intelligence (BI) module.

The effectiveness of internal controls and internal audit has been improved through the establishment of internal audit committees which are convening albeit, at a slow pace, and professionalization of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) through capacity building for staff members. A Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment was conducted in 2017 and publicly shared to strengthen the demand for transparency and accountability. The audit functions are improving transparency; however, implementation of audit recommendations remains limited.

PFMEP - provides for modernization of key elements of the public financial management system. This recipient-executed (RE) project was approved by the Policy Oversight Committee for implementation in September 2015 as a two-phase US$20 million project. It was approved at the end of March 2016 and became effective in June 2016 with commitments of US$10 million. Following clarification from donors that they will not be committing the outstanding US$10 million; the funding has been used for prioritized activities whose outcomes are expected to still achieve the project development objective (PDO) of the original design. The project is supported by a Bank-Executed grant of US$0.8 million for supervision over the life of the four-year project.

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However, several efforts aimed at modernizing the PFMS have made very little progress. These include:

There is a shared understanding between Government counterparts and development partners that these are the core issues that need to be addressed to show strengthened public financial management performance to ensure accelerated implementation progress and achievement of desirable results in 2019.

The Government has been encouraged by the PFMEP team to collectively decide on how the Payroll-PFMS interface can be developed to ensure that it begins in the first quarter of 2019 and is supported during the lifetime of the PFMEP. The pace of implementation of PFMEP improved in 2018 and the project was restructured to fit its PDO, activities and results framework within the available budget of US$10 million.

Annex III shows that several results indicators are not yet reliably on track, but still remain achievable, subject to reinforced attention by management and technical staff involved. The results framework for PFMEP was restructured in 2018 (approved by the World Bank on August 1, 2018 and signed off by MoFED on November 16, 2018). For 2019, the GoZ is encouraged to fully utilize all of the tools at its disposal, including new ones such as the interfaces with DMFAS and ZIMRA and the (BPC) and (BI) module, as well as the training and support provided in order to ensure the timely preparation and reporting of annual Consolidated Revenue Fund financial statements, based on PFMS data and reporting tools (PDO level indicator C1).

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establishing key interfaces with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS), with the payroll system (under PSC/SSB), and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ); and

strengthening accounting and internal audit (i.e. Component 2).

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PFMEP is expected to deliver the following results:

• High level outcome: improved allocation, transparency & accountability in the use of public resources

• Intermediate outcome: Greater transparency, accountability and effectiveness of public procurement

The modernization of Zimbabwe’s public procurement systems has successfully concluded its first phase namely, modernizing the legislative and institutional framework for public procurement through enacting a modern Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, and establishing a new oversight body, the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, more closely aligned with good practices. In addition, the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (General) Regulations (Statutory Instrument No. 5 of 2018) have been promulgated, standard bidding documents were adopted by the Authority and Public Procurement Guidelines were adopted by PRAZ.

In addition, Government’s capacity to adopt e-procurement has been strengthened with development of an e-procurement strategy (which still awaits adoption) and detailing its system requirements and bidding document. Government has maintained the momentum of procurement reforms post the closure of the project, introducing standard bidding documents in October 2018.

These reforms were informed by a Country Integrated Fiduciary Assessment conducted by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in partnership with the World Bank, which gave Zimbabwe’s public procurement systems a rating of 44%.

The full implementation of the modern legislative and institutional framework is being conducted over a two-year period therefore the intended outcomes of greater transparency, accountability and effectiveness of public procurement will gradually emerge time. In this two-year period PRAZ and procuring entities will be up-skilled to effectively implement the new law. The Bank has learnt that an immediate (as opposed to phased) full implementation of a new procurement law can lead to a drastic reduction in capital expenditure as has happened in recent times in one Southern African country.

Public Procurement – The Public Procurement Modernization Reform Project aims to support the modernization of the public procurement regulatory framework and practices, develop and pilot e-Government procurement. The Public Procurement Modernization Project is a US$4.0 million project that was approved by the POC in September 2015. It is jointly executed by the Bank and government.

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The RBB TA Program is expected to deliver the following results


• Intermediate outcome: implementation of results-based budgeting and planning

Significant progress has been made in modernizing the budget process by engendering program-based budgeting (PBB). The PBB process of defining and agreeing on agency’s priorities and performance indicators helps strengthen strategic orientation and builds capacity for priority resource allocation. The

Results Based Budgeting – The Results-Based Budgeting TA Program supports the introduction of program budgeting, as well as key reforms to strengthen the management of financing and public expenditures in key social sectors. The Results-Based Budgeting TA is a $2.1 million Bank-executed program that was approved in July 2015 comprising three subcomponents:

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Program-based Budgeting which aims to build capacity for and support the preparation of program budgets for all line ministries;

Technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC); and

Technical assistance to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE).

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implementation of program budgeting is proceeding faster than expected with eleven (11) ministries, of the country’s 22 ministries, having published their budgets in PBB format to date, thereby defining expected results from the ministries’ budget allocations. Efforts are underway to ensure remaining ministries and independent Commissions begin publishing their budgets in PBB format. In addition, local authorities have been capacitated to report in PBB format and in 2019, all local authorities reported their budgets in PBB format.

The key challenges faced in implementing PBB is that there is no unit within the Ministry of Finance to coordinate the implementation, and limited capacity to monitor and evaluate the results of PBB implementation. Further, for PBB to be effective, actual disbursements will need to match budgeted allocations which is not the case at the moment. Under the TA, a Guideline for PBB Implementation has been developed with templates for monitoring and reporting. These include a monthly and year-end financial reporting template and a mid-year and year-end non-financial performance information reporting template. To ensure full compliance with PBB, a circular has been produced detailing the roles and responsibilities of each of the role-players from the Line Ministries as well as the Ministry of Finance.

Within the Ministry of Health, evidence-based planning has been strengthened and efforts have begun to integrate empirical measurement into health sector policies. The National Health Accounts Report for 2015 which was published and disseminated with ZIMREF support was utilized in developing the Health Financing Policy, National Health Financing Strategy and the Health and Gender Policy Brief. The evidence generated through the Health Accounts report complements the collective efforts of the Government and development partners to explore options for domestic resource mobilization as well as improve implementation and allocative efficiencies to ensure sustainable financing of health service delivery whilst removing the burden of financing on households.

Likewise, in the education sector, efforts to modernize the sector to improve education outcomes have been implemented. The outcomes to date are: increasing knowledge and developing mathematics handbooks for all levels of schooling, strengthened capacity by improving Math pedagogy skills among district math panelists, and updating practices in specific policy areas namely, ICT in education and a legal framework for professionalizing the teaching profession.



Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation TA Program – This program on strengthening poverty analysis and monitoring and evaluation aims to

It is a US$3 million program of which US$1.9 million is recipient executed and finances implementation of the Poverty Income Consumption and Expenditure Survey (PICES) 2017 by ZIMSTAT, and US$1.1 million is Bank-executed (BE) technical assistance (TA). The program, approved in March 2015, supports the gathering and dissemination of reliable data from households and making the data available for use in improving monitoring and evaluation of public policy and public spending decisions. The program includes a pilot to develop evidence- and results-based planning and budgeting approaches.

The Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation TA Program is expected to deliver the following results:


• Intermediate outcome: improved poverty monitoring and evaluation.

The collection of high-quality poverty data has been strengthened and steps have been taken to integrate poverty monitoring into national development planning through development of the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP). The I-PRSP’s purpose is to enhance Government efforts to fight poverty by highlighting the various poverty alleviation efforts in various Government policies however the I-PRSP has not been utilized in the national budget formulation process.

Through ZIMREF, the World Bank has supported ZimStat in collecting and analyzing poverty data for the 2017 Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expenditure Survey (PICES 2017) through trainings and funding support. The PICES 2017 report is currently being produced and is expected to be published in 2019. While the PICES 2017 analysis is nearly complete, the poverty estimates that will be produced relate to 2017. Given the changes in the economic situation over the past months, updated information may need to be collected to assess impact of the current inflation of food and other prices, affecting the poor.

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improve the monitoring of poverty and other social outcomes in Zimbabwe and

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Zimbabwe National Water Project – The National Water Project aims to improve water quality and supply in small towns and strengthen the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) and the regulatory framework in the water sector. The US$10 million Recipient-executed (RE) project approved in September 2015 is accompanied by a $0.8 million Bank-executed (BE) grant to finance World Bank supervision over the life of the four-year project.

The ZNWP is expected to deliver the following results:

• High level outcome: improved resilience in one key basic service

• Intermediate outcome: improved access to, and sustainability of small-town water supply

ZimStat and the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement (MoLAWCRR) are collaborating in producing the Agricultural Productivity Module (APM) of the PICES 2017 whose report will be produced in 2019 and its micro-data availed shortly afterwards.

The TA also supported development of a legal framework for dissemination of anonymized poverty data through a Statutory Instrument published in August 2018 and building the technical capacity of ZimStat to anonymize the micro-data. ZimStat made the PICES 2011 micro-data available to researchers at the end of December 2018.

Dissemination of the data will allow for its use by academics and other researchers. A call for proposals for Zimbabwean and international researchers will be issued. They will be invited to propose analytical work, making use of the newly released PICES and APM household survey data, focusing on a short list of priority poverty policy-relevant topics which are to be identified together with policy makers. These could build on issues and information gaps identified in the Joint Needs Assessment. Each proposal will need to include one Zimbabwean researcher, one international one, one ZIMSTAT staff and one sector ministry expert/ analyst.

Recent national development planning has integrated poverty considerations. Government produced the I-PRSP for the period, 2016-2018 based on ZimASSET, with support from ZIMREF and in it, emphasized the importance of PICES data for effective targeting of Government and donor-funded programs aimed at reducing poverty. However, the I-PRSP was barely used by the authorities. It is interesting to note that the Transitional Stabilization Plan (TSP) mentions poverty 22 times, an increase from the 14 mentions in ZimASSET and possibly an indication of more focus on poverty.

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Growth Center Water and Sanitation Improvements

The Government has made key strides in improving water resource management with support from ZIMREF. Water supply in three small towns (Guruve, Lupane and Zimunya) is being improved and will benefit 16,922 people (two thirds of whom live in rural areas, and half of whom are female). Works in Guruve are essentially complete with all main civil and electrical works completed while overall implementation progress in Lupane is 85% and Zimunya 98%.

The implementation of the Zimbabwe National Water Project is strengthening the capacity of Government to implement environmental safeguards. There have been two key safeguards issues:

The former has been addressed, while efforts to address the latter are on-going.

Compensation of the households which had their infrastructure destroyed was successfully completed by the Government of Zimbabwe. However, another significant issue surfaced regarding potential pollution of the water supply from planned works at the Eureka Gold Mine in Guruve. This was discovered during a supervision mission conducted by the WB and government counterparts20 in November 2018. The Eureka Gold Mine21 is upstream from the ZINWAs’ abstraction point for the Guruve water works and could present various health and safety risks if the dewatering of the mine is not monitored. Based on the laboratory tests conducted by ZINWA and EMA on October 26, 2018, the EMA delivered an order to cease pumping operations and withheld the mining’s discharge operations. It was agreed that pumping operations will resume once the mine agrees to either pre-treatment before discharge or adopt on land application of the open pit water.

National Water Resources Master Plan

Development of the Master Plan is expected to improve the regulatory framework for water resource management. The development of the NWRMP has faced delays but is back on track in 2018 with a new Team Leader and Development Economist deployed during the reporting period to expedite implementation progress. The rate of progress has also increased due to additional resources. It is expected that the work will be complete by June 2019 if strict supervision is implemented.

the demolition of existing water and sanitation infrastructure of some residents of Guruve during the construction of water infrastructure by the project, and

potential water pollution from the dewatering of the recently commissioned Eureka Mine.

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Water Services Regulator

It is expected that establishment of a water services regulator will strengthen water resource management. A road map for the establishment of the regulator has been developed however the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the formation of the Regulator is still to meet to endorse the road map as required in the results framework of the project. Progress is at 27% against the projected 80% progress. Further, the draft bill for the Regulator has not yet been shared and stakeholder consultations are still outstanding due to lack of funding.

Sanitation Needs Assessment

The Sanitation Needs Assessment was successfully completed in December 2017. A sanitation workshop was then held on June 4, 2018, with seven growth centers22 to reflect on the Sanitation Needs Assessments and setting out parameters for action plans. However, by the end of 2018, only three Growth Centres had submitted their draft action plans. The other four districts are still yet to submit.

Gender and Communication Strategy

Discussions were held on a gender and communication strategy for the project, involving the PIU, the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MWADCD) and development partners. Main issues include the overall approach to facilitate gender monitoring and action, as well as refining and qualifying the measurable indicators, for example beyond aiming generically at 50 percent of beneficiaries being women, and using national census demographics to track this, rather than at individual sites. This strategy will ensure guidance on gender and inclusion. An informative workshop and some one-on-one discussions were held with the MWAGCD, MEWC, ZINWA/PIU to shape and mobilize support between June and August on the approach to the strategy, process and expectations for the strategy and timelines.

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The Climate Change TA Program is expected to deliver the following results:

• High level outcome: Improved resilience in an important area of vulnerability

• Intermediate outcome: Improved capacity to integrate climate into development planning

The Government’s capacity to integrate climate change in the planning, design and implementation of development activities has been strengthened. Government has integrated climate resilience into policymaking for four sectors (water, irrigation, forestry and agriculture) by developing guidelines for the sectors, a climate smart investment plan for agriculture and modelling the effects of climate change on agriculture.

In addition, Government’s capacity to access international climate/environmental financing and implement its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) has been strengthened through technical support and training in applying for International Climate Finance. However, efforts to support IDBZ in applying for Global Environmental Fund (GEF) funding were unsuccessful.

Climate Change TA Program – The Climate Change Technical Assistance (TA) Program aims to support the Government of Zimbabwe to mainstream climate change considerations in priority sectors and develop its pipeline of resilient and low carbon investments to support implementation of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The Climate Change TA is a US$1.5 million Bank-executed program that was approved in September 2015. The TA aims to strengthen the capacity of the government to integrate climate change considerations into the planning, design, and implementation of development activities in priority sectors, notably in agriculture, forestry, and water/energy nexus. The TA does so by filling critical knowledge gaps in these sectors and turning existing knowledge into concrete investment plans that can be financed by both climate and development finance mechanisms, particularly with instruments such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The TA builds on earlier work undertaken in preparing Government for the COP21 meeting in determining the impact of climate change in the water, agriculture, and forestry sectors.

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Forestry

Three reports were developed with robust Government and stakeholder consultation and validation, on:

The reports were also subjected to the World Bank Peer Review Process. Findings of this study went on to inform the development of the Concept Note on Building Resilient Landscapes in the Save River Basin, the UNDP/World Bank on the Joint Needs Assessment for Zimbabwe, and ongoing UNDP work on environment and natural resources management under GEF-6. The Forestry work also identified data gaps that should inform the future development of Zimbabwe’s National Communications to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change under the framework of the Paris Agreement. The Forestry work is also providing a backdrop to the ongoing work analytical work toward coming up with the Climate-Smart Agricultural Investment Plan.

Agriculture and Agroecological Rezoning

Major reports on the impact of climate change on irrigation were completed. These reports comprise the Scoping Study on the Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation; and the Economy-wide Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Zimbabwe. These studies were conducted by leading international and local consulting firms, with robust Government and stakeholder consultation. The Scoping Study on the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Livestock is undergoing the final round of editing. The TA has been facing funding challenges for the agroecological rezoning work.

the impact of future climate change scenarios on the spatial distribution of the major forestry ecosystems,

the socioeconomic implications of climate change on forestry-dependent livelihoods, and

a multi-criteria distillation of climate-smart interventions in the forestry sector.

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Water/Energy Nexus

Work on the water/energy nexus proceeded in two ways, namely, the well-attended capacity building workshop on mainstreaming future climate change scenarios on hydropower planning and design using the leading international modelling tools of WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning System) and OsyMOSIS energy planning model. These tools could be deployed for watershed or sub-catchment modelling and planning. The upcoming DFID programme on Building Rural Resilience focusing on the water/energy nexus. ZIM-CLIM has also provided critical technical assistance on mainstreaming climate change in the ongoing modelling work toward the National Water Resources Masterplan for Zimbabwe.

Climate Finance

Implementation of the roadmap for the GCF accreditation is ongoing. Following the gap assessment and roadmap for GCF accreditation that was prepared by Price Waterhouse Coopers, IDBZ implemented the roadmap and addressed the capacity gaps through critical recruitments and drafting and adoption of the Gender Policy, Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy, and the Environmental and Social Management System. Key gaps in fiduciary processes and the organizational structure were also addressed, including drafting the Executing Entities Procurement Guidelines, clarification of the Lending Policy, Independent Evaluation Policy, and Information Disclosure


Policy. IDBZ is in the process of completing and uploading the application packet of documents for GCF accreditation, targeting submission to the GCF Secretariat by 31st March 2019. IDBZ also made progress in drafting the GCF proposal for Zimbabwe, focusing on de-risking commercial farmers to encourage investment in climate-smart technologies and providing long-term finance for green investments.

Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) implementation support

The NDC Implementation Framework report was finalized and presented to the Director23 of the Climate Change Management Department who is the Government client for this work. Government welcomed the report indicating that is has been done to international standards. The client noted that the NDC Report, which had a strong focus on the energy sector, needs expansion towards forestry and agriculture. The study identified the different drivers of GHG emissions in Zimbabwe, estimated different emission trajectories and different scenarios of emission reduction projects. The major finding of the study is that the 33 percent reduction of emission reduction per capita is unattainable with the current set of mitigation projects, more so with the risks associated with the major projects of Batoka and Devil’s Gorge hydro-electric projects. Zimbabwe therefore needs to consider leveraging the mitigation potential of climate-smart agriculture and sustainable forest management to better achieve its mitigation commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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RISKS AND CHALLENGES

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The Secretariat has developed a risk register which is a hybrid of the World Bank Systematic Operational Risk-rating Tool (SORT) system and DFID’s risk monitoring framework. The Secretariat regularly (at least quarterly) updates the risk register and discusses these updates with the TRGs. The risk assessment is then communicated with the POC at the bi-annual POC meetings. The register is utilized in providing guidance to project implementing teams on risks and mitigatory actions.

The overall risks that ZIMREF faced in 2018 are: the economic headwinds faced by the country, legislative delays due to the elections, changes in political will due to Cabinet reshuffles and restructuring of the public administration and, inadequate funding to achieve intended outcomes.

Some of the risk triggers identified in the revised ZIMREF Risk Framework have manifested over the reporting period. Over the reporting period, the July 2018 elections were assessed to be a risk that could cause delays in achievement of some anticipated results. There existed a minor risk that Parliament could be dissolved to allow for early elections and thereby delay the enactment of the PECG Act and CAAZ Amendment Act. This risk did not materialize.

The 2018 elections ushered in a new Administration and the changes it came with were in addition to the October and November 2017 cabinet reshuffles. This saw changes in most Ministries that ZIMREF projects has as counterparts. To mitigate the risk of a dilution of political will from Government for the projects, ZIMREF has already been ensuring that the OPC and Permanent Secretaries of Ministries are intimately involved in the governance of ZIMREF through the POC and TRGs.

The institutional capacity risk of limitations to capacity to deliver results under recipient-executed activities persists but is being addressed. The RE activities continue to underperform in comparison to BE activities owing partly to, the lack of capacity. A few examples highlight this – the PFMEP has been slow in putting in place a Head of Internal Audit, a position which is critical to some of the PFMEP activities.

In another example, under the Implementation Support to Poverty Monitoring Project, there are technical limits around methodology (obtaining a balance between applying good practice methods for the calculation of the consumption aggregate while maintaining comparability may require having more than one poverty estimate) and hardware (the release of micro-data through the ZIMSTAT server may require a technical upgrading of the server). The WB team is working closely with ZIMSTAT at the technical level to mitigate against the risk of the failure to communicate to the public that more than one poverty estimate may be required. The project was also provided with additional funding of $500,000 to mitigate against the risk of it failing to achieve its objectives due to a funding shortfall.

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A macroeconomic risk that manifested is that currency exchange rate fluctuations reduced the amount of funding available for programming. Exchange rate losses were experienced on the DFID tranche following BREXIT. Another macroeconomic risk was that of foreign currency shortages which affected procurement of fuel for the Implementation Support to Poverty Monitoring Project.

Safeguards triggered under the ZNWP when the project implementation in Guruve resulted in the destruction of WASH infrastructure for dozens of households. There is also a reputational risk created by failing to raise the $10 million of the $20 million that was expected to cover rehabilitation and expansion of water and sanitation infrastructure in seven growth centres as expected in the original goals for the ZNWP.

The overall challenges that ZIMREF faced in 2018 are: stakeholder coordination, limited understanding of Government’s emerging priorities under the Transitional Stabilization Plan and the steep learning curve for Government to implement Recipient Executed projects. In addition, Government needs to scale up its support for ‘change management’ to ensure MDAs and local authorities are fully aware of the new tools, systems and processes being introduced and are encouraged to utilize them appropriately.

During the reporting period, the projects were encountering several key challenges:

Limited financing to enable the full achievement of results:

• The Implementation Support to Poverty Monitoring Project had a funding gap of US$ 0.5 million which was crucial to complete data collection, tabulation and analysis. The funding has since been provided and the work is on-going.

• The Education TA also had limited financial space to cover all the envisaged work.

• Additional funds are required from ZIMREF and/or other WBG sources for the Health TA to keep and possibly raise the momentum of engagement in the health sector, especially in the context of emerging reforms being initiated by the Government, such as ensuring the airtime health levy is utilized for its intended purpose. Funds would be useful in supporting the operationalization of some proposed reforms in the Health Financing Strategy, specifically in enhancing allocative efficiency and implementation efficiency.

• In the Zimbabwe Public Procurement Modernization Project, the bank-executed supervision component ran out of funding though the recipient-executed component still had a considerable amount of funding. The original plan was to have ZIMREF fund a second phase of the project which would help Government introduce an e-Government Procurement (e-GP) platform.

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Legislative processes have proceeded at a slower pace than anticipated:

• Under the Education TA, the MoPSE has moved slower than anticipated in having the TPC Bill enacted, something that ZIMREF has no control over.

• For the Zimbabwe Public Procurement Modernization project, achievement of outcomes partly depends on the speed at which different arms of Government pass legislation.

Government’s shifting priorities:

• There is now more clarity around the new priorities which have caused delays to the Public Financial Management Enhancement Project, particularly for Component 1 including the anticipated interfaces between the PFMS and the GoZ Payroll and the HRMIS systems. The PSC has also been busy with post-election restructuring of the GoZ MDAs. The team also noted that the Government is searching for ways to rapidly bring the payroll under control, and that authorities are seeking advice from the IMF, the WBG, and others in this regard. PSC interfaces remain critical activities for this component.

• Government commitment to Open Data (including household surveys) is currently unclear but would be important for more Government transparency and accountability. A key challenge is that there might be a lengthy learning curve to get all sector ministries to use the I-PRSP (and its follow-ups) as the main document that guides programs.

The economy continues to face headwinds albeit a sense of renewed confidence in the new Administration. The Secretariat continues to keep track of emerging vulnerabilities in the economy. Domestic arrears pose a significant challenge to the economy and the Bank is providing technical assistance to Government with the aims of (i) ensuring outstanding payments are captured, classified and continuously monitored through the PFMS and (ii) developing strategies to reduce the stock and flow of arrears. Further the existence of multiple exchange rates between the USD and the RTGS dollar throughout 2018 made procurement for some activities more expensive than was planned for.

Other:

• Under the ZNWP, the development of the National Water Resources Master Plan is critically behind schedule. A catch-up plan to bring the work back on track has been developed. The Technical Advisory Committee and the Consultant are expected to complete the work by May 2019.

• Under the PFMEP, expenditure was affected by the high threshold for payments through the Designated Account. This was however addressed, and the threshold was reduced from US$20,000 to US$1,000.

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COMMUNICATIONS AND VISIBILITY

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ZIMREF’s communications and visibility objectives, as listed in the Communication and Visibility Plan, are as follows:

• To inform, raise awareness and stimulate demand side accountability of supported reforms and institutional developments by keeping the public, civil society, private sector and Parliament fully abreast of supported activities and benefits expected.

• To ensure public access to the ZIMREF information, project materials, and other relevant documents in line with the World Bank’s Access to Information policy. http://www.worldbank.org/en/access-to-information;

• To raise the visibility and profile of contributing development partners and their efforts in assisting Zimbabwe.


Stakeholder Engagement/ Capacity Building initiatives

In 2018, a public lecture was conducted on the new Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act at Mandel Training Centre; meetings with Civil Society Organizations were held and consultations in the development of the Gender and Communications Strategy for the National Water Project were conducted. Additionally, Citizen Engagement missions were conducted to ZIMREF work project sites for data gathering purposes.

This engagement increased platforms for information dissemination including collaboration with the Office of the President and Cabinet in the production of a documentary on procurement documentary.

Ensuring Public Access to Documents and relevant information (at Fund Level):

Challenges:

Communication activities were also affected by challenges faced at Fund Level. During the first quarter of 2018, there was a delay in replenishment affecting implementation of activities. Delays were also experienced during the election period. The fund also missed engagement and visibility opportunities when the Annual Report and Public Entities Corporate Governance Act launches did not materialize. However, newsletters continued to be disseminated monthly.

Tools

Annual Report Press Engagement

Videos

Exhibitions

Newsletter

IEC materials (Information dissemination and branding)

Frequency

Annually

As and when the need arises


As and when available

Monthly


Quantity

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Two completed (ZIMREF Explainer video and Procurement documentary)

3 (Five-day UN exhibition at Harare Gardens, Participation at ILO Exhibition and Zimbabwe International Trade Fair)

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Greater and broader dissemination of results as we work to prepare a list of good practices, outcomes, projects, activities and documents that can be more widely disseminated;

Strengthen our support to GoZ communication effort to raise the profile of and highlight ongoing reforms;

More media and community engagement through a press visit to the Zimbabwe National Water Project;

Public lectures on ZIMREF supported legislation;

Public outreach and sensitization on reforms such as the Teaching Profession Councils Bill.

Other Citizen engagement, community and communication activities at TA or Project Level

Plans for 2019:

Business Environment Financial Sector Investment Policy TA

Public Procurement and Modernization Project

Health Sector

Zimbabwe National Water Project

Branding and information dissemination (press release) of the Agriculture Conference (June 2018)

Launch of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act

Launch of the National Health Strategy and Financing Policy in Murehwa (June 2018)

Participation in a citizen engagement mission in Zimunya, Site visits to document the progress of the Project (October 2018)

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ZIMREF Interviews with Implementing Partners of the Recipient-Executed Activities

One on one with the CEO of the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe

Having been instrumental in the development of the new Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, Chief Executive Officer: Nyasha Chizu is very conversant with the new Procurement Act so we caught up with him to check on the legislation’s implementation.

In 1999, the Government established a procurement legal and institutional framework as enshrined in the Procurement Act No. 2/99 which established the State Procurement Board (SPB) and provided for its functions to make provision for the procurement of goods, construction work and services by the State, statutory bodies and other persons; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to State procurement foregoing. The Country Procurement Assessment Report of 2012 identified gaps in this institutional and legislative framework which constrained the transparency, accountability and value for money in procurement. This necessitated the development of a new Act to guide public procurement.

Context: ZIMREF supports bank executed, recipient executed and hybrid activities to achieve its objective. As the objective speaks to strengthening systems for reconstruction and development, interviews were conducted with the implementing partners to gauge the behind the scenes impact of implementation on their systems. The three recipient executed projects in focus were the Public Procurement and Modernization Project, Public Financial Management Enhancement Project and Zimbabwe National Water Project.

? Question: What necessitated the development of the Public Procurement and Modernization Project?

Chief Executive Officer | Nyasha Chizu


All types of procurement are now covered by the Act (goods, works, services, non-consultant services and private public partnerships which are referred to procurement by Cabinet). For procuring entities, the Act provides that all public entities (State) are to adhere to the legislation. This is unlike the previous Act where the Procurement Regulations had to provide a list of entities to be regulated.

Yes, there is adequate planning as we developed the general regulations that accompany the Act and are now operational. We are developing other regulations to assist in the professionalization of procurement to establish the Procurement Council of Zimbabwe Regulations; and the Compliance, Monitoring and Evaluation Regulations which should be concluded by the first quarter of 2019. After that we will develop another set called Electronic Government Procurement Systems to accompany e-procurement.

On the law’s side we have been heavily involved in capacity building and stakeholder management. We continue to undertake sensitization workshops and to date we have sensitized 1,842 public procurement staff in 204 procurement agencies., 11 ministries, 37 parastatals, 92 local authorities and 118 suppliers including our own internal Special Procurement Oversight Committee. We have also undertaken capacity building in training 75 trainers. For the standard bidding documents, we sensitized 830 public procurement entities and 77 suppliers. In total 3,498 people have been sensitized. When it comes to compliance,

Procurement Decision making has been shifted to the procuring entities with the establishment of the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) to supervise and regulate the procurement process as opposed to past times where the State Procurement Board (SPB) was both the decision maker and the regulator leading to a dilution of accountability and responsibility of public officials and lack of transparency. This PRAZ board is now limited to the issues of policy as opposed to procurement decision making.

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What still needs to be done, in legislation and regulation, to cover the procurement of all entities and all types?

Is there adequate procurement planning now and has it been integrated into the budget?

As a regulatory agency, there are some sections that believe you have mostly focused on the transactional side of procurement while not actively performing other critical functions of building agency capacity, monitoring procurement performance and setting standards?

What is the mechanics of the new law?


A bidder can launch a challenge against an advertised bid if they feel that the specifications are not fair. According to the Act this must be challenged within the first half of the bidding period. In registering a complaint, the Bidder must approach the procuring entity and if still aggrieved a bidder can approach the Appeals Committee which is established by PRAZ as an independent mechanism. If still aggrieved, a Bidder can then approach the Administrative Court. Under the previous legislation, a bid could only be challenged at the Administrative Court and now there is a three-tier system in place.

monitoring and evaluation we now have a fully-fledged Compliance and Monitoring Department that collects data on performance.

Indeed, the framework has been developed with a new law providing for modern procurement strategies such as framework arrangements for procurement of common use items, and electronic procurement and having established an e-procurement strategy. What is now required is adequate infrastructure/facilities to house the electronic Government procurement system and the funding for the e-procurement system and assistance in enlisting a Consultant to help with the full implementation of the system.

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The new system relies on administrative courts for resolving procurement complaints what are the steps for grievance redress?

Would you say in your own estimation that the modernization of the procurement (institutional and legislative framework) have been achieved by project?

It will have improved as one of the identified weaknesses then had to do with responsibility and accountability of decision-making which was within the State Procurement Board and the procuring entities was limited to making recommendations. With the new Act, decision making is now with the procuring entity and secondly the Law is based on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) law which looks at best practices. What would only affect our current rating would be the level of implementation.

?The assessment which adopted the OECD-DAC methodology rated the Zimbabwe procurement system at 44% reflecting the fact that the system had more weaknesses than strengths when compared to internationally accepted systems. Do you think the rating has improved?


Simply that this is the way in which we manage and account for their tax efficiently. I am happy when we are able to properly account for public funds. We should even be able to tell people how the new two percent tax, will be used.

? If you could bring your work closer to the person on the street what would you tell them about the need for a good public financial management system (PFM)?

All change has challenges. The Government has recognized that procurement is a strategic policy lever for efficient public service delivery and with that the law provided for professionalization meaning that a reorganization is needed in some organizations where procurement was aligned to administrative, financial, human resources or operations functions. The new Act, provides that the procurement management unit needs to be aligned to the Accounting Officer or the Head of the Institution as they are responsible for the overall procurement decisions. Some divisions are still holding onto procurement against the requirements of the Law. New compliance regulations will help. We will also in phase two of the project do capacity building at grassroots and we will work with polytechnics and universities to develop public procurement courses. We also develop certification programs to professionalize public procurement.

ZIMREF has been useful and helpful in this reform project in the financial and technical aspects of the project including the tools for the standard bidding documents, guidelines. We hope ZIMREF will assist us in the next

? Challenges in implementation?

Accountant GeneralDaniel Muchemwa

phase of our project.

Situated in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development is Accountant General, Daniel Muchemwa who oversees the Public Financial Management Enhancement Project.


In 1999, Government began using a Public Financial Management System with the normal functionality of treasury management, purchasing and requisition management, budget execution and related financial management functions. This system centrally configured at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development is accessible through remote access to Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDA) and Local authorities to enable them to process transactions as part of their budget execution. The remote access restricts financial management and financial reporting, particularly functionality for budget planning/preparation and bank reconciliation statements. Thus, delaying consolidated financial reporting as access to timely information has not always been possible. The project has since introduced computerized PFM systems at local government level in 6 districts (with plans to do the same in the remaining 57 districts).

We have improved on the PFM system by using a computer system to produce better and timely reports. We have done this in Murewa, Rusape, Chiredzi, Kadoma, Esigodini and Gwanda. Granted, there is still some work to be done to ensure that people relate better to the systems.

To be honest, we did not receive a perfect score though it is an improvement from the 2011 score. The improvement noted have been incidental and not planned hence we are now developing a formal plan of improvement so that we can leapfrog in our scores.

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What is the modernization component of the project?

Since inception of the project, what are the achievements?

You mentioned a 2011 PEFA, did your performance improve in the 2017 assessment?

The need for reforms were borne out of the 2011 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment that revealed some gaps and weaknesses in our system. A PEFA Assessment focuses on the extent to which PFM systems are supportive of Government efforts to deliver the three-main fiscal and budgetary outcomes of fiscal discipline, allocation of resources and efficient service delivery. The project thus aims to improve financial reporting, internal controls, fiscal transparency and accountability in government finances in Zimbabwe.

? So, what is the background of this project?


We are also expanding the PFMS system through the introduction of additional modules and functionalities namely Budget Planning and Consolidation; Business Objects and Business Intelligence; and Web Portal which will strengthen systems in many ways.

The first challenge is human as you know that change is not easy. Furthermore, we also needed some time in the project to acquaint ourselves with World Bank procedures.

We need more time to finish the implementation of the project and we are grateful for the support we have received thus far.

Interview with Engineer Takudza Makwangudze from the Project Implementing Unit of the Zimbabwe National Water Project.

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Any additional thoughts or reflections?

Engineer Takudza Makwangudze


There has been improved water supply and quality in Guruve, the works are now complete. The acquisition of chemo feeders means more consistency in the chemical dosage of water. Prior to this intervention, ZINWA was using drip system to feed chemicals into water.

Residents who had improper connections have since been properly reticulated and a total of 327 new connections have been made. The Authority has also replaced about 125 non-functional meters to ensure proper water billing. On sanitation, sewer pipes have been laid out.

In Lupane the supply of water will improve when a 2000-cubic meter reservoir is complete. Close to 1000 new connections will result from the intervention. The water supply at the University will also be augmented when a new ground reservoir is complete.

