Strategic Network: New National Planning for Sustainable

Development in the Global South –Inception Workshop - Lima Peru.

7 August 2017

Slide 1 - THE N3SP NETWORK

• Multi-disciplinary - Exchange of knowledge with various actors / stakeholders with different backgrounds.

• Collaborate as a network to identify key areas to be investigated – this is done during workshops, meetings, using web based communication tools and publications.

• Involvement of key stakeholders – Teams within each country will interact with each other to influence the debate over public policy.

• Funding - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK.

Slide 2- NETWORK GOALS / OBJECTIVES

1. Identify and analyse key elements of the new strategic planning of the national development.

2. Achieve an understanding of the concepts and processes that underpin the production of the national plans – the context, methods, the sources of information used, key stakeholders / actors and their roles.

3. Analyse the relationships that exist between the process of national planning and the development outcomes in the short, medium and long-term.

4. To establish a network that generates new research and knowledge on the role of national strategic planning in inclusive development.

Slide 3 EXPECTED OUTCOMES (JAN 2017 – JULY 2018)

1. A website that connects the network and also involves a broad audience at a global level.

2. Nine case studies focusing on the causal processes observed in the production and implementation of national plans.

3. At least 9 working papers (two ay a global level and 7 at a national level) for academic publication.

4. A synthesis report that includes main findings and identifies research priorities to support policy making processes.

5. Seven executive reports of national case studies targeting political and social stakeholders / actors in each country.

6. A database of the main features of approximately 100 national plans developed from 2012.

7. Interdisciplinary research proposals to strengthen networking activity.

Slide 4 - NETWORK MEMBERS

• Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester – UK• The School of International Development and Global Studies, The University of

Ottawa – Canada• Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies• Economic Research Centre, Makerere University – Uganda• The University of Ghana• Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of Zimbabwe• INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural Research - France• Université Catholique de Louvain & Aix-Marseille Université• African School of Economics – Benin• Centre Autonome d’Etude et de Renforcement des Capacites pour le

Developpement au Togo CADERDT – Togo• The World Bank• Overseas Development Institute, LondonIn Peru:• Economics Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Slide 5 - JUSTIFICATION

Why is there interest in this subject?1. Emerging Countries:

– Greater availability of resources.– Greater autonomy regarding decisions in contrast to previous

years when there was greater emphasis on financial decisions.– Greater participation of civil society in public policy decisions.– Recent experiences of political and fiscal decentralisation.

2. Socio-economic conditions characterised by:– Economic growth.– Significant improvement in poverty indicators.– Persistent or increasing inequality.– Socio-environmental conflicts.– Corruption and low political representativeness.

Slide 6 - ELEMENTS OF NEW FORMS OF NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Increasing focus on social development goals.• Predominance of sectoral planning.• Attempts to develop territorial planning at sub-national

levels.• Participatory processes and consultation.• Persistent predominance of financial and budgetary

objectives.• Control of objectives and outcomes through budgetary

allocation.• Planning systems that include elements of

environmental sustainability.