Opening Remarks
Sanjay Pradhan, World Bank

Session I: Governance Assessment: Definition and Role
Francesca Recanatini, Economist, World Bank Institute

The demand for data to monitor governance is increasing. This data is also increasingly used as input in CAS and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. Howdo we define Governance? Why is it important to measure Governance? From the practitioner's point of view, what are the key information needs for policy analysis? What role can governance assessment and diagnostics play in the reform process? Do they simply provide information or can they serve a greater role?

• Assessing Governance: Empirical Tools, Methods and
  Applications by Francesca Recanatini (download 1.9 Mb PDF)

Session II: Thinking About Governance Assessment: A Working Framework
Francesca Recanatini, Economist, World Bank Institute and Steve Knack, Senior Research Economist, World Bank

Governance assessment <—> (empirical tools+ process+ sample design+ analysis)

There is a clear tension between the practitioner’s objectives and the empirical tools that should be used. Depending on the objectives of the governance assessment (research, policy, action-planning, capacity building), different empirical tools and processes should be used. Action-planning, for example, calls for a participatory process and highly country-specific survey instruments. Research and regular cross-country monitoring, on the other hand, may not need to rely on a fully participatory process, though they do require comparable instruments and samples.

• Governance assessment: A working framework by Francesca Recanatini and Steve Knack (download 1.2 Mb PDF)

• Standardizing Public Officials Surveys in the Bank by Steve Knack (download 44 kb PDF)

Coffee break

Session III: Instruments and Methodologies
Biju Rao, Senior Economist, World Bank

In this session, we will outline the different types of methods available for use during the assessment. Particular attention will be given to the appropriateness and applicability of these methods. We will also explore the costs and benefits of mixing qualitative and quantitative methods when conducting a governance assessment.

• Mixed Methods For Poverty Analysis by Biju Rao (download 44 kb PDF)

Session IV: Selecting Among Instruments: A Comparative Approach
Francesca Recanatini, Economist, World Bank Institute

This session highlights the variety of dimensions of governance assessment tools. It also overviews some of the diagnostic instruments and empirical tools available for measuring governance. We compare and discuss a variety of methods—from pure quantitative methods to pure qualitative and mixed methods—following a set of pre-defined criteria.

• Selecting among instruments: a comparative approach by Francesca Recanatini (download 3.5 Mb PDF)

Lunch

Session V: The Process
Maria González de Asis, Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Institute

The process by which a governance assessment is implemented (i.e. who is involved and how the instruments and sample are selected) can impact greatly the timing of the project, the type of data collected and the final output.

How can we select among different process? Should we use a bottom-up or a top-down approach? A fully participatory process? Specifically, who will be involved? Who will retain the data collected? Who will complete the analysis? Who will design the instruments?

• Empirical Tools for Governance Analysis: The Process by Maria González de Asis (download 512 kb PDF)

Coffee Break

Session VI: Sample Issues and Field Work
Juan Muñoz, Founder and Managing Partner, Sistemas Integrales

This session will highlight the main tradeoffs in sample design and the steps necessary to implement the sampling correctly. Examples of the problems resulting from poor implementation and documentation of the sampling will be given. The session will also describe the key elements of doing field work, such as: How do you organize your teams? What task does each person do? How do you recruit and train the teams? How do you supervise them? The emphasis will be on how to maintain very high levels of quality control as well as the logistical, managerial and strategic implications.

• Sampling: What you don’t know can hurt you by Juan Muñoz (download 105 kb PDF)

Group Discussion

Session VII: Analysis and the Use of Data
Francesca Recanatini, Economist, World Bank Institute, and Graham Eele, Consultant, World Bank

This session focuses on the last stage of the governance assessment—the analysis and the use of the raw data. First, we will discuss the dimensions that should be explored, emphasizing some of the relevant lessons in terms of analysis of governance data that have recently emerged. We will then concentrate on the use of the data and its role in the reform process, addressing the following questions: Can the assessment be used for policy analysis? Can it serve as a benchmark for monitoring activities or as an input for local capacity building? How can this be achieved?

• Analysis and use of the data: A few illustrations by Francesca Recanatini and Graham Eele (download 2.7 Mb PDF)

• Building effective statistical systems by Graham Eele (download 20 kb PDF)

Session VIII: Instruments and Databases: A Few Illustrations (Part 1)
Chair: Joel Turkewitz, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Institute

Each presenter will give a 15-minute overview of the empirical tool used. Particular emphasis will be given to (i) the objective of the assessment; (ii) the process used; (iii) the key features of the surveys; (iv) the outcome; (v) the lessons learnt

Presenters:

• James Anderson, BEEPS (download 5.8 MB PDF)

• Nick Manning, Public Official Surveys and IGR

• Stuti Khemani, Public Expenditure Tracking and QSDS (download 59 kb PDF)

Coffee Break

Session VIII: Instruments and Databases: A Few Illustrations (Part 1, continued)

Presenters:

• Samuel Paul, Score Cards for Public Services (download 276 kb PowerPoint presentation)

• Phillip Keefer, Investment Climate Surveys

• Richard Allen, PEFA Programs (PERs, CFAAs, and CPARs) (download 64 kb PDF)

• Randi Ryterman, Anti-Corruption Diagnostics (download 622 kb PDF)

Lunch

New Governance Indicators, Survey Analysis, and Diagnostic Web Tools: Toward an Integrated View
Daniel Kaufmann, Director, Global Governance, World Bank Institute

This session will allow participants to explore interactively the WBI Governance database. This session will take place in the U Building, 3rd Floor, Training Room F.

• Assessing Governance: Towards an Integrated Empirical Framework by Daniel Kaufmann (download 496 kb PDF)

Coffee Break

Session VIII: Instruments and Databases: A Few Illustrations (Part 2)
Chair: Brian Levy, Sector Manager, Africa Public Sector Reform and Capacity, World Bank

Each presenter will give a 15-minute overview of the empirical tool used. Particular emphasis will be given to (i) the objective of the assessment; (ii) the process used; (iii) the key features of the surveys; (iv) the outcome; (v) the lessons learnt

Presenters:

• Anton Op de Beke, ROSC and IMF Activities on Governance

• Ugo Panizza, IADB Public Sector Evaluation (download 22 kb PDF)

• Kapil Kapoor, Bangladesh Governance Study (download 4.5 Mb PowerPoint presentation)

• Miguel Schloss, Transparency International Indicators and Tool Kits (download 265 kb PDF)

Closing Comments and Brief Group Discussion