In Zimunya we duplicated the existing water treatment plant, and this will double the production capacity. Once operational, there should be no issues with water supply as we will also expand the reticulation and distribution. There is still a need to upgrade their distribution mains, provide new reticulation, buy new pumps and rehabilitate booster stations. We have completed renovations of the main storage works.

? What is the extent and status of the work being covered by the Water project?

Their findings revealed that the challenges could be solved through rehabilitation whereas we had only thought about expansion and increasing revenue streams. The Infrastructure was now outdated, and the required investment for the 50 stations was US$100 million. Due to funding challenges, a decision was made to target at least one station in our seven catchment areas for rehabilitation. The Government then requested us to add the establishment of a water supply and sanitation regulator and development of a national water resources management based on advice from previous technical assistance and recommendations from the National Water Policy of 2013.

? What were their findings and recommendations, if any?

The Zimbabwe National Water Project was born out of a Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) rapid needs assessment that was carried out in 50 water supply stations after ZINWA noted serious production problems within a number of these stations. In total ZINWA runs 534 stations ranging from large to small scale (borehole stations). Consultants were then hired to conduct the stations and identify investment needs.

? What is the background of the Project?


At design stage the project would have covered seven stations for rehabilitation and minor extensions but only a grant of US$10 million was received instead of the expected US$20 million. Thus, on the ground we have beneficiaries in Lupane, Zimunya and Guruve. a baseline survey was done to capture information which would form a basis for measuring successes and failures. A Sanitation Needs Assessment was also undertaken in the project and successfully concluded. Currently in development is the National Water Resources Master plan which is expected to finish in May. One major intervention from the project has been the fencing of these water works to ensure security and safety.

? How many people are being assisted by the Project and do you consider it successful, thus far?

The water project is one of the few Recipient-Executed projects we undertook in a long time. In past times we were used to consultants being hired to do the work, procurement and even produce bidding documents but with this project ZINWA had to stand on its own two feet. At project design it was agreed that the procurement methods to be used were World Bank procurement systems and this may have slowed implementation owing to a need for capacity building on our side. The project has been a great opportunity to learn best practices and systems for the benefit of our work culture.

Yes. We are grateful to the ZIMREF development Partners as without their backing this project would not have been feasible. Secondly it would be wonderful if we could mobilise the financing for the roll-out of the project in the remaining four towns provided that there is a change in the structure of the PIU. Each site should have its own Project Manager with a Project Coordinator being at the helm.

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Any reflections managing the Project?


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Several factors have necessitated a discussion around ZIMREF's extension. There currently exists an opportunity to use ZIMREF as a transitional mechanism during the on-going transition, and prior to full re-engagement. Extension of ZIMREF has several rationales:

A ZIMREF extension and the focus on the GoZ’s TSP

Some ZIMREF activities (particularly the Zimbabwe National Water Project and Public Financial Management Enhancement Project) require extension as they experienced lengthy delays which have made it impossible to complete by June 2019, as originally envisaged. The restructuring of the two projects proposed additional time. These extensions would require that ZIMREF itself be extended.

The on-going transition in Zimbabwe will require fiscal consolidation and reforms that promote private sector led growth. This necessitates a scale up in support to build Government’s capacity to implement reforms and facilitate a successful transition.

To complement other development programs financed by other donors and IFIs with just-in-time support, and in instances where the Bank has the comparative advantage.

To provide the flexibility to be able to respond and provide just in time support to the Government.

Early discussions have been held with development partners and Government on extension of ZIMREF and the relevance of continuing with ZIMREF whether early re-engagement occurs. ZIMREF’s comparative advantage in the transition is that trust and goodwill has been built with the Zimbabwean Government. In the absence of a lending program due to non-accrual status, the main mechanism used by the Bank to finance support to Zimbabwe over the past decade has been Trust Funds.

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Paragraph 2.4.8 of the ZIMREF Operational Guidelines, modelled on the World Bank Operational Guidelines, requires that the Secretariat commissions an end-line evaluation for ZIMREF. The objectives of the evaluation are to:

The scope of the evaluation will cover – as applicable – collection of information, analysis, documentation and dissemination of key findings on the various aspects of the Fund that are detailed in the draft Terms of Reference for the End-line Evaluation. The assignment shall be conducted within three calendar months in 2019.

There are ZIMREF activities that the Bank has prioritized for funding as it is expected that achievement of key results through these activities is feasible and there currently exists undoubted political will from Government for them. These activities are aimed at two objectives: (i) supporting public sector reforms and (ii) supporting private sector-led transformation.

B ZIMREF formative evaluation

analyse the performance of the Fund by comparing achieved results and impacts with the goals and expected results of the Fund; contribute to future development interventions through the collection, analysis and documentation of the lessons learned from the Fund; and

assess relevance of ZIMREF experience for other fragile states situation, and support of other countries in non-accrual status.

ZIMREF has identified activities and results to be funded with any additional resources. These activities are expected to deliver the following results:

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Improved inter-governmental coordination and decision making;

Ability to respond to expectations through more effective decision-making, implementation, and monitoring during a challenging transition period;

Strengthened capacity to anticipate and mitigate against risks (including to prevent violence);

Decision making based on evidence and clarity on options and consequences, along with mitigation strategies.

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Financial Performance as at 31 December 2018

Pledges and contributions

Since the establishment of the Trust Fund in 2014, a total of US$40.4 million was pledged by seven donors and the State and Peace Building Trust Fund. By December 31, 2018, US$37.8 million had been received and transferred into the ZIMREF Trust Fund. Contributions were received from:

ANNEX IFINANCIAL REPORT

Denmark

EU

Sweden

State and Peace Building Fund

Norway

Switzerland

UK

(approximately) US$0.9million

US$10.2 million

US$5 million

US$5 million

(approximately) US$4.1million

US$3.5 million

US$8.2 million

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Income received

Allocations, disbursements and available balances

ZIMREF 1

All of the US$37.8 million received has been allocated across the eight projects and to different activities. Of the allocated amount, by December 2018, US$29.3 million (or 78 percent of funds received) was disbursed and US$0.5 million committed leaving an available balance of US$ 8 million. In 2018 alone, disbursements amounted to US$15.1 million – more than the total disbursements from inception of ZIMREF to end-2017. Receipts in 2018 amounted to US$7.3 million.

Progress against disbursement projections has improved in 2018 as compared in 2017 and 2016. In 2016, all activities missed their disbursement projections. The graphs below show that BE activities continue to outperform RE activities due to government’s learning curve in implementing RE activities.

The figure below shows what was pledged and the cumulative receipts as at 31 December 2018.

In addition to the aforementioned pledges, DFID provided additional funding of GBP 3 million 2018 referred to as “ZIMREF 2” on account of the different cost recovery applied after December 1, 2016 on Trust Funds by the World Bank. To date US$ 3.7 million has been received and US$ 0.6 million has been disbursed.

Pledges and Receipts

Total cumulative investment income as at December 31, 2018 was

US$726,462

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Table 1: Trust Funds Financial Reporting Summary as at 31 December 2018

Contributions Pledged Received Balance Currency Pledge

Denmark

EU

Germany

Norway

State and Peace Building Fund

Sweden

Switzerland

UK—DFID

Total Contributions

Invest Income Received Total Income

913,369

11,471,000

4,128,163

5,000,000

5,026,300

3,558,088

8,204,305

37,730,225

490, 000

913,369

10,214,028

4,128,163

5,000,000

5,026,300

3,530,370

8,238,230

37,050,460

36,056.44

38,408,000

1,256,972

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-33,925

679,765

7,372,420

DKK5.7 m

EU9.9 m

$1 m

NOK18 m

$5 m

SEK43 m

CHF3.5 m

£6 m

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Approved activities

Grant Amount

Allocated Disbursement Commit. Available Balance

Output 1a: BEFSIP TA

Output 1b: BEFSIP TA Investment Climate Program

Output 2: Capital Budget: SOE/PIM Output 2: Capital Budget: Transport

Output 3a: PFM Enhancement (BE)

Output 3a (1): PEFA Zimbabwe

Output 3b: Public Procurement Mod (BE)

Output 4b: Poverty Analysis (BE)

Output 4a: RBB—Program Budgeting

Output 4a: RBB—Education

Output 4a: RBB—Health

Output 5a: National Water Development (BE)

Output 5b: Climate Change TA

Total BE activities

1,640,000

1,560,000

2,450,000

1,550,000

800,000

200,000

416,885

1,100,000

720,000

689,990

705,000

800,000

1,500,000

14,131,875

Bank Executed

1,530,000

1,125,000

2,373,000

1,272,500

800,000

200,000

422,906

1,062,355

720,000

689,990

705,000

716,318

1,425,000

13,042,069

1,358,557.43

1,046,938.79

2,268,973.48

942,482.68

784,165.12

199,832.24

416884.74

966,715.72

717497.81

689,990

702,541.95

585,770.97

1,163,064.95

11,843,416

24,166

40,836

35,000

244,595

25,361

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72,109

495,823

147,276

37,225

69,026

85,421

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78,765

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93,988

189,826

702,827

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To date $14.2 m (including program fees) has been disbursed which is 50 percent of the received contributions.

The commitments are $9 m, which means the disbursements and commitments ratio is 81 percent.

Approved activities

Fees & Program Management Costs

Grant Amount

Grant Amount

Allocated

Allocated

Disbursement

Disbursement

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Available Balance

Available Balance

Output 3a: PFM Enhancement (RE, Phase 1)

Output 3b: Public Procurement (RE, Phase 1)

Output 4b: Poverty Analysis (RE)

Output 5a: National Water Development (RE, Phase 1)

Total RE Activities

Total Activities

Program Management: Staff Time

Program Management: Administration

Corporate Fee

Total Fees and Program Management Costs

10,000,000

1,600,000

1,900,000

10,000,000

23,500,000

37,631,875

1,212,275

1,212,275

808,183

3,232,733

Recipient Executed

9,152,63.94

1,600,000

1,900,000

10,000,000

22,652,637

35,694,706

400,000

550,000

607,156

1,557,156

4,672,173.81

1,573,589.59

1,900,000.00

7,453,415.95

15,599,179.35

27,442,595.35

177,130.07

268,637.51

480,349.00

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495,823

157,586

157,586

4,480,463

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67,426

2,546,584

7,120,883

7,823,710

222,870

123,776

126,807

473,454

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ZIMREF 2

All of the US$3.9 million received has been allocated across the eight projects and to different activities. Of the allocated amount, by 31 December 2018, US$0.6 million (or 16 percent of funds received) was disbursed and US$0.6 million committed leaving an available balance of US$2.5 million. The graph below shows disbursement across the various BE activities receiving funding from ZIMREF 2.

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blic

Proc

urem

ent

Secr

etar

iat St

aff Ti

me

ZIMRE

F TA

Adm

inist

ratio

nZim

babw

e PF

MEP

Educ

ation

TA

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0

Mill

ions

Grant Amount Disbursements (USD) Commitments in USD

80 | Annexes

Country ManagerMukami Kariuki,

[email protected]

FinanceFradreck Danda,

[email protected]

Gender SpecialistPamela Mhlanga

pammhlanga@yahoo.

co.uk

Communications Specialist

Cheryl Khuphe,

[email protected]

Program AssistantPriscilla Mutikani,

[email protected]

M&E SpecialistsLoveness Chakona,

[email protected];

Norman Mukwakwami

nmukwakwami@

worldbank.org

Trust Fund Administrator

Fadzai Mukonoweshuro,

Senior Operations Officer,

tmukonoweshuro@

worldbank.org

ANNEX IIORGANOGRAM

Annexes | 81

AN

NEX

III

ZIM

RE

F P

RO

GR

AM

R

ESU

LTS

FRA

ME

WO

RK

Ke

y |

A

ch

ieve

d P

artia

lly A

ch

ieve

d

No

t A

ch

ieve

d

Dat

a n

ot

avai

lab

le

Ind

icat

or

Ove

rall

dis

tan

ce t

o t

he f

ron

tier

on

th

e d

oin

g

bu

sin

ess

ind

ex

(a m

eas

ure

of

ind

ust

ry e

fficie

ncy)

.

Ind

ex

of

perc

ep

tion

of

the in

vest

men

t clim

ate in

Zim

bab

we.

All

rele

van

t b

usi

ness

po

licie

s/re

gu

latio

ns/

law

s

for

imp

lem

en

ting

20

15 D

oin

g B

usi

ness

Refo

rm

Mem

o a

men

ded

/en

acte

d o

r u

pd

ated

.

Nu

mb

er

of

day

s ta

ken

to

reg

iste

r a

bu

sin

ess

.

Bas

elin

e 2

015

47%

-37.

2

0 90

Hig

h L

evel

Ou

tco

me:

An

imp

rove

d b

usi

nes

s cl

imat

e (e

spec

ially

fo

r M

SME

s an

d S

mal

lho

lde

r Fa

rme

rs)

Inte

rmed

iate

Ou

tco

me

1.1:

Red

uce

d t

ime

and

co

st o

f d

oin

g b

usi

ne

ss

Targ

et b

y 2

018

58

%

-5 10 15

Ach

ieve

d t

o d

ate

50

.44

%

20

.925

8

32

26

Stat

us

Sou

rce:

Do

ing

Bu

sin

ess

Rep

ort

20

19.

Sou

rce:

CZ

I’s B

usi

ness

Co

nfid

en

ce In

dex

(BC

I)

Eig

ht

of

the t

arg

ete

d t

en

bu

sin

ess

law

s h

ave s

o f

ar

been

am

en

ded

.

Sou

rce:

Do

ing

Bu

sin

ess

rep

ort

20

19.

Year

-on

-year

fro

m q

uar

ter

1 2

017

to

qu

arte

r 1

20

18. I

t is

key

to n

ote

th

at t

he c

on

fiden

ce f

ell

fro

m Q

uar

ter

4 o

f 2

017

to

Qu

arte

r 1

of

20

18, a

nd

th

e q

uar

ter-

on

-qu

arte

r B

CI i

s -1

4.4

Th

e n

um

ber

of

day

s to

reg

iste

r a

bu

sin

ess

decre

ased

fro

m 6

1 d

ays

in D

B2

018

rep

ort

to

32

, a n

ota

ble

imp

rove

men

t.

25 26

82 | Annexes

A

t th

e P

OC

th

e G

ove

rnm

en

t ag

reed

to

fo

llow

ing

up

on

th

e e

stab

lish

men

t o

f th

e c

om

merc

ial c

ou

rts.

27

Ind

icat

or

% in

cre

ase in

th

e u

se o

f o

nlin

e p

aym

en

ts.

Nu

mb

er

of

co

mm

erc

ial c

ases

that

are

han

dle

d b

y

the n

ew

co

mm

erc

ial c

ou

rts.

Nu

mb

er

of

jud

ges

of

the c

om

merc

ial c

ou

rt

trai

ned

in c

om

merc

ial j

uri

spru

den

ce.

Cre

dit

Reg

istr

y is

est

ablis

hed

Mo

vab

le A

ssets

Act

is p

asse

d

% o

f re

spo

nd

en

ts w

ho

say

th

at in

vest

men

t an

d

co

mm

erc

ial p

olic

ies

are im

pro

vin

g

Bas

elin

e 2

015

- - - - -

-

Inte

rmed

iate

Ou

tco

me

1.2

: Mo

re E

ffec

tive

an

d P

red

icta

ble

Inve

stm

ent

and

Co

mm

erc

ial P

olic

ies

Inte

rmed

iate

Ou

tco

me

1.3

: Reg

ula

tory

Fra

mew

ork

th

at p

rom

ote

s SM

E a

nd

sm

allh

old

er a

cce

ss t

o fi

nan

ce a

nd

mar

kets

Targ

et b

y 2

018

10%

25

0 3

Cre

dit B

urea

u

ope

ratio

nal

Mo

vabl

e A

sset

Act

pass

ed

55

% o

f fe

mal

e

resp

ond

ents

Ach

ieve

d t

o d

ate

Ach

ieve

d in

20

17

0 0

Cre

dit B

urea

u

ope

ratio

nal.

(targ

et fo

r 20

18)

Mo

vabl

e A

sset

Act

pas

sed

in 2

017

Stat

us

Targ

et

was

ach

ieve

d in

20

17 p

rim

arily

du

e t

o t

he

incre

ased

use

in o

nlin

e p

aym

en

t sy

stem

s o

win

g

to t

he c

ash

cri

sis.

Co

mm

erci

al c

ou

rts

hav

e n

ot

bee

n e

stab

lish

ed y

et.2

7

Can

on

ly b

e m

eas

ure

d o

nce c

om

merc

ial c

ou

rts

are in

pla

ce

Ach

ieve

d.

Ach

ieve

d.

Annexes | 83

Usi

ng

RB

Z d

ata

as a

t M

arc

h 3

0,

20

18. T

he

dat

a h

ow

eve

r, d

oe

s n

ot

acc

ou

nt

for

mu

ltip

le a

cc

ou

nt

ho

lde

rs.

Usi

ng

RB

Z d

ata

as a

t N

ove

mb

er

30

, 2

017

. Li

kew

ise

, th

is e

stim

ate

do

es

no

t ac

co

un

t fo

r m

ult

iple

ac

co

un

t h

old

ers

an

d u

sers

wh

o a

re n

ot

adu

lts

yet.

28 29

84 | Annexes

Ind

icat

or

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f SM

E lo

ans

gra

nte

d a

gai

nst

use

of

mo

vab

le c

olla

tera

l reg

iste

red

th

rou

gh

th

e

cre

dit

reg

istr

y.

