this is a reading review for class presentation on DFID Operation Plan of 2011-16 for Bnagladesh

1. Operational Plan 2011-16
DFID Bangladesh
Updated December 2014
Shahnaz Parvin
MPhil Researcher
Id No: M150009
Session: 2014-15

2. Introduction
2013-UK-Target of spending 0.7% gross
national income
Department for International Development
(DFID)
To lift out of poverty and to leave poverty
behind
Focuses on Spending in the Right ways, on
Right things, in the Right places

3. Context
Goldman Sachs listed Bangladesh
in ‘Next 11’ economies
 Achievement of the MDGs
Key development challenges
Politics and Economy
The UK’s influence in Bangladesh

4. Strategic Priorities:
To strengthen the enabling
environment for the private
sector and inclusive economic
growth
Strengthen ability and
opportunity to earn, to improve
their quality of life, to participate
in decision making and to
increase resilience to natural
disasters and climate change

5. Strategic Priorities:
Support inclusive political
settlements and democratic
processes by building
capacity of elected
representatives
Support for basic social
services, in particular to
improve maternal health
and primary education

6. Headline Results
Governance and Security:
Existing voice and accountability
work will be broadened
Wealth Creation/Economic
Development: Will include some
low cost, high impact policy
influence, higher cost bilateral
programming

7. Headline Results
MDGs (education, health and
water & sanitation):
Strengthening human resources
and regulations
MDGs (poverty, hunger and
vulnerability; & climate change):
Raise incomes and strengthen
livelihoods

8. Delivery and Resources
Work with government,
multilateral agencies, other
bilateral donors and civil
society organizations
Work with the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (FCO)
and other UK departments

9. Delivering Value for Money
Strengthening knowledge and practices
Increase staff understanding of costs
Scrutunize third party procurement practices
Project Cycle:
Set baseline for unit costs where possible,
monitor and evaluate throughout the lifetime of
the programme to drive down costs

10. Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring at all levels ( inputs,
outputs, outcome and impact)
Lead advisers and project
managers: At least 25% involve
peer reviewers from the parts of
DFID and HMG

11. Monitoring and Evaluation
Update the DFID evaluation strategy
Strengthen programme design to ensure high
quality and appropriate evaluation
Capture lessons, incorporate, implement and
share with key partners
Cross-cutting evaluations as well as ex-post
evaluations upto 2 years after programme
completion
Building capacity of partners: Bangladesh Bureau
of Statistics gets support from World Bank and
UNICEF

12. Transparency
Improves value for money
Makes government accountable to
their citizens
Sets out in a suit of commitments:
the Aid Transperancy Guarantee
(ATG), Aid Transperancy Challenge
(ATC) and DFID’s Open Data
Strategy