Review on the Partnership Between The World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

April 4, 2002Koji Yamada, Trust Fund Strategy and Donor Relations Unit (TFS), The World Bank

Background

The Bank and JICA have had annual consultations for the last 12 years.Reduction of Japanese bilateral ODA budget. Need for more effective aid.Bank’s shift toward poverty reduction and capacity buildingNeed for redefinition and strengthening of the Bank-JICA partnership

Objectives of the Presentation1. To Review the past Bank-JICA

collaboration and collect lessons learned2. To share the knowledge on the mode of

the partnership among the Bank staff and between the Bank and JICA

3. To promote a common understanding on the future direction of the partnership

4. To promote the development of a short-term action plan and define the role of each actor

Comparative Advantage: Institution Building vs. Individual Capacity Building

World BankFinancial resources mobilizationConsultations with various development partners in the client countryPolicy advice; Impact on the whole sector and whole economyDialogue with policy makers and opinion leadersGlobal networks of human resources

JICAEntry point for Japanese financial resources through the bilateral ODA channelPosting Japanese human resources in the line ministries or institutions in the client countryCapacity building targeting middle-level technicians and field workers of the client governmentBroad domestic network inside Japan

Case 1: Project Design for Cofinancing Infrastructure Development

More than 40 Bank lending projects were all or partly designed by JICA studies in 1990s.

ExamplesBasic & Primary Education (Nepal)Jamna Multipurpose Bridge (Bangladesh)Primary School Construction in Northern Mountain Area (Vietnam)

JICA Studies

(Feasibility Study)

(Basic Design Study)

Japanese Bilateral

Grant/Loan

Bank Lending

Parallel Cofinancing

Case 2: Knowledge Sharing

JICA co-hosted two regional workshops with WBI in FY00; Community Health (Ghana), Integrated Watershed Management (Philippines).CDS Tokyo Conference (FY00)GDN Tokyo Conference (FY01)“Learning Across Borders” Workshop Series for Japanese and Asian/Pacific NGOs (FY01)Contents development for GDLN and J-Net (FY02)“Symposium on Aid Effectiveness and Knowledge Intensive Assistance” (Nov. 2002)

Case 3: Cofinancing for Joint Activities

Trust Fund: GDLN Center in Jordan (FY01)Financial Contribution: Peru Country Innovation Day (FY01)Joint Workshops in Ghana and the Philippines (FY00)

Joint Activities

Bank JICA

Procurement, Events

Seminars/Workshops

Case 4: Financing for Complementary Projects/Programs

“Unconscious” Parallel Cofinancing: Equipment for Archaeological Activities in Honduras (FY00)Financing for Un-awarded Proposals for Development Marketplace (FY02)Dispatch of Volunteers to CGIAR Research Centers

Bank Program

JICA Program

Or Bilateral Grant

Lessons LearnedNeed for both sides to understand more on the project cycle, schedule and business style of each otherNeed for Japanese bilateral partners to understand more on the Japanese Trust Funds channeled through the Bank mechanism Easy identification of the focal points on both sides Quick response to the queries from each otherEffective actions of JICA USA Office as intermediary

Future Direction 1: Program Design and Future Collaboration

ExamplesTransport, Primary Education (Vietnam), Rural Electrification (Malawi)“Sector Program Grant” for Common Basket (Africa) Health & Population Sector Program (Bangladesh)Regional Development for the Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville Growth Corridor (Cambodia)

Participation in CDF/PRSP Process

Coordination on the designing of sector program and regional development plan

Policy Dialogues

Cofinancing (Bilateral Grant/Loan/TC+Bank Lending)

Future Direction 2: Joint Preparation for the Bank Projects

ExamplesSouth-South Cooperation programs Policy AdvisorTrainers’ training, study toursTechnical Experts, VolunteersTraining outside the client country

Bank

PHRD TA

JICA

Technical

Cooperation

Bank

Lending Projects

Cofinancing Opportunities

Future Direction 3: Strengthening Bank’s CDD Approach

JICA can provide…Advice on designing of the activities at field level.Advice on the capacity enhancement on designing and construction process and quality management for community infrastructures

Bank

Social Fund

JICA

Experts

JOCVs

Local NGOsLocal

Consultants

Community Development

Activities

Future Direction 4: Increasing Options for JICA Experts

Understanding the Bank’s grant programs enables more flexible project identification and preparation by JICA Experts and Country Offices.In-country networks of JICA Country Offices help the Bank to utilize the contributions from the GOJ.

JICA Experts / Country Offices

JICA Programs

PHRD, JSDF, PRSP TF, GEF, Cities Alliance, etc.

Future Direction 5: Addressing the Common Issues in Japan

Capacity Building of Japanese NGOs: “Learning Across Borders 2” (under preparation)Awareness on ICT among the development partners in Japan: Conference on ICT and Gender in Rural Development (under preparation)Capacity Building of the Japanese Consultants in the Social SectorPartnership with the Private Sector in Japan

Development Partners in Japan

NGOs Consultants

Research Institutes

Private Sector

Bank JICA

Proposed Actions for FY02/031. More intensive dialogues in the country level2. Information dissemination on the Bank’s lending and

non-lending programs to JICA 3. Information dissemination on the JICA programs to the

Bank 4. Help desk for the application to the Bank’s grant

program (JICA USA)5. Linking the existing JICA programs to the Bank’s CDD

approach6. Development of proposals for the Japan-Bank

Partnership Program 7. WBI-JICA detailed discussion is underway.