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Developing knowledge products and sharing good practices are essential to ensure the effectiveness of implementation, to evaluate results, to encourage the drive toward reform, and to identify future weaknesses and challenges. The Partnership for Democratic Governance Series was established through OECD Publishing in 2009 in order to increase the visibility of the work of the Partnership and to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Since then, four volumes have been published by the Advisory Unit covering such topics as contracting out essential services, diaspora return and capacity development in post-conflict and fragile states.
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PDG Handbooks
Building on its acknowledged strength in creating knowledge products, the PDG develops practical handbooks to strengthen government capacity based on experiences with the implementation of contextual analysis and policy guidance in various fragile states. These handbooks provide guidance for use by policy makers, practitioners and various stakeholders, and include relevant analysis on the types of contexts, sectors or variables that must be in place for effective use of different tools and modalities for service delivery.
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OECD-PDG Handbook on Contracting Out Government Functions and Services in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations
The contracting out of government functions and services to external providers is an established practice in many developed and developing countries. On the one hand, it can offer essential support to states that have to deliver basic services urgently; on the other, it risks bypassing governments and undermining their long-term recovery.
This handbook does not take a view for or against contracting out; nor is it a technical manual. The handbook is for field practitioners and government policy makers in countries that are either emerging from conflict or are otherwise considered to be fragile. Its aim is to help them make more informed choices about the types of contracting that are best suited to their country. It is a tool to assess whether contracting out might be a possible way forward — either temporarily or over a longer period of time — for delivering a core service (such as basic education, healthcare, water and sanitation) or a government function (such as managing public finances and human resources).
Case Studies: Afghanistan, Angola, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Southern Sudan
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Partnership for Democratic Governance Series
The PDG Series was established through OECD Publishing in 2009 in order to increase the visibility of the work of the Partnership. Print copies are available for purchase through OECD Publishing. Free electronic copies of these publications may also be downloaded from the OECD Bookshop (www.oecd-ilibrary.org).
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Bridging State Capacity Gaps in Situations of Fragility
Building on a PDG Expert Group meeting held in late 2008, this first volume of the PDG Series investigates whether using technical assistance in core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study identifies specific bottlenecks and successes and aims to find new ways of thinking about the use of interim personnel for service delivery in core government functions.
Case Studies: Afghanistan, Haiti, South Sudan, Timor-Leste
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Contracting Out Government Functions and Services: Emerging Lessons from Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations
As a follow-up to the joint PDG-AfDB conference held in Tunis in June 2009, the second volume of the PDG Series was published in October 2009. This addition to the PDG Series investigates whether "contracting out" core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study discusses the evidence and emerging lessons of contracting out in post-conflict and fragile situations. The volume also includes the proceedings of the PDG-AfDB conference, as well as a special contribution from Prof. Paul Collier. The Advisory Unit released the publication to the development community and the general public during European Development Days in Stockholm.
Case Studies: Afghanistan, South Sudan, Health Sector, Justice and Security Sector
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The Contribution of Diaspora Return to Post-Conflict and Fragile Countries: Key Findings and Recommendations
This study identifies lessons learned, bottlenecks and tentative recommendations on how diasporas can complement technical assistance and contribute to capacity development when performing core government functions. A particular emphasis was placed on how the diasporas have performed these functions in post-conflict and fragile countries and whether they contributed more efficiently than international or local personnel to build sustainable capacity. The study is based on evidence and lessons from three case studies.
Case Studies: Afghanistan, Haiti, Southern Sudan
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The Recruitment and Deployment of Civilian Capacity in Early Recovery
This volume maps the bottlenecks and lessons learned in different recruitment approaches for the provision of technical assistance to developing countries across a range of sectors and donors. In order to gather these lessons, the study investigates both the recruitment and the deployment of interim personnel at the operational level in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Timor-Leste, examining these issues through the lens of five different mechanisms for the recruitment and management of civilian experts or specialists. The study also aims to identify the potential scope for innovative supply and management of this kind of technical assistance.
Case Studies: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Timor-Leste
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PDG Policy Notes
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Lessons on Contracting Out Government Functions and Services
Drawing from the joint PDG-AfDB conference on contracting out government functions and services held in Tunisia in 2009, this policy note outlines the key points raised by participants and which should be taken into account when considering a contracting out arrangement in post-conflict or fragile contexts. Among the questions raised in this note: Why do governments in post-conflict and fragile situations contract out? What can and cannot be contracted out? What are the risks? How to support the government's role? What principles and tools can be used?
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Supporting Haiti's Reconstruction and Development: A New Paradigm for Delivering Social Services
Following the 12 January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the PDG developed a number of proposals for a new approach to service delivery in the natural-disaster-struck island. These proposals are aimed at enhancing co-ordination among non-state service providers and with the Government of Haiti. This note has led to a multi-stakeholder (Government of Haiti, donors, non-state providers) dialogue on these issues.
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Strengthening Government Capacity through Diaspora Return in Post-Conflict and Fragile Countries
This joint policy note, undertaken by the PDG and the International Organisation on Migration (IOM), is a result of collaboration between the two organisations on diaspora return in fragile states. It combines the key findings of an OECD study on The Contributions of Diaspora Return to Post-Conflict and Fragile Countries and lessons learned from IOM's programmes and expertise in diaspora return to fragile states. The note will be broadly disseminated to IOM missions in over 100 countries.
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PDG Working Papers
- Centres of Government in Post-Conflict and Fragile States: Literature Review and Case Study on the Republic of Liberia (2011) [PDF 681kb]
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