Case Studies Program - International
Gusella, Mary. Strengthening Tanzania's Public Leadership Code of Ethics Act. IPAC’s Case Study Series. Toronto: IPAC, 2010, 7 pp.
This case study examines the CIDA-funded DDD project, Support to Tanzania’s Ethics Secretariat for the Updating of the Public Leadership Code of Ethics Act. Despite an extremely ambitious time line, a clause-by-clause analysis of the current legislation and specific proposals for amendments were produced and presented to the President of Tanzania. Lessons learned include research on legislative machinery in selected jurisdictions, early stakeholder consultation on the proposals under development, and, to accommodate tight time frames, the division of activities into modules undertaken simultaneously and integrated just prior to stakeholder consultation.
Evans, G., Fortier-Balogh, M., and Ivancic-Skinner, D. Gender Budgeting: Influencing Policy Choices in Niger and Ukraine. IPAC’s Case Study Series. Toronto: IPAC, 2009, 8 pp.
This case study addresses two country attempts to increase the gender-responsiveness of government policy and budgetary choices. In Ukraine, analysts in the Office of the President now assess the state budget using the DDD project-produced Budget Analysis Manual, which includes a chapter on gender impact assessment. In Niger, three pilot ministries have adapted Quebec’s model on collecting gender-differentiated data to better understand the differential impacts of ministry policies and programs on men and women. This case study reveals that evidence-based policy decisions cannot be made in a data vacuum and recommends practical tools to address these gaps.
Evans, Gordon. Strengthening Checks and Balances: Budget Analysis in Ukraine’s Office of the President. IPAC’s Case Study Series. Toronto: IPAC, 2009, 6 pp.
This case study examines the CIDA-funded project, National State Budget Analysis by Secretariat of the President, which produced the Budget Analysis Manual, including a gender-budgeting chapter, for Ukraine’s Office of the President. The project was led by the Conference Board of Canada and its local partner, the Ukrainian International Centre for Policy Studies, who produced the manual and tested it over a three-month period. This case study reveals how client ownership of the manual was cemented when President Office analysts and consultants applied the model “live” to the 2009 budget.
Evans, Gordon. DFID Support to Public Administration Reform in Ghana. IPAC's Case Study Series. Toronto: IPAC, 2008, 40 pp.
This case study reviews the scope and effectiveness of the Department for International
Development’s (DFID) support to public administration reform in Ghana over the last decade. It uses the Ghanaian example to explore how public administration reform reinforces good
governance/democratization. It also reviews DFID’s approach to evaluating its public administration reform programme in Ghana and the implications for broader assessments of good governance/democratization.
Rouillard, L., Martineau, P., Lapointe J. Using a Participatory Approach to Develop Phase II of the Government Action Plan for the Improvement and Modernization of Public Finance Management (PAGAM/GFP II) [summary] / Une démarche participative d’élaboration de la seconde phase du Plan d’Action Gouvernemental pour l’Amélioration et la Modernisation de la Gestion des Finances Publiques du Mali (PAGAM/GFP II) [text] IPAC's Case Study Series. Toronto: IPAC, 2011, 9 pp.
Using an organizational development participatory approach to support the development of Phase II of the Government Action Plan for the Improvement and Modernization of Public Finance Management, this initiative involved and integrated the work of nearly a hundred representatives in Mali. While the new approach required more than twice the time originally estimated and costs initially budgeted to carry out the initiative, it aimed at sustainably building the capacity of the various participants and a better appropriation of the Plan by those responsible for its implementation and other stakeholders.
Shimotakahara, Leslie. Dreaming Big, Implementing Not-So-Big: Development Coordination in Jordan’s Ministry of Labour. Toronto: IPAC, 2009, 5 pp.
Canada has played a leading role in assisting with Jordan’s long-term educational and labour market reform strategy, taking a Sector-Wide Approach (a SWAp). This case study examines what happened when the envisioned SWAp outstretched what could be realistically implemented within the funds available. Through the advice and technical assistance of DDD’s human resource management and organizational design expert Brenda Cooke, the project was salvaged and the project climate was turned around – yielding some valuable lessons about dealing with change.
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