Heike Hoeffler: What role for development cooperation?

Seite 1Abteilung „Ländliche Entwicklung und Agrarwirtschaft“13.06.2014

The Contemporary Agricultural Policy Agenda –

What Role for Development Cooperation?

13th June 2014

Agricultural Policy Learning Event, 11-13 June 2012, Accra, Ghana

Heike Hoeffler

GIZ Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security ([email protected])

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Questions

Abteilung „Ländliche Entwicklung und Agrarwirtschaft"13.06.2014

What can be the role of donors in supportingdevelopment-oriented agricultural policies?

� now

What are ag policy advisers doing and what theyneed to do their job better?

� post-lunch session

Current Role of Donors? � Adding mess to an already awkward sector ?!?


Fragmentation (Steve)

Political Economy:

Incentives? (Colin)

Donors have their own agenda

Donors are stubborn (Boaz)

Lack of Programmatic

Approach (Susan)

Role of CAADP Round Tables?

Joint Sector Reviews? (Ghana)

Sector Performance –

Monitoring?

Project Level vs Sector

Budgeting Processes

(Delink – Mark)

Data for Evidence (Ag

Census - Susan)

Fashion Waves / Predictability ?

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SELLER, May

2012 (Budva,

Montenegro)

SNRD Africa, April

2012 (Windhoek,

Namibia)

Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food

Security

Feedback from GIZ Sector Networks: Process Management!!!

SNRD Asien,

Mai 2013 (Bangkok,

Thailand)

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Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security

Advisors need to be “political animals” (= present in a country for a long time and conversant with national and local politics).

Short-term missions miss out the important soft skills! Peter Bazeley’s Top Tips only work in longer-term relationships!

Example Ghana: Joint creation of sector evidence for reform works (e.g. with IFPRI) – but: no solo-tours by donors! Donor coordination is crucial for trust building.

With the implementation of new aid modalities, political advisers need new roles.

Feedback from AgPolicy Expert Meeting Dec. 2012: Political Economy!!!

Seite 6Agricultural Policy for Development – Documentation of Expert Meeting December 17, 2012 Bonn, Germany

Sector Project Agricultural Policy and Food Security

Donor agencies must avoid the “clumsiness” in political processes.Come to under-stand

who holds power and then build up trust!

Political economy does not only exist in partner countries, but also within donor agencies!

How can development cooperation capture political ad hoc windows of opportunities?

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Significance of process and Policy Dialogue

� that ‘policy’ relates to ‘values ’ (or is synonymous with ‘values’), and that the ‘allocation’ of values will, inherently, be the subject of multiple judgements and factors – some straightforward and evidence-based, most not.

� Policy dialogue is to be seen as a discussion over the relative importance (the allocation) of values to (by) players.

� While we would all feel more comfortable with better evidence, evidence is but one factor in ‘good’ policy-making. Our recent evaluation of policy dialogue for AusAID (see overview on next slide) suggested at least ten other broad, important, manageable areas of process in supporting policy development, such as the clarity of intent, trust, credibility and negotiating capital.

Feedback from Peter Bazeley: Improve Policy Dialogue !!!


�Sound analysis: From Best Practice to Best Fit!

�Investing in building political voice: Farmers’ organizations, parliamentarians, political parties

�Developing innovative approaches for policy implementation,

Feedback from Regina Birner:

Engage in Innovation !!!


http://www.future-agricultures.org/pp-video

Hon. Chance Kabaghe (MP Former Minister of Agriculture, Zambia), Gem Argwings-Kodhek (Future Agricultures, Kenya).

Feedback from FAC

Conference:

Be ready for the Window

of Opportunity!!!

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Rhoda Pearce , Commisioner of Rural Economy andAgriculture of the Africa Union


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GHANA Situation – A typical Case?


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….CAADP framework matters, but:


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Monitoring / Budgets / Sector Reviews


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Questions now:


� What can realistically be the role of donors in supporting development-oriented agriculturalpolicies?

� Where has it worked and why?

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