Psy

ch

om

etr

ic c

olla

tera

l an

d g

uar

ante

e s

ch

em

e

pilo

t te

sted

.

C1:

Tim

ely

pre

par

atio

n a

nd

rep

ort

ing

of

the a

nn

ual

Co

nso

lidat

ed

Reve

nu

e F

un

d fi

nan

cia

l sta

tem

en

ts

bas

ed

on

PFM

S d

ata

and

rep

ort

ing

to

ols

, aft

er

en

d

of

finan

cia

l year

.

Bas

elin

e 2

015

0% - 9

Targ

et b

y 2

018

75%

At

leas

t tw

o fi

nan

cia

l

inst

itutio

ns

iden

tified

for

pilo

t te

sts

8

Ach

ieve

d t

o d

ate

100

%

Th

ree fi

rms

6

Stat

us

All

new

SM

E lo

ans

gra

nte

d a

gai

nst

use

of

mo

vab

le

co

llate

ral r

eg

iste

red

th

rou

gh

th

e c

red

it re

gis

try

A p

rese

nta

tion

an

d d

ialo

gu

e b

etw

een

co

mm

erc

ial

Ban

ks, W

orl

d B

ank

Gen

der

Inn

ova

tion

Lab

on

alte

rnat

ives

to c

olla

tera

l fo

r le

nd

ing

to

wo

men

en

trep

ren

eu

rs w

as h

eld

. Th

ree fi

rms

hav

e s

ince

been

sele

cte

d a

s p

ote

ntia

l sp

ear

head

ers

fo

r th

e

psy

ch

om

etr

ic t

est

. Th

e in

stitu

tion

s fo

r th

e p

ilot

test

ing

wh

ich

is e

xpecte

d t

o s

tart

in J

anu

ary

20

18

hav

e a

lso

been

iden

tified

.

Th

e c

on

solid

ated

fin

ancia

l rep

ort

s fo

r FY

20

17 a

re

rep

ort

ed

to

hav

e b

een

pre

par

ed

an

d s

ub

mitt

ed

to t

he A

ud

itor

Gen

era

l 6 m

on

ths

afte

r th

e e

nd

of

the fi

scal

year

, bu

t exc

lud

ed

th

e r

ep

ort

on

the C

on

solid

ated

Reve

nu

e F

un

d, w

hic

h w

as

sub

mitt

ed

in D

ecem

ber

20

18.

HIG

H-L

EV

EL

OU

TC

OM

E 3

& 4

: IM

PR

OV

ED

ALL

OC

AT

ION

, TR

AN

SPA

RE

NC

Y &

AC

CO

UN

TAB

ILIT

Y IN

TH

E U

SE O

F P

UB

LIC

RE

SOU

RC

ES

Annexes | 85

Ind

icat

or

86 | Annexes

Annexes | 87

88 | Annexes

Ind

icat

or

C1.

5:

PFM

S w

eb

po

rtal

is b

ein

g u

sed

to

up

load

finan

cia

l sta

tem

en

ts o

f lo

cal

au

tho

ritie

s (2

8 u

rban

co

un

cils

+ 6

3 r

ura

l dis

tric

t co

un

cils

) fo

r q

uar

terl

y

co

nso

lidat

ion

.

C2

.1:

PFM

S in

tern

al a

ud

it re

po

rt is

sued

C2

.2:

Au

dit

co

mm

ittees’

meetin

gs

held

bi-

ann

ual

ly

to r

evi

ew

inte

rnal

au

dit

rep

ort

s (a

cro

ss t

he 2

0-l

ine

Min

istr

ies)

.

Bas

elin

e 2

015

20

17:

Req

uirem

en

ts

iden

tified

, an

d

pro

cu

rem

en

t

pro

cess

initi

ated

.

No

0%

Targ

et b

y 2

018

20

18:

Co

ntr

act

with

TT

CS

to d

eve

lop

PFM

S

Web

-Po

rtal

is u

nd

er

imp

lem

en

tatio

n.

Pro

cu

rem

en

t o

f C

AA

Ts a

nd

trai

nin

g o

f In

tern

al A

ud

itors

to a

ud

it th

e P

FMS

50

%

Ach

ieve

d t

o d

ate

20

18:

Co

ntr

act

with

TT

CS

to d

eve

lop

PFM

S

Web

-Po

rtal

is u

nd

er

imp

lem

en

tatio

n.

IDE

A S

oft

war

e is

bein

g p

rocu

red

.

A lo

cal

SA

P t

rain

ing

firm

will

be e

ng

aged

to

trai

n in

tern

al a

ud

itors

.

Ove

r 2

5%

- (

6)

co

mm

ittees

hav

e s

at

on

ce a

nd

su

bm

itted

the m

inu

tes

of

their

meetin

gs

to C

IAU

.

Stat

us

Co

nfig

ura

tio

n o

f th

e w

eb

po

rtal

, wh

ich

will

be

use

d f

or

up

load

ing

of

finan

cia

l sta

tem

en

ts f

or

sub

seq

ue

nt

co

llatio

n, s

tart

ed

in A

ug

ust

an

d is

in

pro

gre

ss. T

he

We

b P

ort

al is

exp

ec

ted

to

go

-liv

e

in 2

019

.

Th

e 2

018

tar

ge

t h

as b

ee

n a

ch

ieve

d.

Pro

cu

rem

en

t o

f ID

EA

is a

t an

ad

van

ce

d s

tag

e. A

No

Ob

jec

tio

n w

as g

ran

ted

by

WB

, th

e c

on

trac

t

has

be

en

sig

ne

d a

nd

so

ftw

are

ke

ys h

ave

alr

ead

y

be

en

de

live

red

to

MO

FED

an

d O

AG

. In

stal

latio

n

will

sta

rt in

De

ce

mb

er

20

18 a

nd

tra

inin

g is

exp

ec

ted

to

be

un

de

rtak

en

in Q

1 2

019

.

Six

Inte

rnal

au

dit C

om

mitte

es

hav

e m

et

by

en

d o

f

No

vem

be

r 2

018

.

A c

irc

ula

r m

inu

te h

as b

ee

n is

sue

d b

y th

e

Ac

co

un

tan

t G

en

era

l to

min

istr

ies,

giv

ing

th

e

co

mm

itte

es

an u

ltim

atu

m t

o s

it a

nd

pro

vid

e

min

ute

s b

y e

nd

of

No

vem

be

r 2

018

.

Annexes | 89

90 | Annexes

Bas

elin

e 2

015

Annexes | 91

92 | Annexes

Ind

icat

or

Pro

cu

rem

en

t p

erf

orm

ance m

on

itori

ng

sys

tem

is

est

ablis

hed

.

Stan

dar

d C

atal

og

ue f

or

co

mm

on

pro

cu

rem

en

t o

f

go

od

s an

d s

erv

ices

is d

eve

lop

ed

an

d a

do

pte

d.

E-p

rocu

rem

en

t G

uid

elin

es

deve

lop

ed

.

Pro

gra

m c

ost

dete

rmin

ed

, an

d o

utc

om

es

defin

ed

for

bu

dg

et

allo

cat

ion

s o

f se

lecte

d m

inis

trie

s.

Exi

sten

ce o

f H

eal

th F

inan

cin

g P

olic

y (H

FP)

Exi

sten

ce o

f a

Nat

ion

al H

eal

th F

inan

cin

g S

trat

eg

y

(HFS

) w

ith a

cle

ar t

racki

ng

fra

mew

ork

fo

r

co

ord

inat

ing

heal

th fi

nan

cin

g a

nd

co

ord

inat

ion

.

Exi

sten

ce o

f 20

15 N

atio

nal

Hea

lth A

cco

un

ts R

epo

rt.

Hea

lth a

nd

Gen

der

Po

licy

Brie

f

Bas

elin

e 2

015

Est

ablis

hed

Deve

lop

ed

an

d

ado

pte

d

Deve

lop

ed

8

Targ

et b

y 2

018

Est

ablis

hed

in M

arch

20

17

Stan

dar

d C

atal

og

ue f

or

co

mm

on

pro

cu

rem

en

t o

f g

oo

ds

and

serv

ices

is

deve

lop

ed

.

Deve

lop

ed

20

18 N

atio

nal

Bu

dg

et

for

12 (

cu

mu

lativ

e)

min

istr

ies

was

pre

sen

ted

in a

PB

B f

orm

at.

HFP

lau

nch

ed

in J

anu

ary

20

17

HFS

deve

lop

ed

NH

A r

ep

ort

pro

du

ced

an

d d

isse

min

ated

Specia

l po

licy

no

te p

rod

uced

Stat

us

Ach

ieve

d.

Stan

dar

d C

atal

og

ue f

or

co

mm

on

pro

cu

rem

en

t o

f

go

od

s an

d s

erv

ices

ado

pte

d b

y th

e G

ove

rnm

en

t.

Ach

ieve

d

Ach

ieve

d

Ach

ieve

d.

Ach

ieve

d.

Ach

ieve

d.

Ach

ieve

d.

Inte

rmed

iate

Ou

tco

me

4.1

: Im

ple

men

tati

on

of

resu

lts-

bas

ed b

ud

get

ing

an

d p

lan

nin

g

Annexes | 93

94 | Annexes

Annexes | 95

Ind

icat

or

Gu

idelin

es

for

inte

gra

ting

clim

ate r

esi

lien

ce in

to

fou

r (4

) se

cto

rs in

fras

tru

ctu

re/p

olic

ies:

wat

er,

irri

gat

ion

, fo

rest

ry, a

gri

cu

ltu

re.

Inve

stm

en

t p

lan

fo

r clim

ate c

han

ge r

esi

lien

ce

focu

sin

g o

n o

ne s

ecto

r.

Bas

elin

e 2

015

Gu

idelin

es

on

mai

nst

ream

ing

clim

ate c

han

ge

in p

rio

rity

secto

rs

pu

blis

hed

an

d

shar

ed

with

Go

vern

men

t.

Clim

ate S

mar

t

Inve

stm

en

t P

lan

pro

du

ced

fo

r o

ne

(1)

Secto

r.

Targ

et b

y 2

018

Clim

ate S

mar

t Ir

rig

atio

n G

uid

elin

es

final

ized

and

un

derg

oin

g p

rocess

ing

fo

r p

ub

licat

ion

;

Lon

g-

and

Sh

ort

Lis

ts o

f C

limat

e S

mar

t

Inve

stm

en

ts p

rod

uced

fo

r Fo

rest

ry, I

rrig

atio

n,

Live

sto

ck,

pro

du

ced

an

d u

nd

erg

oin

g

pro

cess

ing

fo

r p

ub

licat

ion

.

Pro

vid

ed

TA

on

mai

nst

ream

ing

clim

ate

ch

ang

e in

th

e d

raft

ing

of

the N

atio

nal

Wat

er

Reso

urc

es

Mas

ter

Pla

n

CG

E m

od

elin

g s

tud

y o

n t

he c

limat

e c

han

ge

imp

acts

on

ag

ricu

ltu

re c

om

ple

ted

, pre

sen

ted

for

inte

rnal

Wo

rld

Ban

k R

evi

ew

, an

d

un

derg

oin

g t

he la

st r

ou

nd

of

revi

sio

n

and

ap

pro

val.

Wo

rk o

n t

he p

rod

uctio

n o

f th

e C

limat

e

Smar

t A

gri

cu

ltu

ral I

nve

stm

en

t P

lan

(C

SAIP

)

was

co

mm

issi

on

ed

.

Stat

us

Th

e Ir

rig

atio

n G

uid

elin

es

are c

om

ple

ted

an

d b

ein

g

pro

cess

ed

fo

r p

ub

licat

ion

; th

e Ir

rig

atio

n a

nd

Liv

est

ock

Sco

pin

g s

tud

ies

and

att

en

dan

t Lo

ng

/Sh

ort

Lis

ts o

f

Clim

ate S

mar

t in

vest

men

ts a

re u

nd

erg

oin

g r

evi

sio

n;

the

Dra

ft C

on

solid

ated

Fo

rest

ry S

tud

y w

as p

rod

uced

an

d

pre

sen

ted

fo

r st

akeh

old

er

valid

atio

n;

Wo

rk is

exp

ecte

d t

o b

e d

eliv

ere

d b

y en

d o

f FY

18.

96 | Annexes

Ind

icat

or

Nat

ion

al C

apac

ity

for

Access

ing

Inte

rnat

ion

al

Clim

ate/

En

viro

nm

en

tal

Fin

ancin

g

Stre

ng

then

ed

Bas

elin

e 2

015

IDB

Z s

ub

mits

app

licat

ion

fo

r G

CF

accre

dita

tion

Co

ncep

t N

ote

sub

mitt

ed

to

GC

F

Secre

tari

at f

or

co

mm

en

ts

GE

F C

on

cep

t

No

te A

gre

ed

with

Go

vern

men

t

New

an

d in

no

vativ

e

inst

rum

en

ts

for

clim

ate a

nd

en

viro

nm

en

tal

finan

cin

g

intr

od

uced

Targ

et b

y 2

018

PW

C u

nd

ert

oo

k a

gap

ass

ess

men

t o

f ID

BZ

as

req

uired

by

the G

CF

Secre

tari

at. G

aps

were

iden

tified

in s

ocia

l saf

eg

uar

ds

and

gen

der

as w

ell

as fi

du

cia

ry m

anag

em

en

t.

IDB

Z h

as re

cruite

d s

taff

and d

rafted

po

licie

s an

d g

uid

elin

es to

str

engt

hen

and in

stitu

tional

ize

ESS

and g

ender

.

Th

e f

ollo

win

g w

ere

dra

fted

an

d fi

nal

ized

: G

en

der

Po

licy;

En

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

So

cia

l Saf

eg

uar

ds

Po

licy;

En

viro

nm

en

tal a

nd

So

cia

l Man

agem

en

t Sy

stem

(E

SMS)

.

Dra

ft G

CF

Co

ncep

t N

ote

was

pre

par

ed

an

d p

rese

nte

d f

or

stak

eh

old

er

valid

atio

n.

Cap

acity

Bu

ildin

g W

ork

sho

ps

were

deliv

ere

d o

n e

nvi

ron

men

tal a

nd

so

cia

l saf

eg

uar

ds.

Go

vern

men

t in

dic

ated

th

at t

he S

ave R

iver

Bas

in in

th

e s

ou

th-e

aste

rn p

art

of

the c

ou

ntr

y b

e t

arg

ete

d

for

GE

F-7

deve

lop

men

t.

Dra

ft G

EF-

7 C

on

cep

t N

ote

was

pro

du

ced

an

d u

nd

erg

oin

g G

ove

rnm

en

t re

view

an

d g

uid

ance f

or

the

Save

Riv

er

Bas

in.

Dra

ft C

on

cept N

ote

was

pro

duce

d fo

r dev

elo

pin

g c

om

ple

men

tary

inve

stm

ents

to b

e fin

ance

d b

y th

e

Glo

bal

Par

tner

ship

for

Outp

ut-

Bas

ed A

id to

guid

e G

ove

rnm

ent c

on

sulta

tion

s.

Dra

ft C

on

cep

t N

ote

fo

r d

eve

lop

ing

a D

eb

t-fo

r-N

atu

re S

wap

fo

r Z

imb

abw

e h

as b

een

pro

du

ced

to

gu

ide c

on

sultat

ion

s w

ith G

ove

rnm

en

t an

d d

on

ors

in t

he m

ed

ium

term

.

Stat

us

IDB

Z h

as a

dd

ress

ed

th

e

iden

tified

gap

s th

rou

gh

recru

itmen

ts a

nd

dra

ftin

g

of

req

uired

po

licie

s

Man

ual

s an

d p

olic

ies

are

pen

din

g ID

BZ

Bo

ard

revi

ew

and

ap

pro

val f

or

veri

tab

le

inst

itutio

nal

izat

ion

.

IDB

Z o

n c

ou

rse t

o

sub

mitt

ing

th

e c

om

ple

te

app

licat

ion

fo

r G

CF

accre

dita

tion

by

Decem

ber

20

18.

Co

nsu

ltat

ion

s w

ith

Go

vern

men

t o

n t

he

GC

F/G

EF-

7 re

gio

nal

an

d

them

atic

sco

pe

are o

ng

oin

g.

Annexes | 97

Ind

icat

or

Nat

ion

al C

apac

ity f

or

ND

C im

ple

men

tatio

n

stre

ng

then

ed

Bas

elin

e 2

015

ND

C Im

ple

men

tatio

n

and

MR

V F

ram

ew

ork

pro

du

ced

Targ

et b

y 2

018

Dra

ft N

DC

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n F

ram

ew

ork

an

d

MR

V r

ep

ort

s p

rod

uced

an

d p

rese

nte

d f

or

stak

eh

old

er

valid

atio

n

Stat

us

Th

e r

ep

ort

is u

nd

erg

oin

g r

evi

sio

n a

head

of

Wo

rld

Ban

k/

Go

vern

men

t ap

pro

val t

o p

ave w

ay f

or

pu

blic

atio

n.

