External Relations

This page brings together aspects of the World Bank’s work on PSIA in terms of external relations. This includes:

• PSIA-related work undertaken in partnership with donor countries and agencies
• Training resources and publications, including a list of seminars and events focused on specific aspects of the PSIA process or past experience
• Feedback, summarizing comments from donors and external organizations on the PSIA process and experience to date

Partnerships and Funding

To strengthen its PSIA-related work in partner countries, the World Bank is engaged in multiple partnerships with other donor agencies. The PSIA agenda of the World Bank has received continued support and benefited from these partnerships since its outset.

• Germany 
• UNDP 
• PSIA Donor Network / Povnet Task Team on PIA/PSIA 
• Multi-Donor Trust Fund on PSIA — A new multi-donor Trust Fund on PSIA is in the process of being set up. It is expected that the facility will be operational by March 2009.

Training Resources and Publications

In this section you will find information on seminars, workshops, e-learning courses, brown-bag lunches (BBLs), training events and publications related to PSIA.

If you would like to be regularly kept informed about events relating to poverty analysis, poverty monitoring and impact evaluation, please contact us at povertynet@worldbank.org to be included in our distribution list. You are also welcome to contact us at this email address if you need assistance, in particular if you need a pass to attend a BBL.

• Training Courses 
• Publications 
• Event Calendar 

Feedback

This page gathers comments on the PSIA approach and on the PSIA User's Guide received from NGOs, development agencies and others. Suggestions of work to add to this page are welcome at povertynet@worldbank.org.

Comments from the PSIA Community

• Comments on the April 2002 Draft of the PSIA User's Guide. The following comments have been reviewed and addressed in the April 2003 PSIA User's Guide:
  • Catholic Relief Services (51.5Kb PDF)
  • ChristianAid (25.4Kb PDF)
  • GTZ (32.5Kb PDF)
  • World Learning (43.5Kb PDF)

Other PSIA-Related Work

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • "Economic Analysis of Policy Based Operations: Key Dimensions," 2003 
  • "Handbook on Poverty and Social Analysis: A Working Document," December 2001
    • Section 1: Introduction (63kb PDF)
    • Section 2. Country Programming (85kb PDF)
    • Section 3: Project Preparation (132kb PDF)
    • Section 4: Guidelines of Data Requirements, Collection and Methods (85kb PDF)
• Department for International Development (DFID)
  • PRSP Monitoring & Synthesis Project: Briefing Note #8 — Learning the Lessons on PSIA, A Synthesis of Experience from the DFID Pilot Studies, October 2003 (90kb PDF)
  • Poverty Analysis & Monitoring: Briefing Note #1, January 2004 (51kb PDF)
  • PSIA: Common Themes and Issues Arising from Five Pilot Studies, October 2002 (35kb PDF)
• DFID / Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) / Women in Sustainable Enterprise (WISE) Development
  • Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service (EDIAIS) website
• EURODAD
  • PSIA Compilation — A collection of papers and briefings compiled by EURODAD on PSIAs, and the debates about its implementation in practice.
• GTZ / DFID
  • Principles for PSIA Process in Policy Cycles and Stakeholder Participation. March 2006.
• Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester
  • Centre on Regulation and Competition website
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • "Poverty and Social Impact Analysis-Linking Macroeconomic Policies to Poverty Outcomes; Summary of Early Experiences," February 2003 (316kb PDF)
  • "Poverty and Social Impact Analysis in PRGF-Supported Programs," December 2002 (687kb PDF)
• Inter-Agency Cooperation
  • Country Analytic Work Joint Website
• New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
  • Ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment of Macroeconomic Policies (EPIAM)
• Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
  • PRSP Monitoring & Synthesis Project website 
  • Research in Policy and Development (RAPID) website — better utilization of research and evidence in development policy and practice.
• Oxfam International
  • "Blind Spot: The Continued Failure of the World Bank and IMF to Fully Assess the Impact of their Advice on Poor People," September 2007 (208kb PDF) 
• World Bank
  • Good Practice Note: Using Poverty and Social Impact Analysis to Support Development Policy Operations (Consultation Draft, December 3, 2007)  
  • PovertyNet: Impact Evaluation Key Readings (see Economy-Wide Program Evaluation)
  • Integrating Gender into PSIAs, May 2004 (18kb PDF)
  • Poverty and Trade Research web page

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