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LOCALIZING THE MILLENNIUM LOCALIZING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Role of the Development Finance

InstitutionsPresented by :

Mr. Landiwe Mahlangu

Development Bank of SA

Manager: Operations Evaluation

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The MDG and it’s AftermathThe MDG and it’s Aftermath

MDG represent a landmark global consensus on development

MDG 8 Goals, 18 Targets and 48 Indicators

Monterrey Consensus : The 0.7% Agreement

Johannesburg Environmental Summit

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The Nature of the ChallengeThe Nature of the Challenge“ A race against time”“ A race against time”

Countries in developing countries will not be able to achieve most of the goals of MDG

Most African countries will not meet all of the goals, particularly Poverty Targets

25 000+ people die of hunger daily and 2000 women die at giving birth, 115m children are out of school

Only five rich countries have met 0.7 % target of ODA

Development largely unsustainable

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The Nature of the ChallengeThe Nature of the Challenge

Estimated costs to meet MDG’s by 2015 at USD$189b; only USD$53 is available; MDG Gap USD$135m

SSA will have to register growth rate of 7-8% per annum in the next 10 years

Investment in infrastructure to double as %GDP to about 9% of GDP

The conflicts must stop The weather and climate must behave and God should

be kind

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The Constraint of the Mandate of The Constraint of the Mandate of DFI’sDFI’s

DFI exist to serve specific development goals and purpose

Tension between financial and socio - economic objectives

Operations limited to areas of market failure

Small player in regional and national economies

Mandate and Resource mismatch

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The DBSA ApproachThe DBSA Approach

Embracing the Global Dialogue and Consensus Promote dialogue and partnerships

with IFI and other Multi – lateral Institutions

Intermediate and serve as conduit of finance flows

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The DBSA Approach cont.The DBSA Approach cont. Aligning to the National Development

Agenda Anchoring Operations on Key National

Development Initiatives National Government Programme of Action Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Sustainable Development

Programme and Urban Renewal Programme Recently ASGISA

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The DBSA Approach cont.The DBSA Approach cont.

Stretching the Mandate Envelope Advisor Role -Sharing best practices Financer -Innovative products Partner -Reducing transaction costs Implementor -“Warm bodies”

Deployment : Siyenza Manje Integrator -Sustainable Communities, Local

Investment Agencies

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The DBSA Approach cont.The DBSA Approach cont.

Embedding MDG targets indicators in operations Quality at entry : 10 Key Indicator

Framework Moving from outputs to outcome Intensify monitoring

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The DBSA Approach cont.The DBSA Approach cont.

Mainstream Knowledge Research Capacity Development and Building Learning from Operations Sharing knowledge widely

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ChallengesChallenges

Institutional InfrastructureShort TermismQuality of Achievements and OutcomesCorruptionEvaluability and monitorability of MDG

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Conclusion and recommendationConclusion and recommendation

Intensify the building of Evaluation Capacity Align to Government-Wide M & E Framework Adapt and simplify evaluation tools and

methodology Interrogate continuous appropriateness of

MDG’s targets Harmonise and Integrate

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Thank you!Thank you!

“ When all is said and done, often more is said than done”