98 | Annexes

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igat

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er

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igat

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Trig

ge

rsM

itig

atio

n

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ion

sU

pd

ate

M

anag

em

en

tA

ctio

n (T

reat

, Tr

ansf

er o

r To

lera

te)

1.1

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

atLa

ck

of

po

litic

al

will

fro

m t

he

Go

vern

men

t o

f Z

imb

abw

e (G

oZ

) to

su

pp

ort

th

e

ZIM

RE

F ac

tiviti

es

Sub

stan

tial

Mo

dera

te(i)

C

han

ge o

f p

olit

ical

lead

ers

hip

dis

rup

ts

Z

IMR

EF

imp

lem

en

tatio

n(ii

) P

olit

ical

Inte

rfere

nce in

Fun

d a

ctiv

ities

(iii)

Reve

rsal

of

refo

rms

ad

op

ted

du

e t

hro

ug

h

Z

IMR

EF

activ

ities

(iv)

Go

vern

men

t d

eve

lop

s

a n

ew

set

of

d

eve

lop

men

t p

rio

ritie

s

wh

ich

are

no

t al

ign

ed

to Z

IMR

EF

ob

jectiv

es

(v)

Neg

ativ

e c

on

seq

uen

ces

o

n v

est

ed

inte

rest

s

cau

ses

a p

ush

bac

k o

n

Z

IMR

EF

activ

ities

(i)

Keep

up

dat

ing

po

litic

al e

co

no

my

an

alys

is a

nd

scen

ario

pla

nn

ing

(ii

) K

eep

ch

ann

els

of

co

mm

un

icat

ion

op

en

(iii)

Rai

se is

sues

with

hig

h le

vel

G

ove

rnm

ent o

ffici

als

as

an

d w

hen

th

ey a

rise

(iv)

Reg

ula

rly

ch

eck

if

ho

tsp

ots

fo

r p

olit

ical

vio

len

ce id

en

tified

in d

on

ors

' po

litic

al

ri

sk m

app

ing

pro

cess

es

inte

rsect

w

ith p

roje

ct

site

s

25 S

ep

tem

ber

20

18:

Em

mers

on

Mn

ang

agw

a w

as e

lect

ed

as

th

e P

resi

den

t o

f Z

imb

abw

e in

h

arm

on

ized

ele

ctio

ns

held

on

30

Ju

ly 2

018

, in

wh

ich

th

e Z

AN

U-P

F w

on

a 2

/3 m

ajo

rity

in P

arlia

men

t. A

Cab

inet

was

ap

po

inte

d w

ith 2

1 M

inis

trie

s an

d a

mix

of

tech

no

crat

s an

d p

olit

icia

ns.

Th

e B

ank

has

kep

t ch

ann

els

of

com

mu

nic

atio

n o

pen

w

ith t

he a

uth

orit

ies.

Th

e P

resi

den

t h

as e

stab

lish

ed

a C

om

mis

sio

n o

f In

qu

iry t

o in

vest

igat

e t

he p

ost

-ele

ctio

n v

iole

nce

wh

ich

occ

urr

ed

in

Har

are's

CB

D a

nd

cu

lmin

ated

in

the d

eat

h o

f 6

peo

ple

. Do

no

rs h

ave

ob

ject

ed

th

e c

on

du

ct o

f b

oth

th

e

secu

rity

forc

es

and

op

po

sitio

n in

th

e

afte

rmat

h o

f th

e e

lect

ion

s.

Tole

rate

AN

NEX

IVZ

IMR

EF

RIS

K M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T

Ke

y |

A

ch

ieve

d P

artia

lly A

ch

ieve

d

No

t A

ch

ieve

d

Dat

a n

ot

avai

lab

le

1. P

olit

ical

an

d G

ove

rnan

ce

Annexes | 99

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igat

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reat

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ansf

er o

r To

lera

te)

1.2

2.1

2.2

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Ear

ly d

isso

lutio

n o

f P

arlia

men

t d

era

ils

en

actm

en

t o

f le

gis

latio

n r

eq

uired

fo

r ac

hie

vem

en

t o

f Z

IMR

EF

resu

lts

Un

antic

ipat

ed

an

d in

here

nt

vuln

era

bili

ties

in

the e

co

no

my

dera

il re

form

s.

Failu

re t

o a

ch

ieve

p

roje

cts

' ob

jectiv

es

du

e t

o f

un

din

g

sho

rtfa

ll

Sub

stan

tial

Sub

stan

tial

Sub

stan

tial

N/A

Sub

stan

tial

Mo

dera

te

(i)

Keep

tra

ck

of

the

fin

ancia

l secto

r an

d a

ny

em

erg

ing

vu

lnera

bili

ties.

i) M

ain

tain

co

mm

un

icat

ion

with

Go

vern

men

t o

n u

rgen

t

pie

ces

of

leg

isla

tion

.

i) M

ain

tain

co

mm

un

icat

ion

with

Go

vern

men

t o

n u

rgen

t

pie

ces

of

leg

isla

tion

.

(i)

Iden

tify

in p

roje

ct

d

esi

gn

activ

ities

that

co

uld

be d

rop

ped

in

a

fun

din

g s

ho

rtfa

ll an

d

ac

tiviti

es

that

co

uld

be a

dd

ed

if t

he a

mo

un

t

of

fun

din

g in

cre

ases.

(ii

) R

est

ructu

rin

g o

f

pro

jects

to

en

sure

a

g

oo

d fi

t b

etw

een

avai

lab

le r

eso

urc

es

and

pro

ject

ob

jectiv

es.

25 S

ep

tem

ber

20

18:

Par

liam

en

t w

as n

ot

dis

solv

ed

ear

ly p

rior

to t

he J

uly

30

, 20

18 e

lect

ion

s. It

ho

weve

r au

tom

atic

ally

dis

solv

ed

on

th

e

eve

of

the e

lect

ion

s an

d a

new

P

arlia

men

t h

as b

een

sw

orn

in.

25 S

ep

tem

ber

20

18:

Th

e e

con

om

y co

ntin

ues

to f

ace

head

win

ds

char

acte

rized

by

trad

e

and

fisc

al d

efic

its, c

ash

sh

ort

ages

and

infla

tion

.

19 A

ugu

st 2

018

:Tw

o r

ecip

ien

t-ex

ecu

ted

(RE)

pro

ject

s, th

e Z

NW

P a

nd

PFM

EP,

w

ere

bo

th d

esig

ned

as

$20

mill

ion

p

roje

cts

bu

t h

ave

on

ly r

ecei

ved

fu

nd

ing o

f $10

mill

ion

eac

h. T

hey

ea

ch u

nd

erw

ent a

mid

term

rev

iew

w

hic

h w

ill c

ulm

inat

e in

th

eir

rest

ruct

urin

g to

en

sure

th

e p

roje

ct

ob

ject

ives

are

in g

oo

d fi

t w

ith th

e

avai

lab

le r

eso

urc

es.

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

2. M

acro

eco

no

mic

100 | Annexes

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igat

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M

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reat

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ansf

er o

r To

lera

te)

5.1

6.1

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Go

vern

men

t la

cks

th

e c

apac

ity t

o

deliv

er

resu

lts

un

der

recip

ien

t-exe

cu

ted

p

roje

ct

activ

ities

and

la

cks

th

e fi

nan

cia

l o

r h

um

an r

eso

urc

e

cap

acity

to

en

sure

su

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ility

of

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mes

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use

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r p

olit

icis

atio

n o

f d

on

or

aid

ad

vers

ely

aff

ects

recip

ien

t exe

cu

ted

pro

jects

.

Sub

stan

tial

Sub

stan

tial

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stan

tial

Sub

stan

tial

(i)

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w im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f

recip

ien

t-exe

cu

ted

pro

ject

activ

ities

(i)

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h g

ran

ts a

nd

eq

u

ipm

en

t ar

e u

nac

co

un

ted

for, d

ivert

ed

, use

d f

or

co

rru

ptio

n o

r

em

bezz

lem

en

t.(ii

) A

bu

se o

f p

aral

lel m

arke

t

cu

rren

cy

exc

han

ge r

ates

o

r m

ulti

ple

pric

ing

sys

tem

.

(i)

TT

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rovi

de

h

and

ho

ldin

g t

o

au

tho

ritie

s(ii

) Z

IMR

EF

finan

ces

cap

acity

deve

lop

men

t

for

Go

Z.

(i)

du

e d

ilig

en

ce b

y W

orl

d

B

ank

un

dert

aken

on

all

p

roje

ct

par

tners

(ii)

co

nst

ant

mo

nito

rin

g o

f

situ

atio

n o

n g

rou

nd

25 J

anu

ary

20

18:

Follo

win

g r

eco

mm

en

dat

ion

s in

th

e Z

IMR

EF

Mid

Term

Revi

ew

, th

e B

ank

has

sca

led

up

cap

acity

d

eve

lop

men

t fo

r G

ove

rnm

en

t in

ar

eas

of

iden

tified

weak

ness

es.

T

he B

ank

also

has

cu

rren

tly

un

fun

ded

pla

ns

for

mo

re c

apac

ity

deve

lop

men

t ac

tiviti

es

in li

ne w

ith

the M

TR

reco

mm

en

dat

ion

s.

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n s

up

po

rt m

issi

on

s fo

r R

Es

hav

e b

een

inte

nsi

fied

to

p

rovi

de h

and

ho

ldin

g s

up

po

rt t

o

Go

vern

men

t. Lo

cal c

on

sulta

nts

h

ave a

lso

been

hire

d t

o e

xped

ite

imp

lem

en

tatio

n o

f ac

tiviti

es

for

RE

s th

at a

re la

gg

ing

beh

ind

.

N/A

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

5. I

nst

itu

tio

nal

Cap

acit

y fo

r Im

ple

men

tati

on

6. F

idu

ciar

y

Annexes | 101

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igat

ion

Trig

ge

rsM

itig

atio

n

Act

ion

sU

pd

ate

M

anag

em

en

tA

ctio

n (T

reat

, Tr

ansf

er o

r To

lera

te)

6.2

6.3 8.1

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Pro

cu

rem

en

t p

rocess

es

fail

to

deliv

er

go

od

VFM

in

pro

gra

mm

es.

ZIM

RE

F o

vers

pen

ds

or

un

ders

pen

ds

Po

or

co

ord

inat

ion

am

on

g s

take

ho

lders

Mo

dera

te

Sub

stan

tial

Hig

h

Low

Mo

dera

te

Mo

dera

te

(i)

Co

ntr

acts

ro

utin

ely

exc

eed

th

eir

ori

gin

al

va

lue a

nd

sch

ed

ule

;

sig

nifi

can

t p

aym

en

t

arre

ars

to c

on

trac

tors

.(ii

) B

ids

are h

igh

er

than

exp

ecte

d

Aw

aren

ess

of

Du

plic

atio

n o

f Z

IMR

EF

activ

ities

by

oth

er

pro

ject

s

(i)

Clo

se c

on

trac

t

man

agem

en

t b

y th

e

p

rocu

rem

en

t sp

ecia

list

(i)

Clo

se s

up

erv

isio

n o

f

pro

cure

men

t by

the

TTLs

(i)

To t

he e

xten

t

po

ssib

le, e

nsu

re G

oZ

is in

volv

ed

in a

ll as

pects

of

pro

ject

desi

gn

an

d

im

ple

men

tatio

n.

(ii)

Mai

nta

in o

pen

co

mm

un

icat

ion

with

do

no

rs a

nd

Go

Z,

in

clu

din

g a

bo

ut

any

ch

alle

ng

es

(actu

al

o

r im

min

en

t).

(iii)

Ag

ree a

nd

ad

here

to

a d

eta

iled

actio

n p

lan

to e

nsu

re a

ll p

artn

ers

are a

lway

s fu

lly a

war

e

of

all a

ctiv

ities.

N/A

19 A

ug

ust

20

18:

ZIM

RE

F m

et

its s

pen

din

g t

arg

ets

fo

r 20

17 a

nd

is c

urr

en

tly s

et

to

meet

its t

arg

ets

fo

r 20

18 w

hile

at

tain

ing

an

ticip

ated

resu

lts.

19 A

ug

ust

20

18:

Th

e M

TR

reco

mm

en

ded

th

at

eff

ort

s b

e m

ade t

o f

ost

er

stro

ng

er

coo

rdin

atio

n a

mo

ng

ZIM

RE

F's

stak

eh

old

ers

. An

Act

ion

Pla

n h

as

been

fo

rmu

late

d a

nd

is c

urr

en

tly

bein

g im

ple

men

ted

to

ach

ieve

th

is o

bje

ctiv

e. O

verlap

s o

f P

FME

P

activ

ities

and

oth

er

do

no

rs'

activ

ities

hav

e b

een

ad

dre

ssed

.

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

8. S

take

ho

lder

s

102 | Annexes

Ris

k #

Ris

kO

wn

er

Ris

kM

on

ito

rR

isk

De

scri

pti

on

Be

fore

Mit

igat

ion

Aft

er

Mit

igat

ion

Trig

ge

rsM

itig

atio

n

Act

ion

sU

pd

ate

M

anag

em

en

tA

ctio

n (T

reat

, Tr

ansf

er o

r To

lera

te)

8

.2

8.3

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Em

erg

ing

pri

ori

ties

of

Go

vern

men

t an

d d

on

ors

dis

trac

t th

em

fro

m f

ocu

sin

g

on

pre

vio

usl

y ag

reed

refo

rms

Op

po

sitio

n p

artie

s,

civ

il so

cie

ty a

nd

p

ress

ure

gro

up

s o

pp

ose

th

e d

irect

pro

visi

on

of

sup

po

rt

to G

ove

rnm

en

t

Lim

ited

su

pp

ort

fo

r re

form

s fr

om

mu

ltip

le

stak

eh

old

ers

du

e

to G

ove

rnm

en

t n

ot

fully

invo

lvin

g a

ll ke

y st

akeh

old

ers

in t

he

po

licy

refo

rm.

Mo

dera

te

Sub

stan

tial

Mo

dera

te

Mo

dera

te(i)

M

isre

pre

sen

tatio

n o

f

ZIM

RE

F in

th

e m

ed

ia(ii

) Li

mite

d s

up

po

rt f

or

re

form

s fr

om

mu

ltip

le

(iv)

est

ablis

h t

hem

atic

co

mm

ittees

to m

ake

fo

llow

up

on

key

issu

es.

(i)

Keep

co

mm

un

icat

ion

ch

ann

els

op

en

.

(i)

Keep

ch

ann

els

of

co

mm

un

icat

ion

betw

een

all

key

st

akeh

old

ers

op

en

(ii

) E

nco

ura

ge

G

ove

rnm

en

t to

invo

lve

m

ultip

le s

take

ho

lders

in t

he p

olic

y re

form

pro

cess

es

(iii)

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

Specia

list

to e

nsu

re

co

nsi

sten

t p

osi

tive

m

ess

agin

g a

bo

ut

Z

IMR

EF

and

pro

activ

ely

mo

nito

r th

e p

ub

lic

d

isco

urs

e o

n Z

IMR

EF.

(iv)

Car

efu

l co

mm

un

icat

ion

of

deta

ils a

rou

nd

pro

gra

m s

pen

d

19 A

ugu

st 2

018

:T

he

stat

ed p

riorit

ies

of t

he

new

P

resi

den

t ar

e w

ell a

lign

ed w

ith

ZIM

REF

ob

ject

ives

an

d a

ctiv

ities

. T

he

Ban

k w

ill c

on

tinu

e to

mo

nito

r th

e im

plic

it an

d e

xplic

it p

riorit

ies

of

the

auth

orit

ies

afte

r th

e el

ectio

ns.

19 A

ugu

st 2

018

:T

her

e h

as b

een

a s

ub

stan

tial s

hift

in

th

e p

rofe

ssed

civ

il so

ciet

y's

and

op

po

sitio

n's

ap

pet

ite fo

r d

irect

pro

visi

on

of s

up

po

rt to

G

ove

rnm

ent fo

llow

ing th

e Ju

ly

30 e

lect

ion

s w

ith s

ever

al to

p

op

po

sitio

n p

arty

mem

ber

s ca

llin

g

for

san

ctio

ns

to b

e le

velle

d a

gai

nst

th

e Z

AN

U-P

F G

ove

rnm

ent.

ZIM

REF

will

co

ntin

ue

to e

nco

ura

ge

Go

vern

men

t to

invo

lve

mu

ltip

le

stak

eho

lder

s in

th

e p

olic

y re

form

p

roce

sses

.

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

Tole

rate

Annexes | 103

Th

e o

bje

ctiv

e o

f th

e Z

IMR

EF

gen

der

stra

teg

y is

to

imp

rove

hu

man

en

do

wm

en

ts, e

nh

ance w

om

en

’s v

oic

e a

nd

ag

en

cy

in g

ove

rnan

ce a

s w

ell

as r

em

ove

bar

riers

to

wo

men

’s o

wn

ers

hip

an

d c

on

tro

l of a

ssets

. T

he a

ctio

n p

lan

pro

po

ses

actio

ns

to e

nh

ance d

iag

no

stic

s o

n g

en

der

gap

s w

hile

deve

lop

ing

a b

ett

er

un

ders

tan

din

g

of

wh

at w

ork

s in

ZIM

RE

F p

roje

cts

an

d p

rog

ram

s. W

here

feas

ible

, ZIM

RE

F in

teg

rate

s g

en

der

specifi

c a

ctio

ns

thro

ug

h in

terv

en

tion

s th

at in

clu

de p

olic

y d

ialo

gu

e,

refo

rms

and

tech

nic

al a

ssis

tan

ce.

ZIM

RE

F al

so s

up

po

rts

mech

anis

ms

to m

eas

ure

ch

ang

es

in o

utc

om

es

betw

een

men

an

d w

om

en

. T

he p

lan

leve

rag

es

par

tners

hip

s w

ith k

ey

deve

lop

men

t ag

en

cie

s (U

NW

OM

EN

, pri

vate

secto

r an

d t

he W

orl

d B

ank

Gen

der

Lab

).

