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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Müller, Lea; Albrecht, Gregor; Toutaoui, Jonas; Benlian, Alexander; Cram, W. Alec |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dar:wpaper:149834 |
| By: | Rubin, Deborah |
| Abstract: | This paper reports on approaches for strengthening women’s empowerment that were implemented by project partners involved in the International Food Policy Research (IFPRI)-led Applying New Evidence for Women’s Empowerment (ANEW) project funded by the Walmart Foundation. The study explores the partner organizations’ websites and publications, project materials, and selected staff interviews to better understand how each envisions women’s empowerment and the pathways for supporting it. The four implementing project partners are Grameen Foundation, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) in India, Root Capital in Mexico, and TechnoServe in Guatemala. Their programs and their organizational approaches vary in whether they primarily focus on women rather than more broadly targeting both women and men and their gender relationships. Some organizations are more “organic†in integrating attention to gender and empowerment into their programs, designing and implementing an approach on a case by case basis. Others are more intentional in establishing organization-wide policies, strategies, and monitoring systems. The organizations also differ in their positions on supporting “economic empowerment†and clear economic benefits such as prioritizing increased income or assets in contrast to those that also seek to actively change social norms and achieve other social dimensions of empowerment that encompass behaviors around decision-making, mobility, and self-confidence. Another variation is in the organizations’ attention to enterprise development and, consequently to entrepreneurship and upgrading, and what aspects of women's empowerment are most critical for achieving those goals. This paper offers implementers and their funders insight into organizational differences in approaches to women’s empowerment. The review demonstrates that both funders and implementers continue to focus on strengthening women’s economic empowerment by increasing women’s incomes and assets, often with good results. However, they often lack clear theories of change or explicit strategies to strengthen other dimensions of women’s empowerment. More nuanced, evidence-based theories of change and targeted actions could strengthen program design to expand and support women’s achievement of empowerment across all its dimensions. |
| Keywords: | agriculture; gender; policies; women; women’s empowerment |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:ifprid:2283 |
| By: | Khaled Eltokhy; Nicoletta Feruglio; Kezhou Miao; Arturo Navarro; Mr. Eivind Tandberg |
| Abstract: | This paper uses principal component analysis (PCA) to identify bottlenecks to effective public investment management in LIDCs. The paper describes the current state of affairs regarding public investment and public investment management in LIDCs, drawing on the results of IMF Public Investment Management Assessments (PIMAs). PCA is used to analyze which public investment institutions are likely to be most important for investment efficiency estimates across the countries covered by PIMAs so far. Drawing on alternative input data, we identify five PIMA institutions that are systematically highly correlated to estimates of public investment efficiency in LIDCs and are likely to be high priorities in many PIM reform processes: Project management, Project appraisal, Procurement, Availability of funding, and Project selection. This does not mean that these five are the only important institutions – this will depend on country circumstances. The practical steps to strengthen PIM in LIDCs are elaborated in a separate How-to-Note. |
| Keywords: | Public Financial Management; Low Income countries; Public Investment Management; Public Investment Management Assessment; Public Investment Efficiency; priority Pima institution; efficiency frontier; management in LIDCs; IMF Public Investment Management Assessments; investment efficiency; Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA); Public investment spending; Post-clearance customs audit; Infrastructure; West Africa; Global |
| Date: | 2024–11–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2024/232 |
| By: | Miguel Vazquez; Otaviano Canuto |
| Abstract: | Low-carbon hydrogen is a potential contributor to the goals defined in the Paris Agreement, i.e. limiting the increase in the global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The transformation of hydrogen production is a part of this effort, as current production methods in the hydrogen industry are carbon-intensive. To achieve net-zero scenarios, hydrogen production and consumption will need to change. Creating a pipeline of projects plays a central role in driving overall costs down. However, notwithstanding the impressive targets and project announcements that have been made, few low-carbon hydrogen projects have reached the final investment decision stage. It is necessary to design a set of policy tools to promote low-carbon hydrogen investment. To that end, we assess the matching process between the potential supply of capital and the demand for capital associated with projects. This paper looks at the problem from the point of view of financial closure of those projects. |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ocp:rpaeco:pb_09-24 |
| By: | Hernandez-Cortes, Danae; Mathes, Sophie |
| Abstract: | This paper studies the employment impacts of renewable energy projects in Brazil. Between 2006 and 2017, Brazil’s solar capacity increased from 0.001 GW to 1.01 GW, and wind capacity increased from 0.233 GW to 12.4 GW. Using detailed employment information from the universe of formal workers in Brazil, we analyze whether the development of renewable energy projects impacts employment in the local municipalities. Solar energy projects appear to have no significant impact on local economic activity. In contrast, we find that when new wind energy projects come online, total employment in a municipality increases by 15.95 percent, and the number of firms in a municipality increases by 14.84 percent. The number of jobs in the electricity sector increases by as much as 74.33 percent, 51.72 percent in the construction sector, and 22.54 in transportation. The employment increases appear to stem from growth of existing firms and growth of new firms. The effects persist and are even larger when we consider only municipalities that have not experienced expansions in their electricity grid. Proxying land lease income with municipal tax revenues, we do not find evidence that the effects are driven by windfall income from land leases. |
