Objectives

• To increase understanding of development agencies' approaches to managing for results-commonalities, differences, and methodological issues.
• To identify major constraints to and challenges in development agencies' work on managing for results.
• To review and discuss the proposed core principles and global action plan on managing for development results.
  
  

Chair: Mr. Shengman Zhang, Managing Director, World Bank

Discussants: Mr. Roland Tungpalan, Assistant Director General, National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines
Mr. G. Michael Röskau, Director, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD-DAC

Rapporteur: Mr. Bruce Purdue, Advisor, Southeast Asia Department, AsDB

Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee; "Agency Approaches to Managing for Development Results" by Ms. Sue Wardell, Head, Performance and Effectiveness, DFID

Multilateral Development Banks - "Results Focus in MDBs: Where Are We?" by Mr. Philibert Afrika, Director, Operations Policies and Review Department, AfDB