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

30St

rate

gy

Inte

rve

nti

on

Stat

us

– D

ece

mb

er

20

18R

esp

on

sib

le

Co

mp

on

en

t 1

Pu

blic

Inve

stm

en

t M

anag

em

en

t (P

IM)

Gen

der

ch

eckl

ists

in P

IM m

anu

als

U

po

n c

om

ple

tion

of t

he

Pu

blic

In

vest

men

t M

anag

emen

t gu

idel

ines

, im

ple

men

tatio

n m

anu

als

will

be

dev

elo

ped

. Z

IMR

EF

will

pro

vid

e TA

to

hel

p

Go

vern

men

t to

dev

elo

p a

mec

han

ism

to

mo

nito

r fe

mal

e p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e

Pu

blic

Inve

stm

ent C

ycle

. To

ols

will

incl

ud

e

gen

der

ch

eckl

ists

.

In p

rog

ress

–

Th

e P

ub

lic M

anag

em

en

t g

uid

elin

es

and

imp

lem

en

tatio

n m

anu

als

were

co

mp

lete

d a

nd

sig

ned

off

by

the

Go

vern

men

t o

f Z

imb

abw

e. S

tatu

tory

In

stru

men

t 2

54

of

PIM

pro

vid

es

for

socia

l in

clu

sio

n g

iven

th

at t

here

is a

m

and

ato

ry s

ocio

-eco

no

mic

ap

pra

isal

ZIM

RE

F TA

, WB

Gen

der

In

no

vatio

n L

ab

Cap

ital

Bu

dg

ets

TA

Th

ese

gen

der

ind

icat

ors

are

inclu

ded

in t

he Z

IMR

EF

resu

lts

fram

ew

ork

. 30A

NN

EX V

ZIM

RE

F G

EN

DE

R A

CT

ION

PLA

N

104 | Annexes

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

Co

mp

on

en

t 2

Stat

e O

wn

ed

En

terp

rise

s (S

OE

s)

# o

f w

om

en

vers

us

men

in k

ey

man

agem

en

t p

ost

s in

40

SO

E b

oar

ds.

Sect

ion

11

of t

he

Co

rpo

rate

Go

vern

ance

B

ill r

egu

latin

g a

pp

oin

tmen

t o

f mem

ber

s to

b

oar

ds

of p

ub

lic e

ntit

ies

stat

es th

at “t

her

e

shal

l eq

ual

nu

mb

ers

of m

en a

nd

wo

men

o

n a

ll b

oar

ds,

an

d Z

imb

abw

e’s

regio

ns

will

als

o h

ave

to b

e eq

uita

bly

rep

rese

nte

d

on

th

em”.

Sec

tion

s 18

an

d 1

9 c

on

tain

si

mila

r p

rovi

sio

ns

for

CEO

s an

d s

enio

r

of

a p

roje

ct

deal

ing

with

th

e p

roje

ct

eff

ects

on

th

e e

ntir

e s

ocie

ty a

nd

d

ete

rmin

es

if th

e p

roje

ct

incre

ases

the

ove

rall

welfa

re o

f th

e s

ocie

ty.

As

par

t o

f th

e P

IM g

uid

elin

es,

ad

diti

on

al

stu

die

s su

ch

as

Gen

der

An

alys

is a

re

reco

mm

en

ded

in in

stan

ces

wh

ere

g

en

der

is k

ey

to p

roje

ct

activ

ities

or

ou

tco

mes.

Th

e g

en

der

ch

eckl

ists

in t

he P

IM

man

ual

s p

rovi

de t

he b

asis

fo

r m

on

itori

ng

fem

ale p

artic

ipat

ion

in

th

e p

ub

lic in

vest

men

t cyc

le. A

n

imp

lem

en

tatio

n s

trat

eg

y is

th

us

key

in

en

suri

ng

gen

der

imp

act

is a

ch

ieve

d.

Th

e M

oFE

D h

as d

eve

lop

ed

Gen

der

Ind

icat

ors

wh

ich

hav

e b

een

sh

ared

w

ith a

ll m

inis

trie

s th

rou

gh

a c

ircu

lar.

Th

ese

will

be r

eg

ula

rly

trac

ked

th

rou

gh

th

e a

nn

ual

bu

dg

et

mo

nito

rin

g p

rocess

.

Th

is p

rocess

of

mo

nito

rin

g o

f g

en

der

eq

ual

ity, p

artic

ula

rly

of

wo

men

, in

ke

y m

anag

em

en

t p

osi

tion

s in

SE

P

bo

ard

s h

as b

eg

un

a

nd

is a

fu

nctio

n

of

SER

A. T

he d

ata

bas

e f

or

the 2

011

- 2

015

peri

od

is n

ow

ava

ilab

le a

nd

up

to

dat

e. D

ata

co

llectio

n f

or

20

16 h

as

beg

un

an

d is

exp

ecte

d t

o e

nd

in t

he

Stat

e E

nte

rpri

ses

Rest

ructu

rin

g A

gen

cy

Annexes | 105

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

staff

res

pec

tivel

y. T

he

# o

f wo

men

in

key

man

agem

ent p

osi

tion

s in

SEP

s, a

nd

in

th

eir

Bo

ard

s, a

re in

tegra

ted

into

SER

A

dat

abas

e.

beg

inn

ing

of

20

18.

Up

dat

ed

dat

a sh

all

thu

s b

e a

vaila

ble

in t

he fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 2

019

.

Th

e S

OE

s in

th

e d

atab

ase a

re d

ivid

ed

in

to t

wo

; C

om

merc

ial S

EP

an

d

No

n-C

om

merc

ial S

EP.

Betw

een

th

e

peri

od

20

11 t

o 2

015

th

e p

erc

en

tag

e o

f w

om

en

in t

op

man

agem

en

t p

osi

tion

s am

on

g 3

7 o

f th

e fi

rms

that

par

ticip

ated

m

ove

d f

rom

15,

4 %

to

its

hig

hest

of

19%

in 2

014

an

d t

hen

to

18

% in

20

15.

Reg

ard

ing

Bo

ard

rep

rese

nta

tion

by

wo

men

2

5%

was

reco

rded

in 2

011

am

on

g t

he 2

8 fi

rms

that

par

ticip

ated

. In

20

15, w

hen

on

ly 2

5 fi

rms

had

th

eir

d

ata

use

d, i

t w

as 3

0 p

erc

en

t sh

ow

ing

a

stead

y in

cre

ase w

hic

h c

ou

ld b

e h

igh

er

if al

l dat

a w

as a

vaila

ble

. Th

is in

cre

ase

co

uld

be a

ttri

bu

tab

le t

o a

ctio

n b

y SO

Es

to a

lign

th

eir

co

rpo

rate

go

vern

ance

pra

ctic

es

to t

he C

on

stitu

tion

of

Zim

bab

we (2

013

) re

qu

irem

en

t fo

r g

en

der

par

ity in

go

vern

ance s

tru

ctu

res,

an

d t

he e

nab

ling

leg

isla

tion

.

106 | Annexes

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

Wo

me

n E

ntr

ep

ren

eu

rsh

ip

and

Acc

ess

to

Fin

ance

% o

f fir

ms

with

fem

ale

par

ticip

atio

n in

ow

ners

hip

Wo

men

ow

ned

or

man

aged

b

usi

ness

es

with

access

to

fo

rmal

fin

ancin

g.

Psy

ch

om

etr

ic c

olla

tera

l an

d

gu

aran

tee s

ch

em

e p

ilot

test

ed

Usi

ng

dat

a an

d a

nal

ytic

s fr

om

th

e M

icro

En

terp

rise

an

d F

insc

op

e s

urv

eys

, ben

ch

mar

k fe

mal

e

par

ticip

atio

n in

firm

ow

ners

hip

an

d m

anag

em

en

t fo

r d

iag

no

stic

s o

n g

en

der

gap

s fo

r fo

rmal

an

d

info

rmal

pri

vate

firm

s su

rveye

d b

y th

e 2

016

E

nte

rpri

se S

urv

ey

and

co

mp

are t

ren

ds

with

th

e 2

011

E

S. D

ata

fro

m t

he E

S w

ill b

e c

om

par

ed

with

dat

a fr

om

th

e 4

0 S

tate

Ow

ned

En

terp

rise

s ta

rgete

d f

or

the C

orp

ora

te G

ove

rnan

ce b

en

ch

-mar

kin

g e

xerc

ise

in 2

016

th

rou

gh

ZIM

RE

F’s

Cap

ital B

ud

gets

Pro

gra

m.

In a

dd

itio

n, Z

IMR

EF

M a

nd

E w

ill m

on

itor

wo

men

o

wn

ed

or

man

aged

bu

sin

ess

es

with

acc

ess

to

fo

rmal

fin

anci

ng

(Wo

men

with

cre

dit

by

reg

ula

ted

in

stitu

tion

s).

Info

rmat

ion

will

be c

olle

cted

on

th

e

nu

mb

er

of

wo

men

with

loan

acc

ou

nts

(RB

Z c

olle

cts

this

info

rmat

ion

qu

arte

rly)

. To

cro

ss r

efe

ren

ce t

his

, Z

IMR

EF

will

keep

tra

ck o

f th

e c

reat

ion

of

gen

der

desk

s b

y C

om

merc

ial B

anks

an

d t

he %

incr

eas

e o

f fe

mal

e o

wn

ed

bu

sin

ess

es

with

acc

ess

to

fin

ance

in

tho

se B

anks

ove

r a

perio

d o

f tim

e.

Th

rou

gh

th

e S

ME

TA

, su

pp

ort

of

inn

ova

tive

tech

no

log

y d

rive

n s

olu

tion

s fo

r le

nd

ing

to

w

om

en

en

terp

rise

s w

ill b

e p

rovi

ded

to

inte

rest

ed

st

akeh

old

ers

, in

clu

din

g t

he R

ese

rve B

ank

Dat

a so

urc

es:

RB

Z, I

FC, C

om

merc

ial B

anks

In p

rog

ress

– T

he E

nte

rpri

se S

urv

ey

(ES)

Rep

ort

2

017

is a

vaila

ble

, an

d b

en

ch

mar

kin

g o

f fe

mal

e

par

ticip

atio

n in

firm

ow

ners

hip

is a

s fo

llow

s:

he p

erc

en

tag

e o

f fe

mal

e o

wn

ers

hip

of

en

terp

rise

s fo

r Z

imb

abw

e is

at

14%

co

mp

ared

to

a S

ub

Sa

har

an a

vera

ge o

f 13

% a

nd

11%

fo

r th

e w

ho

le

low

-in

co

me c

ou

ntr

ies

co

mb

ined

. Th

e n

um

ber

of

firm

s w

ith a

fem

ale t

op

man

ager

has

declin

ed

fr

om

th

e 2

011

hig

h o

f 17

% t

o 1

6%

wh

ich

is a

lso

at

par

with

oth

er

Sub

Sah

ara

Afr

ican

sta

tes.

Firm

ow

ners

hip

by

wo

men

als

o is

ske

wed

to

war

ds

mic

ro a

nd

sm

all e

nte

rpri

ses.

16

% o

f m

icro

en

terp

rise

s h

ave m

ajo

rity

w

om

en

ow

ners

. M

ed

ium

en

terp

rise

s w

ith m

ajo

rity

fem

ale

ow

ners

hip

sta

nd

at

on

ly 6

%, w

hils

t la

rge fi

rms

with

maj

ori

ty f

em

ale o

wn

ers

are

at

5%

.

Th

e R

BZ

gen

era

ted

gen

der

vari

able

s sh

ow

ing

th

e

nu

mb

er

of

ind

ivid

ual

wo

men

an

d w

om

en

ow

ned

b

usi

ness

es

that

hav

e a

ccess

ed

loan

s. T

he v

alu

e

of

loan

s to

wo

men

incre

ased

fro

m $

22

7mill

ion

to

$3

10 m

illio

n b

etw

een

Decem

ber

20

16 a

nd

D

ecem

ber

20

17. U

pd

ated

dat

a fo

r th

e 2

018

p

eri

od

is o

ng

oin

g

For

ind

icat

or

(v)

the W

orl

d B

ank

in c

olla

bo

ratio

n

with

th

e G

en

der

Inn

ova

tion

Lab

has

en

gag

ed

ZIM

RE

F TA

, Secre

tari

at,

UN

Wo

men

Bu

sin

ess

En

viro

nm

en

t, F

inan

cial

Se

cto

r an

d In

vest

me

nt

Po

licy

(BE

FSIP

)

Annexes | 107

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

Pu

blic

Fin

anci

al

Man

age

me

nt

Pro

gra

mm

e

(PFM

)

Pu

blic

Pro

cure

me

nt

and

M

od

ern

isat

ion

# N

um

ber

of

wo

men

ac

co

un

tan

ts t

hat

qu

alify

an

nu

ally

on

var

iou

s ac

co

un

ting

bo

ard

s in

co

mp

aris

on

to

th

eir

mal

e

co

un

terp

arts

% o

f w

om

en

en

trep

ren

eu

rs

trai

ned

on

pu

blic

p

rocu

rem

en

t g

uid

elin

es

by

reg

ula

tor.

ZIM

RE

F w

ill m

on

itor

the n

um

ber

of

wo

men

q

ual

ifyin

g a

nn

ual

ly f

or

AC

CA

, IC

AZ

, CIM

A, C

PA

an

d

CIS

exa

min

atio

ns

in Z

imb

abw

e.

An

an

alys

is w

ill

iden

tify

gap

s re

leva

nt

to t

he im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f th

e

PFM

pro

ject

and

th

e P

AA

B g

en

der

actio

n p

lan

.

Th

e P

RA

Z w

ill le

ad in

bu

ildin

g t

he c

apac

ity o

n

pu

blic

pro

cu

rem

en

t th

rou

gh

tra

inin

g w

hic

h

will

reac

h a

t le

ast

100

po

ten

tial f

em

ale b

idd

ers

(t

arg

etin

g w

om

en

’s b

usi

ness

org

aniz

atio

ns

and

fo

rum

s).

LEN

DD

O E

FL t

o w

ork

on

a p

ilot

test

ing

with

Z

IMN

AT

an

d S

tew

ard

Ban

k. T

he a

im is

to

get

bett

er

decis

ion

mak

ing

on

altern

ativ

es

to

co

llate

ral f

or

len

din

g, p

artic

ula

rly

to w

om

en

en

trep

ren

eu

rs t

hat

hav

e e

xperi

en

ced

exc

lusi

on

in

access

ing

loan

s d

ue t

o la

ck

of

co

llate

ral.

Th

ere

ar

e d

iffere

nt

vari

able

s th

at w

ill b

e a

pp

lied

to

tra

ck

the t

ype o

f w

om

en

wh

o a

re a

ccess

ing

th

e lo

ans

afte

r p

assi

ng

th

e p

sych

om

etr

ic t

est

s.

Th

e r

esu

lts

of

the p

ilot

test

ing

of

the m

od

el

psy

ch

om

etr

ic c

olla

tera

l an

d g

uar

ante

e s

ch

em

e

are a

wai

ted

, aft

er

som

e d

ela

ys.

In p

rog

ress

- T

he O

AG

is s

till i

n t

he p

rocess

of

mak

ing

a q

uic

k d

atab

ase w

hic

h t

races

bac

k to

20

14 t

o m

on

itor

the n

um

ber

of

fem

ale

acco

un

tan

ts o

ver

a p

eri

od

in t

ime. T

his

is t

o

see in

cre

ases

or

decre

ases

amo

ng

th

e d

iffere

nt

exa

min

ing

bo

die

s.

Up

dat

ed

dat

a sh

all b

e a

vaile

d t

hro

ug

h t

he P

AA

B in

th

e fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 2

019

.

For

ind

icat

or

vi, a

pro

cu

rem

en

t tr

ain

ing

was

held

in

Ju

ne 2

017

wh

ich

tar

gete

d w

om

en

in b

usi

ness

in

th

e c

on

stru

ctio

n in

du

stry

. Th

ere

was

a t

ota

l o

f 2

5 w

om

en

ow

ned

bu

sin

ess

es

that

att

en

ded

, an

d t

hir

ty y

ou

th o

wn

ed

org

anis

atio

ns.

No

ZIM

RE

F M

an

d E

, PA

AB

PR

AZ

, ZIM

RE

F se

cre

tari

at

Bu

sin

ess

En

viro

nm

en

t, F

inan

cial

Se

cto

r an

d In

vest

me

nt

Po

licy

(BE

FSIP

)

108 | Annexes

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

He

alth

Ed

uca

tio

n

Po

licy

bri

ef

on

gen

der

and

h

eal

th in

Zim

bab

we

(i)

An

en

gen

der

ed IC

T p

olic

y.

(ii)

# o

f fe

mal

e t

eac

hers

trai

ned

in t

he m

od

ern

-

day

Mat

hs

teac

hin

g

m

eth

od

olo

gy

ZIM

RE

F w

ill s

up

po

rt e

xten

ded

an

alys

is o

n g

en

der

dat

a fr

om

th

e 2

015

Nat

ion

al H

eal

th A

cco

un

ts

and

th

e D

em

og

rap

hic

heal

th s

urv

ey.

Th

is w

ill

info

rm p

olic

y m

akers

an

d s

erv

ice p

rovi

ders

on

re

qu

irem

en

ts f

or

heal

th im

pro

vem

en

ts. S

eco

nd

ary

anal

ysis

will

fo

cu

s o

n:

Iden

tifyi

ng

so

cio

-eco

no

mic

cla

ssifi

cat

ion

gro

up

s (in

clu

din

g g

en

der

linke

d) th

at a

re m

ost

at

risk

of

fore

go

ing

car

e.

