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SEMINAR I: STRENGTHENING COUNTRY CAPACITY
TO MANAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT RESULTS


(FEBRUARY 4, 2004 - 9:30 - 12:00 NOON)

Objectives

  • To review ways countries in diverse country circumstances can strengthen their institutions, incentives, and capacity to manage for results.
  • To identify how the international community can best support countries' efforts in managing for results.
  • To discuss the proposed core principles and global action plan for development agencies to support countries in better managing for results.

Chair: Mr. Ted Nkodo, Vice-President, Operations (North, East and South Regions) and Private Sector Operations, AfDB

Discussant: Mr. Geert van der Linden, Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, AsDB

Rapporteur: Mr. Mario Marcel, Budget Director, Ministry of Finance, Chile

     
Challenges and Experiences in Developing Countries    

"Public Management for Development - The Brazilian Experience" by Mr. Humberto Falcão Martins, Secretary of Public Management, Ministry of Planning, Budgeting, and Public Management, Brazil

 

"Challenges and experiences in Developing Countries: The Case of Mexico" by Dr. Miguel Szèkely, Deputy Secretary of Planning, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico

 

"Core principles and Action Plan" by Ms. Elizabeth White, Results Secretariat, The World Bank and Mr. Geert van der Linden, Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, AsDB

 
The rapporteur will present a summary of the seminar in the plenary session "How the Global Context Shapes Country Approaches to Managing for Development Results," February 5, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.