Transcript (PHRD) Fund - World Bank

Japan Policy and Human
Resources Development (PHRD) Fund
Feb 23, 2009
Naohisa Konita
Advisor
Office of Executive Director, Japan
What are Trust Funds?
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Accounted for separately from the World
Bank's own resources
Financial arrangements with a donor or a
group of donors
Grant funding of high-priority development
needs
Have helped the Bank leverage its poverty
reduction programs over the past thirty years
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PHRD in the Bank’s trust funds
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Japan Policy and Human
Resources Development (PHRD) Fund
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PHRD is one of the trust funds managed by
the World Bank
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One of the largest trust funds with over $2.4
billion cumulative contributions since 1990
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PHRD Fund Origins
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Established in 1990
As a partnership between the Government of
Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank (Bank)
Supports poverty alleviation and capacity
building activities in many areas
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PHRD Fund Objectives
“The Fund may be used for the purposes of financing
technical assistance and other grant activities in respect
of the formulation and implementation of Banksupported projects and programs and activities to help
develop human resources in developing member
countries of the Bank, to assist developing member
countries of the Bank to formulate and implement
development policy and to strengthen the partnership
between Japan and the Bank.”
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PHRD Fund Overview
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Core programs provide direct support for a
wide range of activities
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Supports other activities where the Bank plays
an important role in the international
community (such as transferring resources to
other programs)
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PHRD supports….
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Human resources development and capacity
building
Technical Assistance (TA) Program
Japanese Staff and Consultant
Japan-World Bank Partnership Program
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As one of human resources development and
capacity building activities
The Joint Japan/World Bank
Graduate Scholarship Program
(JJ/WBGSP)
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PHRD Programs – FY08
Disbursements
J J / W B G SP , $ 9 . 6 ,
11%
P a r t ne r s hi p
Gr a nt s , $ 4 . 9 , 6 %
P H R D T A p r o g r a m,
$ 65. 8, 79%
W B I C a pa c i t y
D e v e l o p me n t , $ 1 . 4 ,
2%
St a f f E T C g r a n t s ,
$ 2. 0, 2%
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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate
Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)
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Established in 1987
To help create an international community of highly
trained professionals working in the field of
economic and social development.
Scholarship Program for graduate studies in subjects
related to economic development
Japan’s contributions totaling 203 million dollars
over the past 22 years
4,006 scholars from over 150 countries have been
awarded scholarships
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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship
Program (JJ/WBGSP)
The scholars required to return to their home
countries on completion of their study Programs
and apply their enhanced knowledge and skills to
contribute to the development process in their
respective regions and communities.
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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate
Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)
About 85 percent of the scholars during
1987-2006 returned to their home country
or to another developing country
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JJ/WBGSP -Other Programs
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Partnership Program (11 Partnership
programs at universities)
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Japan Indonesia Presidential Scholarship
Program (JIPS) (Support the Indonesia
Ministry of National Education’s Presidential
Scholars Program)
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PHRD Programs – WBI Capacity
Development Grant Program
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WBI : knowledge exchange & dissemination.
Japan : one of the largest donors to WBI
The PHRD WBI Capacity Development
Grants Program supporting WBI’s multiyear,
country-specific programs
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PHRD Programs – FY08
Disbursements
J J / W B G SP , $ 9 . 6 ,
11%
P a r t ne r s hi p
Gr a nt s , $ 4 . 9 , 6 %
P H R D T A p r o g r a m,
$ 65. 8, 79%
W B I C a pa c i t y
D e v e l o p me n t , $ 1 . 4 ,
2%
St a f f E T C g r a n t s ,
$ 2. 0, 2%
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PHRD Programs – PHRD TA Program
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The largest program in the PHRD Fund PHRD
TA grant types funded prior to FY09:
 Project Preparation grants
 Project Implementation grants
 Project Cofinancing grants
 Climate Change Initiatives grants
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PHRD TA Program -Examples
Just some examples in a great number of
the approved TA projects
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PHRD TA Program -Examples
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Water and sanitation service delivery
Public sector reforms
Education projects
Health systems development
Traffic management and safety
Natural disaster management
Climate change strategy
and so on….
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PHRD TA Program in FY09
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The new FY09 program will start soon
The program’s design is currently being
reviewed
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Agriculture and Rice Productivity Enhancement?
Climate Change?
Disaster Reduction and Recovery?
Disability and Development?
and so on…. We will announce them soon.
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Other Programs under PHRD
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Support activities that strengthen collaboration
between Japan and the World Bank.
 Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)
 Policy Dialogue Enhancement Support Fund
 Strengthening the Partnership between the
World Bank and the Private Sector in Japan
To facilitate the appointment of Japanese
nationals as staff members or consultants at the
World Bank
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Other Programs Supported through
PHRD
Some other Programs and Initiatives supported by PHRD:
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Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
Education for All Fast Track Initiative – Education Program
Development Fund (EPDF)
Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Feasibility Study Trust
Fund
Environmental and Social Challenges in Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA)-Guaranteed Projects Trust Fund
Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
Cities Alliance
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For more information
PHRD website:
www.worldbank.org/phrd
(Photo Credits)
Dominic Sansoni/The World Bank (all pictures)
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Thank you
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