Iden

tifyi

ng

so

cio

-eco

no

mic

pre

dic

tors

of

neg

ativ

e

heal

th o

utc

om

es

(e.g

ch

ild s

urv

ival

).A

ssess

th

e g

en

der

dis

par

ities

in t

he fi

nan

cia

l im

pac

ts (cat

astr

op

hic

sp

en

din

g, i

mp

ove

rish

men

t) o

f ac

cess

ing

heal

th c

are s

erv

ices

in Z

imb

abw

e.

A c

on

sultan

t sh

all b

e r

ecru

ited

to

pro

vid

e a

nal

ysis

o

f p

rim

ary

dat

a o

n d

isag

gre

gat

ed

pri

mar

y d

ata

fro

m

the N

HA

.

A c

on

sultan

t w

ill b

e h

ired

to

pro

du

ce a

sh

ort

pap

er

to u

nd

ers

tan

d d

isp

ariti

es

betw

een

bo

ys a

nd

gir

ls

‘par

ticip

atio

n in

Mat

hem

atic

s an

d IC

T s

ub

jects

in

seco

nd

ary

sch

oo

l.

new

tra

inin

gs

were

held

in 2

018

as

the p

roje

ct

wra

pp

ed

up

.

A d

raft

pap

er

was

circu

late

d f

or

co

mm

en

ts, a

nd

th

e d

raft

po

licy

bri

ef

was

su

bse

qu

en

tly

deve

lop

ed

. A

fter

som

e d

ela

y th

e d

raft

po

licy

bri

ef

shal

l be

revi

ew

ed

th

rou

gh

a v

alid

atio

n w

ork

sho

p w

ith

the M

HC

C, t

he M

WA

GC

D, d

on

ors

an

d o

ther

stak

eh

old

ers

in t

he fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 2

019

.

(xv)

An

ICT

Po

licy

was

pro

du

ced

an

d s

ign

ed

off

by

the M

oP

SE.

Th

e p

olic

y is

pla

nn

ed

fo

r la

un

ch in

th

e fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 20

19. A

ltho

ug

h n

o e

xten

sive

gen

der

anal

ysis

o

f th

e p

olic

y h

as b

een

un

dert

aken

, th

e p

olic

y ta

kes

cog

nis

ance

of

the im

po

rtan

ce o

f ta

kin

g a

n

incl

usi

ve a

pp

roac

h.

Th

is e

nta

ils t

hat

all

dig

ital g

aps

Heal

th T

A, C

on

sultan

t,

Gen

der

Inn

ova

tion

Lab

Ed

ucat

ion

TA

Annexes | 109

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

(iii)

TP

C f

ram

ew

ork

with

25%

fem

ale q

uo

ta s

yste

mT

he M

inis

try

of

Ed

ucat

ion

seeks

to

pro

fess

ion

alis

e

the t

eac

hin

g t

rad

e t

hro

ug

h t

he e

stab

lish

men

t o

f a

Teac

hin

g P

rofe

ssio

n C

ou

ncil

(Teac

hin

g P

rofe

ssio

nal

C

ou

ncil)

. Z

IMR

EF

is a

ssis

ting

in t

he d

eve

lop

men

t o

f a

fram

ew

ork

th

at w

ill in

form

th

e e

stab

lish

men

t o

f a

teac

hin

g c

ou

ncil

for

Zim

bab

we. T

he T

CP

fr

amew

ork

will

reco

mm

en

d 2

5%

fem

ale q

uo

ta

syst

em

at

all l

eve

ls o

f th

e c

ou

ncil

(secre

tari

at, b

oar

d,

and

co

mm

ittee).

are a

dd

ress

ed

, in

clu

din

g t

he g

en

der

dim

en

sio

ns.

A

n im

ple

men

tatio

n p

lan

fo

r th

e p

olic

y,

acco

mp

anie

d b

y co

stin

g is

key

in e

nsu

rin

g t

he

eff

ectiv

en

ess

of

the s

trat

eg

y.

(xvi

) A

to

tal o

f 14

4 o

f te

ach

ers

were

tra

ined

in t

he

mo

dern

-day

Mat

hs

teac

hin

g m

eth

od

olo

gy.

Of

these

38

% a

re f

em

ale t

eac

hers

.

Trai

nin

g o

f te

ach

es

in IC

T li

tera

cy

is a

n

imp

ort

ant

dim

en

sio

n in

th

e im

ple

men

tatio

n

of

the IC

T p

olic

y.

Th

is p

roce

ss is

no

w a

t an

ad

van

ced

sta

ge.

A T

eac

her

Pro

fess

ion

al C

ou

nci

l bill

was

dra

fted

an

d c

ircu

late

d a

mo

ng

th

e d

iffere

nt

Teac

hers

U

nio

ns

in M

arch

20

18. A

field

vis

it to

Zam

bia

to

ok

pla

ce in

Mar

ch 2

018

wh

ere

th

e d

iffere

nt

Un

ion

R

ep

rese

nta

tives

and

Min

istr

y O

ffici

als

too

k tim

e

to s

ee h

ow

th

e T

PC

th

ere

op

era

tes.

Th

e le

gal

re

pre

sen

tativ

es

of

the T

eac

hers

Un

ion

s re

view

ed

th

e fi

rst

dra

ft o

f th

e B

ill in

pre

par

atio

n f

or

a w

ork

sho

p t

o b

e h

eld

in J

un

e 2

018

wh

ere

fin

al

amen

dm

en

ts a

nd

inp

uts

were

mad

e t

o t

he B

ill. T

he

TP

C f

ram

ew

ork

sh

all h

ave a

50

:50

rep

rese

nta

tion

in

stead

of

a 25%

qu

ota

sys

tem

so

th

at it

wo

uld

be

in li

ne w

ith t

he C

on

stitu

tion

of

Zim

bab

we.

Th

e B

ill is

exp

ecte

d t

o b

e p

rese

nte

d t

o t

he n

ew

p

arlia

men

t fo

r p

assa

ge in

th

e fi

rst

hal

f o

f 2

019

.

ZIM

RE

F TA

110 | Annexes

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

Po

vert

y

Nat

ion

al W

ate

r P

roje

ct

(iv)

In-d

ep

th u

nd

ers

tan

din

g

o

f th

e g

en

der

dim

en

sio

n

o

f p

ove

rty

in Z

imb

abw

e,

p

rese

nte

d in

a s

pecia

l

po

licy

no

te.

(v)

Direct

pro

ject

b

en

efic

iari

es

(% o

f w

hic

h

ar

e f

em

ale)

(vi)

On

e w

om

en

’s a

dvi

sory

co

mm

ittee m

eetin

g

o

nce a

year

to

dis

cu

ss

w

ater

issu

es

(vii)

% o

f m

em

bers

of

wat

er

g

rou

ps

/bo

ard

s an

d

u

tiliti

es

wh

o a

re

w

om

en

in d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

cat

eg

ori

es

(viii

) An

alyt

ical

rep

ort

on

diff

ere

ntia

l access

of

w

ater

and

san

itatio

n

ac

ross

weal

th s

trat

a;

g

en

der

and

vu

lnera

ble

gro

up

s in

7 g

row

th p

oin

ts.

Dat

a fr

om

th

e P

ICE

S 2

017

su

rvey

will

en

able

an

an

alys

is o

f g

en

der

ineq

ual

ities

in w

elfa

re

(co

nsu

mp

tion

), h

um

an d

eve

lop

men

t o

utc

om

es

(heal

th, e

du

cat

ion

, an

d s

ocia

l pro

tectio

n),

lab

ou

r m

arke

t o

utc

om

es

(lab

ou

r m

arke

t p

artic

ipat

ion

, w

ages)

, access

to

ass

ets

(la

nd

an

d c

apita

l go

od

s),

eco

no

mic

serv

ices

(fin

ance, f

arm

inp

uts

, an

d

info

rmat

ion

), p

rod

uctiv

ity o

f se

lf-em

plo

ymen

t in

clu

din

g f

arm

ing

, an

d d

om

est

ic c

ho

res.

Dat

a fr

om

th

e 2

011

PIC

ES

will

be u

sed

fo

r co

mp

arat

ive

pu

rpo

sed

to

iden

tify

tren

ds.

Po

licy

meas

ure

s to

ad

dre

ss t

he g

en

der

gap

s w

ill b

e id

en

tified

.

Dra

win

g f

rom

th

e b

aselin

e d

ata

for

wat

er

and

sa

nita

tion

serv

ices

in t

he N

atio

nal

Wat

er

Pro

ject’s

se

ven

gro

wth

po

ints

, dat

a an

alys

is w

ill c

ulm

inat

e

in a

rep

ort

on

diff

ere

ntia

l access

to

wat

er

and

sa

nita

tion

to

info

rm g

en

der

gap

s.

At

the n

atio

nal

leve

l, th

e N

WP

will

fac

ilita

te a

t le

ast

a d

ialo

gu

e s

ess

ion

betw

een

(i)

an a

ll-w

om

an a

dvi

sory

co

mm

ittee a

nd

ZIN

WA

(to

be id

en

tified

th

rou

gh

N

GO

s w

ork

ing

on

wo

men

’s is

sues,

co

mm

un

ity

gro

up

s etc

.); ii

) P

arlia

men

tary

Po

rtfo

lio C

om

mitt

ees

on

pert

inen

t w

ater

and

san

itatio

n is

sues.

In p

rog

ress

– T

he a

nn

ota

ted

bib

liog

rap

hy

has

b

een

co

mp

lete

d, i

ncl

ud

ing

lite

ratu

re r

evi

ew

an

d

hyp

oth

esi

s fo

r th

e p

urp

ose

s o

f th

e s

eco

nd

ary

anal

ysis

. A g

en

der

anal

ytic

al f

ram

ew

ork

has

no

w

been

deve

lop

ed

in r

ead

iness

fo

r th

e d

ata

anal

ysis

to

sh

ow

th

e g

en

der

dim

en

sio

ns

of

po

vert

y.

Th

e a

ctu

al s

eco

nd

ary

dat

a an

alys

is t

o id

en

tify

po

vert

y in

eq

ual

ities

will

beg

in u

po

n c

om

ple

tion

of

prim

ary

dat

a co

llect

ion

fo

r th

e P

ICE

S. D

ela

ys h

ave

been

exp

erie

nce

d in

th

e p

ub

licat

ion

of

the P

ICE

S re

po

rt. I

t is

exp

ect

ed

in t

he fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 20

19.

In p

rog

ress

- T

he fi

rst

VC

Gen

der

and

So

cial

In

clu

sio

n t

rain

ing

to

ok

pla

ce o

n t

he 1

4th

of

Dece

mb

er,

20

17 a

nd

a t

ota

l of

9 m

em

bers

fro

m

the P

IU a

tten

ded

an

d t

hese

co

mp

rised

of

5 m

en

an

d 4

wo

men

all

at m

anag

eria

l po

sitio

ns

with

p

ow

er

to in

fluen

ce p

osi

tive g

en

der

and

citi

zen

en

gag

em

en

t o

utc

om

es.

Betw

een

Jan

uar

y an

d M

ay 2

018

, a t

eam

of

con

sulta

nts

fro

m t

he M

WA

GC

D w

as s

ele

cted

to

le

ad t

he p

roce

ss o

f d

eve

lop

ing

th

e G

en

der

and

C

om

mu

nic

atio

ns

Stra

teg

y. T

he t

eam

is s

up

po

rted

b

y th

e G

en

der

Co

nsu

ltan

t at

th

e C

O a

nd

an

In

tern

atio

nal

Co

nsu

ltan

t. T

his

str

ateg

y w

ill a

ssis

t in

dire

ctin

g t

he P

IU t

o a

chie

ve in

dic

ato

rs x

ix, x

x an

d x

xi.

ZIM

STA

TS,

ZIM

RE

F TA

ZIN

WA

, ZIM

RE

F TA

, Se

cre

tari

at

Annexes | 111

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

Cro

ss c

utt

ing

(ix

) A

t le

ast

3 g

en

der

eve

nts

held

In

ad

diti

on

to

pro

ject

specifi

c a

ctio

ns,

ZIM

RE

F w

ill u

se s

eve

ral d

isse

min

atio

n r

ou

tes

(bro

wn

bag

eve

nts

, dia

log

ue s

ess

ion

s w

ith t

arg

et

aud

ien

ce o

n

evi

den

ce a

bo

ut

wh

at w

ork

s an

d w

hat

do

esn

't to

ad

dre

ss g

en

der

gap

s. T

his

will

invo

lve in

tera

ctio

ns

and

cro

ss-c

ou

ntr

y le

arn

ing

betw

een

ZIM

RE

F st

akeh

old

ers

(in

clu

din

g W

om

en

’s P

arlia

men

tary

C

aucu

s, N

GO

s, a

nd

deve

lop

men

t p

artn

ers

) an

d

gen

der

exp

ert

s (U

N W

om

en

, Wo

rld

Ban

k G

en

der

Inn

ova

tion

Lab

).

Co

mp

lete

d

1.

ZIM

RE

F h

ost

ed

, in

20

17, t

he fi

rst

of

a se

ries

of

meetin

gs

with

20

mem

bers

of

the

Zim

bab

we W

om

en

’s P

arlia

men

tary

Cau

cu

s.

Th

e m

eetin

g s

en

sitiz

ed

th

e m

em

bers

on

Z

IMR

EF

and

its

gen

der

imp

lem

en

tatio

n p

lan

. 2

. T

he s

eco

nd

eve

nt

in 2

017

was

a s

taff

p

rese

nta

tion

on

gen

der

and

th

e n

ew

G

en

der

Tag

wh

ich

was

do

ne b

y th

e G

en

der

Co

nsu

ltan

t. A

bo

ut

24 s

taff

mem

bers

w

ere

pre

sen

t in

clu

din

g T

TLs

an

d p

rog

ram

st

aff. T

he a

im o

f th

e p

rese

nta

tion

was

to

d

em

ystif

y st

ere

oty

pes

aro

un

d g

en

der

and

to

se

nsi

tize s

taff

on

th

e

3.

Th

e las

t q

uar

ter

of

20

17 w

itn

ess

ed

a jo

int

me

eti

ng

be

twe

en

ZIM

RE

F, U

NW

OM

EN

an

d t

he

Co

nfe

de

rati

on

of

Zim

bab

we

Ind

ust

rie

s (C

ZI)

in w

hic

h t

he

y c

o-h

ost

ed

an

eq

ual

ity

in b

usi

ne

ss w

ork

sho

p f

or

at le

ast

twe

nty

fe

mal

e e

xec

uti

ves.

Th

e

wo

me

n w

ere

em

po

we

red

wit

h e

co

no

mic

p

rin

cip

les

for

bu

sin

ess

eq

uit

y w

hic

h a

ssis

t in

inc

reas

ing

th

e p

arti

cip

atio

n o

f w

om

en

in

th

e lab

ou

r m

arke

t as

we

ll as

in b

usi

ne

ss

ow

ne

rsh

ip. A

blo

g w

as a

lso

wri

tte

n o

n

this

fo

r aw

are

ne

ss o

n fi

nd

ing

s fr

om

th

e

Man

ufa

ctu

rin

g S

urv

ey

wh

ich

fo

rme

d t

he

bac

k d

rop

of

the

me

eti

ng

.4

. In

th

e fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 2

018

, th

e W

orl

d B

ank

ho

sted

an

org

anis

atio

n, G

irls

Sp

eak

Ou

t,

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

112 | Annexes

ZIM

RE

F P

rog

ram

Ge

nd

er

Ind

icat

ors

Stra

teg

y In

terv

en

tio

nSt

atu

s –

De

cem

be

r 2

018

Re

spo

nsi

ble

and

sen

sitis

ed

th

em

on

th

e w

ork

of

the

Ban

k an

d p

oss

ible

car

eer

ch

oic

es.

Th

e

org

anis

atio

n is

a y

ou

th le

d m

ed

ia in

itiat

ive

that

aim

s to

deve

lop

th

e m

ed

ia, a

dvo

cac

y an

d c

od

ing

lite

racy

skill

s o

f yo

un

g w

om

en

b

etw

een

th

e a

ges

of

14-2

4 li

vin

g in

Z

imb

abw

e’s

un

der-

serv

ed

co

mm

un

ities.

5.

5.

In

th

e la

st q

uar

ter

of

20

18, t

he

Ban

k, jo

intly

with

UN

Wo

men

an

d C

ZI

ho

sted

a d

ialo

gu

e o

n w

om

en

eco

no

mic

em

po

werm

en

t in

mac

roeco

no

mic

po

licy.

T

he B

ank

and

par

tners

ho

st t

his

dia

log

ue

ann

ual

ly in

th

e la

st q

uar

ter.

It is

par

t o

f a

seri

es

that

seeks

to

pro

mo

te d

isco

urs

e o

n

po

sitio

nin

g w

om

en

in n

atio

nal

eco

no

mic

an

d d

eve

lop

men

t p

lan

s to

bu

ild a

str

on

g

eco

no

my

in Z

imb

abw

e. F

ollo

w u

p w

ork

in

clu

des

dia

log

ue p

apers

on

gen

der

and

m

acro

eco

no

mic

po

licy

and

pra

ctic

e in

th

e

first

hal

f o

f 2

019

Pro

vid

e o

vers

igh

t im

ple

men

tatio

n o

f th

e G

en

der

Actio

n P

lan

an

d p

eri

od

ic in

dic

ato

r m

on

itori

ng

.

