The operational plan outlines DFID Bangladesh's priorities from 2011-2016, updated in 2014. It focuses on spending aid effectively to lift people out of poverty and leave poverty behind. Key priorities include strengthening the private sector and inclusive economic growth, increasing opportunities to earn a living, and improving basic social services like maternal health and education. The plan also details approaches for delivery, value for money, monitoring and evaluation, and transparency.

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