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Conference: April 15th, 2013 IFC Auditorium, Washington DC The conference will provide a platform for exchanging knowledge and sharing ideas about how private companies can use results measurement to enhance their contribution to eradicating poverty. In an effort to assess the impact of their activities, development institutions often require their client companies to measure and report on development outcomes (e.g., metrics of economic growth, employment). However, the reporting requirements and data collected—while useful for the development institutions—can be seen by some companies as an additional, and often expensive, burden. The companies sometimes argue that these reporting requirements are not part of their core business, and that the data collected has little value to them. One way to bridge the gap is to find ways to increase the understanding of the results measured by companies, and to reconcile the reporting requirements of development institutions with the existing performance measurement systems of companies. In addition, effective use of evidence and evaluation can, among other things, help: improve the understanding of results achieved by companies; define the targets; build cumulative evidence of what works to drive outcomes through the private sector and highlight what is useful for companies to measure. The conference will look at these complex issues from several angles: Perspective of the Poor: examine the realities and challenges faced by the poor. Show in practice how companies have created opportunities for them by operating in specific industries/sectors and by creating jobs—which research shows is the primary path out of poverty for millions—and how measuring results has helped to increase this impact.
Sector Priority: Using a sector specific example, examine how research and evidence can help private sector/development institution collaboration produce outcomes for the poor.
Country Priorities: Using a country case study, show how the use of results measurement systems by the government, foundations, companies, donors, and development institutions can have a significant effect on poverty reduction.
For more information visit: www.ifc.org/ifcgatesevent Contact: Miguel Angel Rebolledo Dellepiane Senior Results Measurement Specialist
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AGENDA
TIME 10:00am
DESCRIPTION Welcome Speaker: Jin-Yong Cai, CEO and EVP (IFC) The day will open with Jin-Yong Cai welcoming the participants and framing the day’s discussions. He will introduce Dr. Jim Kim, World Bank Group President.
10:15am
The World Bank Group Vision: Using Results Measurement to Drive for Change Speaker: Jim Kim, President (World Bank Group) Jim Kim will outline the role that results measurement can play in helping the World Bank Group and its partners achieve the twin goals of ending poverty and boosting prosperity.
10:30am
Keynote Address + Q&A Speaker: Bruce Mac Master, Director Department for Social Prosperity (Cabinet of the President of Colombia) Mr. Mac Master has over 20 years experience as an investment banker and social entrepreneur. As a key member of the President’s inner cabinet in Colombia, he currently serves as a key resource in implementing and measuring progress of that government’s development plan “Prosperity for All”. The keynote address will focus on the realities and challenges faced by the poor and how, in practice, companies can create opportunities for them and how measuring results can amplify impact. * Jin-Yong Cai and Dr. Jim Kim will participate in the Q & A
11:15am 11:30am
Coffee Break PANEL 1 + Q&A: Experiences from the Health Sector: How research, evidence and results measurement can help Private sector/ Development institution collaboration produce positive outcomes for the poor. Speakers: Paul J. Gertler (University of California); Jishnu Das (World Bank); Kim Longfield (PSI) Moderator: Guy Stallworthy (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). Respondents: Aaltje de Roos (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands); Gwen Hines (World Bank Executive Director for the UK) Using examples and research from the health sector, the panel will examine practical tools and metrics that can be used to determine if we are reaching the poor; discuss the types of evaluations used to assess the effectiveness of models for scaling up private health care; explore the types of evidence generation required to understand how health markets are evolving.
1:00 pm
Keynote Address and Lunch Speaker: Anil B. Jain, Managing Director (Jain Irrigation Systems and 2010 IFC Client Leadership Awardee), introduced by Anup Jagwani (IFC) Mr. Jain will discuss how measuring results has improved understanding of the business and social impacts achieved by his company. Jain irrigation has over 7,000 employees worldwide, it develops technological innovations that set industry standards and support sustainable agriculture through efficient use of water, energy, and fertilizers. The company reaches over 3,000,000 small- and medium-scale farmers and helps to improve their lives by enabling them to significantly increase their water efficiency, productivity, and incomes.
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2:15pm
PANEL 2: Colombia Case Study + Q&A Results Measurement and Poverty Eradication: What works, what doesn’t and what can we learn? Speakers: Fernando Cortes McAllister, President (Bolivar-Davivienda Foundation); Antonio Celia Martínez-Aparicio, President (PROMIGAS); Pedro Alba, Director, Latin America (World Bank); Others to be confirmed Moderator: Irene Arias, Andean Regional Manager (IFC) Respondent: Hans Schulz, General Manager (Structured and Corporate Finance, IADB) Focused on public and private efforts to eradicate poverty at the local level, this panel will discuss how results frameworks can help increase the effectiveness of the country poverty reduction program. Discussants are drawn from Colombia whose government has a strong and widely recognized results measurement framework, and is known to engage strongly with companies and foundations to increase employment and reduce poverty. The four objectives of the panel are to: (i) Explore how evidence of development results is useful for the government / foundations to shape a shared prosperity agenda, and for companies to assess how through profitability and growth they contribute to social and economic development; (ii) Examine how the government, companies and foundations can collaborate to strengthen and make more efficient their result-measurement systems (e.g., sharing data and knowledge, as well as monitoring and evaluation efforts); (iii) Draw emerging lessons and identify challenges; and (iv) Discuss how the successful elements of the Colombian experience can be replicated
3:45pm 4:00pm
Coffee Break ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS (5): How can results measurement be used to increase private sector contributions to global efforts to end poverty? Participants will break into 5 roundtables for 'deep dive' discussions on: 1. Business case for measuring development results (Usha Rao-Monari, IFC; Jim Roth, Leapfrog) 2. Impact evaluations and other useful measurement tools (Jodi Nelson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Franck Wiebe, Georgetown University) 3. Target setting in the context of poverty eradication (Guy Stallworthy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Greg Hills, FSG) 4. Linking results measurement to incentives (Oumar Seydi, IFC; Dennis Smith, NYU) 5. Country-level results frameworks: (Anita Marangoly-George, IFC; Johannes Linn, Brookings) The objectives for each roundtable will be to share and start to capture knowledge and best practice; articulate the tradeoff between profitability and social targets; and identify knowledge gaps and challenges.
5:00pm
REPORTING BACK TO PLENARY + OPEN DISCUSSION The experts will provide their views on the topics discussed in their assigned roundtable.
6:00pm
Wrap up and Closing Remarks Speakers: Richard Henriques, CFO, (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Jodi Nelson, Director of Strategy, Measurement & Evaluation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), and Nigel Twose, Director (IFC)
6:30pm
Cocktail Reception
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