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ACCOUNTABILITYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
LENDING PORTFOLIO
CREDITS
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
FINANCES
ADVOCACY EFFORTS
CONSOLIDATION
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
INTERVENTIONS
EVALUATION METHODOLOGY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
EMPLOYMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
UNION
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
MISSIONS
DONOR SUPPORT
POVERTY REDUCTION
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
ELIGIBLE BORROWER
INTERVENTION
LIVING STANDARDS
DEVOLUTION
CASS
PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
DATA COLLECTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PROGRAM GOALS
PEER REVIEW
LSMS
BANK MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS PLANS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
INCOME
REGIONAL BANKS
CG
GUARANTEE AGENCY
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVENTORY
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
TASK MANAGERS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
APPLICATION PROCESS
OUTCOME INDICATORS
EVALUATORS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE
FINANCING PLANS
LONG-TERM FUNDING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
AID EFFECTIVENESS
NGO
INTERNATIONAL BANK
LEGISLATION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
CAS DOCUMENTS
LEARNING
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
BENEFICIARIES
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
ADJUSTMENT
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
REDUCING POVERTY
ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES
COUNTRY TEAMS
GENDER
BILATERAL DONORS
CAS
DONOR FUNDING
BANK LENDING
TRANSPARENCY
EX POST EVALUATION
ANNEXES
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21341Abstract
This is the Global Program Review (GPR) of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The objectives of the Facility are: (a) to assist eligible Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) countries in their efforts to achieve emission reductions from deforestation and/or forest degradation by providing them with financial and technical assistance in building their capacity to benefit from possible future systems of positive incentives for REDD; (b) to pilot a performance-based payment system for emission reductions generated from REDD activities, with a view to ensuring equitable benefit sharing and promoting future, large-scale positive incentives for REDD; (c) to test ways to sustain or enhance livelihoods of local communities and to conserve biodiversity; and (d) to disseminate broadly the knowledge gained in the development of the Facility and implementation of readiness preparation proposals and emission reduction programs. This review concludes that that the FCPF has been an innovative program that has added significant value at the global level in defining the modalities of REDD+ and has produced a roadmap for countries to achieve REDD+ readiness. The FCPF has been willing to take risks and pioneer new ways of doing business. It has created a space for inclusive and transparent debate among donors, forested developing countries, civil society, indigenous peoples' groups and forest-dependent communities around REDD+. FCPF management could enhance its effectiveness by revisiting its supervision formulas, taking advantage of internal World Bank reforms relating to micro and small grants, and by developing a programmatic results framework that is more reflective of the technical assistance and financial services that it provides.Date
2012-08-27Identifier
oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/21341http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21341
978-1-60244-223-8
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