Sup

po

rt g

en

der

specifi

c a

ctio

ns

thro

ug

h in

terv

en

tion

s th

at in

clu

de p

olic

y d

ialo

gu

e, r

efo

rms

and

tech

nic

al a

ssis

tan

ce

Afr

ica

gen

der

inn

ova

tion

lab

, UN

Wo

men

, ZIM

RE

F co

ntr

ibu

ting

do

no

rs’ a

nd

Go

vern

men

t M

inis

trie

s g

en

der

focal

po

ints

, Go

vern

men

t

Ro

les

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Task

Te

am le

ade

rs

Par

tne

rs

Annexes | 113

Act

ion

sR

esp

on

sib

ility

Ind

icat

ive

Tim

e

Fram

e

Stat

us

1.1.

Inte

nsi

fy im

ple

men

tatio

n s

up

po

rt b

y T

TLs

d

irectly

man

agin

g r

ecip

ien

t exe

cu

ted

pro

jects

fo

r im

pro

ved

resu

lts

and

bett

er

imp

lem

en

tatio

n

and

ris

k m

anag

em

en

t. C

urr

en

tly

imp

lem

en

tatio

n s

up

po

rt m

issi

on

s o

ccu

r o

nce

eve

r q

uar

ter.

Pro

ject

team

s to

co

nsi

der:

• lo

cal

ly b

ased

team

mem

bers

/

co

nsu

ltan

ts

• In

cre

ase t

he f

req

uen

cy

of

imp

lem

en

tatio

n s

up

po

rt m

issi

on

s •

Use

Vid

eo

Co

nfe

ren

ce f

acili

ties

for

inte

rim

mis

sio

ns

TT

Ls;

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

atA

ug

ust

20

17 –

Oct

20

17T

his

has

been

imp

lem

en

ted

. TT

L su

pp

ort

fo

r th

e Z

NW

P a

nd

PFM

EP

has

b

een

inte

nsi

fied

, wh

ile t

he P

FME

P n

ow

has

a lo

cal

ly b

ased

team

mem

ber

(Dav

id W

ach

ira)

wh

o w

as f

orm

erl

y b

ased

in W

ash

ing

ton

D.C

. Tw

o o

ther

TT

Ls f

or

ZIM

RE

F p

roje

cts

hav

e m

ove

d t

o Z

imb

abw

e in

th

e fi

rst

qu

arte

r o

f 2

019

. An

inte

rim

mis

sio

n u

sin

g v

ideo

co

nfe

ren

cin

g w

as c

on

du

cte

d f

or

the Z

NW

P in

th

e t

hird

qu

arte

r o

f 2

018

. Th

e f

req

uen

cy

of

imp

lem

en

tatio

n

sup

po

rt m

issi

on

s h

as in

cre

ased

sin

ce t

he M

TR

.

1. W

orl

d B

ank

Pro

ced

ure

s

AN

NEX

VI

ZIM

RE

F A

CT

ION

PLA

N A

ND

PR

OG

RE

SS U

PD

AT

E

114 | Annexes

Act

ion

sR

esp

on

sib

ility

Ind

icat

ive

Tim

e

Fram

eSt

atu

s

2.1

. Th

e t

hre

e T

ech

nic

al R

evi

ew

Gro

up

s (T

RG

s),

sho

uld

fo

cu

s o

n p

rovi

din

g t

ech

nic

al g

uid

ance

on

su

bst

antiv

e is

sues

un

der

the P

roje

cts

to

th

e P

OC

, an

d b

e le

ss in

volv

ed

in m

on

itori

ng

o

pera

tion

al p

roced

ure

s as

per

the Z

IMR

EF

Op

era

tion

al G

uid

elin

es.

• Fu

ture

TR

G a

gen

das

to b

e in

form

ed b

y em

ergin

g te

chnic

al is

sues

iden

tified

thro

ugh

th

e su

per

visi

on m

issi

ons,

dev

elo

pm

ent

par

tner

s, g

ove

rnm

ent,

secr

etar

iat.

• A

s p

er

the Z

IMR

EF

Op

era

tion

al

Gu

idelin

es,

TR

G c

hai

rs t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

T

RG

s ar

e s

up

po

rtin

g t

he P

OC

in c

ross

-se

cto

ral a

nd

sta

keh

old

er

co

ord

inat

ion

; •

TR

Gs

fost

er

to id

en

tify

har

mo

niz

atio

n

too

ls/a

rran

gem

en

ts f

or

activ

ities

fun

ded

by

ZIM

RE

F, G

ove

rnm

en

t an

d

Deve

lop

men

t P

artn

er

pro

gra

ms.

2.2

. Se

cre

tari

at t

o a

me

nd

th

e f

orm

at o

f T

RG

P

roje

ct

stat

us

rep

ort

s to

inc

lud

e p

rog

ress

to

war

ds

ach

ievi

ng

re

sult

s, s

um

mar

y o

f p

ote

nti

al is

sue

s an

d c

on

stra

ints

to

war

ds

ach

ievi

ng

pro

jec

t o

bje

cti

ves,

ke

y c

hal

len

ge

s,

rec

om

me

nd

atio

ns

and

ke

y ri

sks

and

m

itig

atio

n s

trat

eg

ies.

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at, T

RG

Ch

airs

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Sep

20

17 –

Oct

20

17

Sep

20

17-

Oct

20

17

Sep

tem

ber

20

17

Sin

ce t

he M

TR

, TR

Gs

hav

e p

laye

d a

big

ger

role

in d

on

or

co

ord

inat

ion

, w

hile

TR

G m

eetin

gs

hav

e b

een

incre

asin

gly

fo

cu

sed

on

ris

ks a

nd

ch

alle

ng

es

to Z

IMR

EF

activ

ities

iden

tified

th

rou

gh

su

perv

isio

n m

issi

on

s an

d b

y d

eve

lop

men

t p

artn

ers

, Go

vern

men

t an

d t

he s

ecre

tari

at.

Th

e f

orm

at o

f T

RG

sta

tus

rep

ort

s w

as a

men

ded

an

d n

ow

inclu

des

rep

ort

ing

on

pro

gre

ss t

ow

ard

s ac

hie

vin

g r

esu

lts,

su

mm

ary

of

po

ten

tial

issu

es,

ch

alle

ng

es

and

ris

k m

anag

em

en

t.

2. I

mp

rove

me

nt

in f

un

ctio

ns

of

Go

vern

ance

Str

uct

ure

s

Annexes | 115

Act

ion

sR

esp

on

sib

ility

Ind

icat

ive

Tim

e

Fram

eSt

atu

s

• D

raft

ou

tlin

e o

f re

vise

d s

tatu

s re

po

rt t

o b

e

revi

ew

ed

by

the O

cto

ber

PO

C.

2.3

. Secre

tari

at t

o h

ire M

on

itori

ng

an

d

Eva

luat

ion

Co

nsu

ltan

t an

d C

om

mu

nic

atio

n

Specia

list

on

fu

ll tim

e b

asis

, an

d p

art

time

Gen

der

Co

nsu

ltan

t.

• O

rgan

ize

a m

issi

on o

f the

M a

nd E

spec

ialis

t in

Sep

tem

ber

to w

ork

with

pro

ject

team

s o

n a

ZIM

REF

co

nso

lidat

ed M

onito

ring

an

d e

valu

atio

n d

ocu

men

t lin

king p

roje

ct

activ

ities

to o

utp

uts

and o

utc

om

es.

3.1.

Rest

ructu

re p

roje

cts

as

need

ed

to

imp

rove

o

utc

om

es

and

reso

urc

e u

tiliz

atio

n. B

ank

rest

ructu

rin

g p

roced

ure

s to

ap

ply

wh

en

re

stru

ctu

rin

g R

ecip

ien

t- e

xecu

ted

pro

jects

.

• R

est

ructu

ring a

ctio

ns

to b

e c

arrie

d o

ut

afte

r P

roje

ct

leve

l MT

R (a

t le

ast

24 m

on

ths

afte

r eff

ectiv

en

ess

) – s

ee p

age 1

2.

• G

iven

reso

urc

e c

on

stra

ints

fo

r th

e P

FM

and

Nat

ion

al W

ater

pro

jects

, min

i-re

stru

ctu

ring a

ctio

ns

may

be b

rou

gh

t fo

rwar

d t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

pro

jects

are

alig

ned

w

ith r

eal

istic

fu

nd

ing e

nve

lop

es.

No

te:

Nat

ion

al W

ater

pro

ject

and

PFM

pro

jects

d

iscu

ssed

in m

ore

deta

il in

tab

le 2

.

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Task

Team

Lead

ers

Sep

tem

ber

20

17

20

17-

20

18

Th

e S

ecre

tari

at h

ired

an

ad

diti

on

al M

on

itori

ng

an

d E

valu

atio

n C

on

sultan

t an

d a

Gen

der

Co

nsu

ltan

t.

Th

e Z

NW

P a

nd

PFM

EP

were

rest

ructu

red

in 2

018

.

3. R

est

ruct

uri

ng

Re

cip

ien

t E

xecu

ted

(R

E)

Pro

ject

s

116 | Annexes

Act

ion

sR

esp

on

sib

ility

Ind

icat

ive

Tim

e

Fram

eSt

atu

s

4.1

. Ad

diti

on

al r

eso

urc

e m

ob

iliza

tion

to

co

ver

the f

un

din

g g

ap f

or:

i) P

ub

lic F

inan

cia

l Man

agem

en

t an

d

en

han

cem

en

t p

roje

ct

- $10

mill

ion

ii)

N

atio

nal

Wat

er

Pro

ject-

$10

mill

ion

iii

) P

ub

lic P

rocu

rem

en

t -

$ 2

mill

ion

iv)

Imp

lem

en

tatio

n s

up

po

rt t

o

P

ove

rty

mo

nito

rin

g –

0.5

mill

ion

. •

PO

C d

on

ors

to

cla

rify

po

sitio

n o

n

likelih

oo

d o

f p

rovi

din

g a

dd

itio

nal

re

sou

rces

to m

eet

the f

un

din

g g

ap w

ithin

th

e e

xist

ing

Pro

ject

timefr

ame.

• G

ove

rnm

en

t to

revi

ew

/ p

rio

ritiz

e f

un

din

g

sou

rce.

4.2

. Ban

k to

exp

lore

oth

er

Tru

st F

un

ds

wh

ich

w

ou

ld n

orm

ally

be a

vaila

ble

fo

r ID

A e

ligib

le

co

un

trie

s.

5.1

ZIM

RE

F M

on

itori

ng

an

d E

valu

atio

n

5.

1.1

Secr

eta

riat

to c

oo

rdin

ate d

eve

lop

men

t

of a

Th

eory

of C

han

ge

(TO

C) f

or

ZIM

REF.

PO

C

Go

vern

men

t

Wo

rld

Ban

k C

ou

ntr

y M

anag

em

en

t U

nit

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at;

TT

Ls;

Au

gu

st 2

017

Au

gu

st 2

017

Sep

tem

ber

20

17

Octo

ber

20

17

To d

ate, d

eve

lop

men

t p

artn

ers

hav

e c

lari

fied

th

at t

here

will

be n

o

add

itio

nal

fu

nd

ing

pro

vid

ed

to

co

ver

the $

10 m

illio

n f

un

din

g g

aps

in t

he

PFM

EP

an

d Z

NW

P.

Th

e B

ank

has

exp

lore

d o

ther

Tru

st F

un

ds

and

to

dat

e, h

as s

ecu

red

ad

diti

on

al f

un

din

g o

f $ 1

mill

ion

fro

m t

he S

tate

an

d P

eac

e-b

uild

ing

Fu

nd

(S

PF)

, an

d $

0.2

mill

ion

fro

m E

arly

Lear

nin

g P

artn

ers

hip

Tru

st f

or

the

Ed

ucat

ion

TA

.

Th

e T

heo

ry o

f C

han

ge (

TO

C)

was

ap

pro

ved

by

the P

OC

in M

arch

20

18.

4. M

ob

ilizi

ng

an

d A

lloca

tin

g F

inan

cial

Re

sou

rce

s

5. M

on

ito

rin

g R

esu

lts

and

Ris

ks

Annexes | 117

Act

ion

sR

esp

on

sib

ility

Ind

icat

ive

Tim

e

Fram

eSt

atu

s

• D

raft

Th

eory

of C

han

ge

shar

ed w

ith P

OC

by

Septe

mber

20

17.

5.

1.2

Secre

tari

at t

o d

eve

lop

a c

on

solid

ated

do

cu

men

t cap

turi

ng

th

e in

pu

ts, o

utp

uts

,

ou

tco

mes

and

en

d o

bje

ctiv

es

that

lin

ks t

o

th

e c

orr

esp

on

din

g a

ctiv

ities,

mile

sto

nes,

targ

ets

an

d o

utp

uts

at

pro

ject

leve

ls.

•

TR

G t

o e

nd

ors

e c

on

solid

ated

d

ocu

men

t fo

r P

OC

ap

pro

val i

n O

cto

ber.

5.

1.3

Secre

tari

at t

o p

rovi

de b

i-an

nu

al

an

alyt

ical

fu

nd

-leve

l M&

E r

ep

ort

s th

at

lin

k p

roje

ct

activ

ities

with

fu

nd

-leve

l resu

lts

to

th

e P

OC

. Th

e r

ep

ort

s w

ill a

lso

co

nta

in

re

co

mm

en

dat

ion

s fo

r th

e P

OC

.

•

Firs

t co

nso

lidat

ed

rep

ort

to

be

co

mp

lete

d b

y O

cto

ber

20

17 a

nd

p

rese

nte

d f

or

PO

C a

pp

rova

l.

5.

1.4

Info

rmed

by

the T

TLs

an

d T

RG

s,

Se

cre

tari

at t

o s

tren

gth

en

ris

k an

alys

is

an

d m

anag

em

en

t in

term

s o

f m

ore

sp

ecifi

c

an

d f

ocu

sed

co

mm

en

ts o

n r

isks

, miti

gat

ion

meas

ure

s an

d im

pac

ts o

n p

rog

ram

resu

lts.

Th

is w

ill b

e a

sta

nd

alo

ne a

gen

da

at a

ll P

OC

s.

•

R

ep

ort

ing

fo

rmat

to

be t

est

ed

on

th

e

PFM

pro

ject

by

Sep

tem

ber

20

17.

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Octo

ber

20

17

Octo

ber

20

17

Octo

ber

20

17

Th

e S

ecre

tari

at d

eve

lop

ed

th

e c

on

solid

ated

do

cu

men

t an

d s

har

ed

it w

ith

the P

OC

in M

arch

20

18.

Th

e S

ecre

tari

at h

as s

ince t

he M

TR

, pro

vid

ed

bi-

ann

ual

M&

E r

ep

ort

s, w

ith

the fi

rst

rep

ort

co

mp

lete

d b

y O

cto

ber

20

17.

A r

isk

reg

iste

r w

as d

eve

lop

ed

, merg

ing

th

e B

ank’

s SO

RT

sys

tem

an

d

DFI

D’s

ris

k fr

amew

ork

fo

rmat

. Dis

cu

ssio

n o

f ri

sks

has

beco

me a

st

and

alo

ne it

em

at

PO

Cs

sin

ce M

arch

20

18.

4. M

ob

ilizi

ng

an

d A

lloca

tin

g F

inan

cial

Re

sou

rce

s

118 | Annexes

Act

ion

sR

esp

on

sib

ility

Ind

icat

ive

Tim

e

Fram

eSt

atu

s

5.2

P

roje

ct

leve

l M a

nd

E

5.

2.1

TT

Ls to

ass

ess

the in

terv

entio

n lo

gic

betw

een

activ

ities

and

an

ticip

ated

resu

lts

p

er

pro

ject.

•

PFM

Mis

sio

n in

Sep

tem

ber

to b

e

sup

po

rted

by

M a

nd

E S

pecia

list

in

the r

evi

ew

.

• Su

bse

qu

en

t p

roje

ct

mis

sio

ns

to

un

dert

ake s

imila

r re

view

s.

5.3

Im

pro

ve R

isk

Man

agem

en

t Fr

amew

ork

:

• C

reat

e a

wat

ch

-lis

t o

f p

roje

cts

or

activ

ities

wh

ich

are

at

risk

; ab

ou

t to

clo

se;

run

nin

g

ou

t o

f m

on

ey

and

seeki

ng

ext

en

sio

n a

s an

ear

ly w

arn

ing

sys

tem

.•

Wat

ch li

st to

be

circ

ula

ted to

Oct

ober

PO

C.

5.

3.1

Pre

par

e a

nd

bri

ef

TR

G a

nd

PO

C o

n r

isk

mat

rix

util

izat

ion

-as

a

tr

igg

er

for

pre

sen

ting

issu

es

befo

re

th

e P

OC

.

• O

cto

ber

PO

C t

o in

clu

de a

ris

k

re

po

rtin

g m

atrix.

TT

Ls

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

ZIM

RE

F Se

cre

tari

at

Sep

tem

ber

20

17

Octo

ber

20

17

Octo

ber

20

17

Th

e in

terv

en

tion

log

ic f

or

the P

FME

P w

as a

ssess

ed

in O

cto

ber

20

17.

A w

atch

-lis

t o

f p

roje

cts

or

activ

ities

wh

ich

are

at

risk

; ab

ou

t to

clo

se;

run

nin

g o

ut

of

mo

ney

and

seeki

ng

ext

en

sio

n h

as b

een

deve

lop

ed

an

d is

p

rovi

ded

at

TR

G a

nd

PO

C m

eetin

gs.

Th

e f

orm

at o

f th

e r

isk

reg

iste

r w

as p

rese

nte

d t

o t

he P

OC

in M

arch

20

18.

4. M

ob

ilizi

ng

an

d A

lloca

tin

g F

inan

cial

Re

sou

rce

s

Annexes | 119

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