measuring policy impacts in africa: lessons from mafap
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Metrics for Agricultural Transformation: Update on Recent and Ongoing Developments April 19, 2013 Washington, DCTRANSCRIPT
Measuring policy impacts in Africa: Lessons from MAFAP
Jean Balié and Mulat Demeke Agricultural Development Economics Division
FAO, Rome
Washington DC , 19 April 2013
1. The importance of policy 2. What we have learned with
MAFAP 3. Key conclusions
1. The importance of policy
Harvesting teff in Ethiopia (photo © FAO/Giulio Napolitano)
Source: FAO (State of Food and Agriculture 2012)
• Importance of private decisions • Importance of enabling environment • Need for information and analysis to
support policy dialogue and decision making
A very active field, but with a gap in terms of a system of quantitative indicators of policy impacts in developing countries
Motivation for MAFAP
Many related initiatives…
2. What we have learned with MAFAP
Carrying maize in Mozambique (photo © FAO)
Key contributions • System of indicators to inform analysis, dialog, policy,
resource allocation • A new market development gap indicator • Systematic and comparable across commodities, countries
and over time • Presence in 10 + countries in SSA • Partnerships to build capacity, ownership and sustained use • Evidence-based policy dialogue in on-going policy processes
and primarily CAADP
Key findings • Policies and market development gaps reduce prices
received by farmers for most commodities • Market access is a significant constraint • Agri-business and value chains are underdeveloped Indicates opportunities for improved policies and
expenditures Requires improved data, analysis, capacity and
buy-in
Partnerships
Project team
at FAO
BMGF FAO
USAID
Institutional partners
(typically in the
Ministry of Agriculture)
Technical partners
(typically research
institutions)
At country level
NEPAD/CAADP, OECD, ReSAKSS and others
3. Conclusions
Training course in Burkina Faso, photo © FAO/Giulio Napolitano
What we have learned Ascertain country buy-in and commitment 1. Seek country ownership 2. Embed in existing policy process CAADP 3. Build capacities 4. Support institutionalization
Work in partnerships 5. Build on others strengths Ex. OECD to
develop methodology 6. Add something to what exists 7. Build and use a coalition to have impact
For more information: www.fao.org/mafap
More on what MAFAP contributes?
Livestock production in Burkina Faso (photo © FAO/Giulio Napolitano)
The MAFAP methodology
Price Incentives
Public expenditures
Policy coherence
Next steps
• Consolidation and “graduation” in initial countries
• Expansion to additional countries • Methodological improvements • Expanded policy dialogue • Continuing role of FAO