Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR36272 Document Date: MAR 22, 2019

Author: Bove,Abel Paul Basile Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Minutes Report No.: 134106 Document Date: JAN 10, 2019

Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR34996 Document Date: NOV 30, 2018

Author: Ort,Rachel Lemay Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14625 Document Date: NOV 19, 2018

Author: Hassan Dirie Disclosure Status: Disclosed

In many urban areas around the world, public utilities provide water supply and sanitation (WSS) services. While some of these urban public water and sanitation utilities ("water utilities") perform well, others suffer from the types of performance issues observed in many public sector entities, such as low operating and investment efficiency. ... See More + A framework for turning around poorly performing water utilities will benefit the management of these utilities, governments with responsibilities for water utilities, and those providing technical and financial support for improving the WSS sector. Improving the performance of water utilities is difficult because the problems they face are complex and multidimensional. Problems caused by dysfunctional political environments, combined with an entrenched backlog of inefficient practices, cannot be solved by applying standard technical and managerial techniques. Achieving a sustained turnaround requires a framework that integrates practical steps to increase a utility's operational and managerial efficiency with measures to reverse the dysfunctional political equilibria in which it operates. Using a comprehensive turnaround framework is the best approach to improve water utilities' performance and efficiency, and increase their ability to access finance, including commercial finance. Why does this matter? Evidence shows that water utilities with access to commercial finance are much more likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 132118 Document Date: NOV 01, 2018

Author: Soppe,Gerhardus Nicolaas Albertus; Janson,Nils M.; Piantini, Scarlett Disclosure Status: Disclosed

A burgeoning area of social science research examines how state capabilities and bureaucratic effectiveness shape economic development. This paper studies how the management practices of civil service bureaucrats correlate to the delivery of public projects, using novel data from the Ghanaian Civil Service. ... See More + This paper combines hand-coded progress reports on 3,600 projects with a management survey in the government ministries and departments responsible for these projects. The analysis finds that management matters: practices related to autonomy are positively associated with project completion, yet practices related to incentives/monitoring of bureaucrats are negatively associated with project completion. The negative impact of incentives/monitoring practices is partly explained by bureaucrats having to multi-task, interactions with their intrinsic motivation, their engagement in influence activities, and project characteristics such as the clarity of targets and deliverable outputs. The paper discusses the interplay between management practices and corruption, alternative methods by which to measure management practices in organizations, and the external validity of the results. The findings suggest that the focus of many civil service reform programs on introducing stronger incentives and monitoring may backfire in some organizations, and that even countries with low levels of state capability may benefit by providing public servants with greater autonomy in some spheres.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8595 Document Date: SEP 19, 2018

Author: Rasul,Imran; Rogger,Daniel Oliver; Williams,Martin J. Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR31305 Document Date: AUG 23, 2018

Author: Bove,Abel Paul Basile Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP11811 Document Date: AUG 13, 2018

Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP11458 Document Date: AUG 01, 2018

Author: Mohamed A. Mohamed Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR32196 Document Date: AUG 01, 2018

Author: Mahgoub,Ayah Disclosure Status: Disclosed