| Keywords: | Desarrollo, Energía, Evaluación de impacto, |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dbl:dblwop:2201 |
| By: | Tarik Lakhal (Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales - UM5 - Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal]); Zainab El-Ayachi (Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales - UM5 - Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal]) |
| Abstract: | In an increasingly interconnected world, the emergence of digital businesses is disrupting traditional business models. Leaders are left with no choice but to embrace digital transformation. In this rapidly changing world, organizations must respond and adapt, as failing to do so could result in their activity decreasing or even disappearing, while more agile players capitalize on the market and attract younger generations. Digital transformation is seen as a significant driver of performance. It influences how companies operate and inspires them through paradigm shifts driven by current events and new technologies. It impacts internal relationships and interactions within the organization, as well as its external relationships. Moreover, the information processing and analysis capabilities offered by digital transformation have opened up immense opportunities across various areas, allowing companies to reduce costs, establish new customer dialogues, and enhance organizational efficiency. The opportunities presented by digital transformation, the resources and skills it demands, and the challenges and concerns associated with undertaking such a project have prompted company leaders and researchers to view digital transformation as a focal point of interest. Within this context, this study aims to explore the effects of digital transformation on company performance and the expected objectives of a digital transformation project within a theoretical framework. This research work seeks to synthesize existing knowledge on digital transformation in companies and derive a comprehensive theoretical framework through a literature review. This framework aims to provide a conceptual understanding of the factors that drive digital transformation, the organizational changes required in the digital era, and the anticipated outcomes of digital transformation projects. Furthermore, the proposed framework emphasizes the need for ongoing monitoring of digital transformation initiatives and making necessary adjustments to achieve the ultimate and primary goal of improving company performance to ensure long-term sustainability. |
| Keywords: | synthesis and research model Digital transformation performance technology companies JEL Classification: L25 M10 M20 Paper type: Theoretical Research, synthesis, and research model Digital transformation, performance, technology, companies JEL Classification: L25, M10, M20 Paper type: Theoretical Research |
| Date: | 2024–10–25 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04757762 |
| By: | Hafez Ghanem |
| Abstract: | Humanity is losing the climate battle, and existing international institutions are not delivering on climate change. Hence, there is a need for a new international institution that would be a repository for global knowledge on climate change, and would advise governments on climate policies, develop green projects across the Global South, mobilize financing for those projects, and support project implementation. The proposed Green Bank would be different from existing multilateral development banks: (1) it would include private shareholders as well as governments; (2) voting rights would be organized so that countries of the Global South would have the same voice as countries of the Global North and private shareholders; and (3) it would only finance green projects which could be national, regional, or global. The Green Bank would primarily support private green investments through equity contributions, loans, and guarantees. It could also support public investments by using grants to buy-down the interest on other multilateral development bank loans that finance projects that support adaptation to climate change. The Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27 could be the source of those grants. This proposal builds on the Bridgetown Initiative, with the aim of mobilizing private funding, in addition to the public trust fund that the initiative proposes. The Green Bank would partner with other institutions and complement the work of existing multilateral development banks, and of specialized funds. |
| Date: | 2023–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ocp:pbcoen:pb_06-23 |
| By: | Ranil Dissanayake (Center for Global Development) |
| Abstract: | The movement for localization in foreign aid presents philosophical and practical challenges for providers of foreign aid. In the past, some level of localization (to at least state actors) of both decision-making and spending could be achieved through general and sector budget support, a logistically simple (though politically difficult) approach. Current practices, with more aid disbursed in the form of discrete projects, make localization more difficult to achieve. For development agencies to make progress they must confront conceptual, practical and strategic challenges. This paper suggests practical definitions of different kinds of localization and what they seek to achieve, points out trade-offs between them and sets out how they challenge current conceptions of how and what foreign aid seeks to do, as well as suggest limits to the optimal extent and type of localization. It then considers practical difficulties in implementing these different conceptions of localization given existing donor practices and capacities, and the strategic challenges of realizing the desired outcomes—specifically principal-agent problems within the organization and with contractors. It concludes with key lessons and messages for donors and funding agencies. |
| Date: | 2024–10–28 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cgd:ppaper:346 |