This review examines the implementation of the Bolivia FY10-11 Interim Strategy Note (ISN) of FY10. The broad objective of the World Bank Group's (WBG's) ISN was to support the country's efforts to significantly reduce extreme poverty. The ISN was organized around four pillars: (i) productive development and support to production; (ii) sustainable development; (iii) human development; and (iv) governance and support to the public sector.
Under pillar one the strategy focused on agricultural productivity and food security, job creation and service delivery. Under pillar two the focus was on mitigation of the effects of natural disasters, and increasing the capacity to formulate and implement adequate climate change responses. Under pillar three the attention was on equitable access to better quality education and public health services, and enhancing social protection.
Under pillar four the WBG sought to improve public sector management for better services delivery and increased inclusion, with greater transparency and accountability. Although most outcomes of WBG support were to be achieved after the ISN period, the ISN expected that some progress towards those outcomes will be achieved during the ISN implementation.
This expectation was consistent with a program that had a significant degree of inertia, with 13 out of the 15 projects in implementation at the time of ISN discussion, which amounted to 65 percent of the strategy's intended commitments
Document Date: 2011/11/23.Document Type: Country Assistance Strategy Document 65800.Volume No: 1 of 1
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