Project profile — Joint Governance Assessment and Measurement

• Ethiopia (100.00%)

• Public sector policy and administrative management:
Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (30.00%)
Anti-corruption organisations and institutions (15113) (30.00%)
Media and free flow of information (15153) (20.00%)
• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Statistical capacity building (16062) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)

The Joint Governance Assessment and Measurement Project is a multi-donor initiative working towards the integration of governance into all projects and programs in Ethiopia. The project addresses the availability and reliability of public access to governance indicators, studies and diagnostics in Ethiopia. Under the leadership of the World Bank, the Department for International Development (DFID), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Royal Netherlands Embassy, this project aims to provide a consistent framework and a better understanding of the state of governance in Ethiopia. Ultimately, its intention is to enable CIDA and other development partners to fully integrate governance into programming priorities and foster a more informed and harmonized dialogue on governance with the Government of Ethiopia (Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Prime Minister's Office, Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission), civil society and other development partners. The initiative provides an opportunity to address weak or missing dimensions of governance in poverty reduction strategies, to adjust national programs and reforms under implementation and to demonstrate commitment towards improved governance in the country. All CIDA disbursements for this project have been completed and the results of our investment are outlined below.

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Results achieved as of July 2012 include: the production of a series of studies and indicators to contribute to the country’s poverty reduction programs and overall governance framework. A compilation of internationally comparative series of governance indicators was published for 2009 and 2010. A review workshop for the National Country Procurement and Assessment Report was held in 2011 and extended to include a survey of sub-national jurisdictions, giving the Government and donors important national and sub-national level information about procurement in Ethiopia. The project has also funded the third stage of a key piece of longitudinal research on Ethiopia’s Social, Political and Development trends (ongoing since 2005), allowing government, donor and non-state actors extensive and detailed qualitative evidence of Ethiopia's development progress, while also providing unique data where further efforts and research are required. JGAM will fund the next phase of this research in 2012/13. In addition, internationally selected sector experts conducted eight sector anti-corruption studies which have been now been published and will be disseminated in 2012, with follow-on JGAM work planned for 2012/13 to implement follow-up prevention efforts in key sectors based on the evidence. Overall, project activities have contributed to greater integration of governance indicators and results into programming in Ethiopia.

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