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Results-based Country Partnership Strategy Guidelines

These guidelines deal with the results-based management approach and detailed processes, which are involved in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country partnership strategy (CPS). These guidelines supplement the document on Further Enhancing Country Strategy and Program and Business Processes, which was approved by the President on 4 August 2006, and Operations Manual section A2 on CPS [ PDF: 48KB | 13 pages ].


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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Purpose
B. CPS Cycle and Key Documents
C. Frequency
D. Responsibility
E. Integration of private sector development in CPSs
F. Underlying Principles

II. CPS PREPARATION PROCESS

A. Government’s National Development Plans and Diagnostics
B. Pre-CPS Analyses and Assessments
C. Country Team Retreat
D. CPS Stock-Taking Meeting
E. Preparation of CPS Initiating Paper
F. CPS Initiating Meeting
G. Informal Board Seminar
H. CPS Formulation Mission
I. Management Review Meeting
J. CPS Confirmation with the Government
K. CPS Endorsement
L. CPS Release
M. CPS Retrospective Reviews

III. RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT APPROACH

A. Alignment with the Country’s Development Plan
B. Harmonization among Development Partners
C. Selectivity
D. CPS Outcomes
E. CPS Results Framework
F. Results Chain and Indicators
G. CPS Sector Road Maps
H. Linkages between CPS Results Framework, Sector Road Map, and Project Design and Monitoring Framework

IV. CPS IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

A. Use of Government Systems and Information
B. Implementation and Monitoring Action Plan
C. Annual Monitoring through Country Portfolio Review
D. CPS Mid-term Review
E. Indicative Rolling Country Operations Business Plans

V. CPS EVALUATION

A. Country Assistance Program Evaluation
B. CPS Completion Report
C. Feedback Process

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