(The majority of the East African population live under $1 a day Photo By Kenan Kalagho)
Dar es Salaam — East African Community (EAC) partner states have shown significant improvements in reducing poverty according to the recent Country and Policy Institutional Assessment (CPIA) review.
The World Bank review on policies and institutions in Africa showed an improved policy environment for growth and poverty reduction in the East African region and 13 other Sub Saharan Africa countries (SSA).
The report showed that Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda with an overall average score of 3.8 on the CPIA report where 4.2 was scored the highest for Kenya and Uganda on Economic Management, while Rwanda scored 4.0 on policies for social inclusion and equity.
Tanzania fourth in the CPIA review with an overall average CPIA score of 3.7 where it showed the highest improvements on Economic Management with a 4.2 score and Burundi scoring the lowest points of 3.1 in the CPIA report with the highest being 3.4 on policies for social change and inclusion and equity.
The report said the EAC countries have performed poorly and attained the lowest score on Public Sector Management and Institution where Tanzania and Kenya both scored 3.3, with Uganda scoring 3.2 while 3.6 and 2.2 was scored for Rwanda and Burundi respectively.
The report that was mainly focused on the four cluster components on Economic Management, Structural policies, Policies for Social Inclusion and Equity and Public Sector Management and Institutions where countries performance is rated on a scale ranging between one and six being the highest.
The latest World Bank review of policies and institutions in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) titled, "Country Policy and Institutional Assessment" (CPIA) unveiled recently to East African Business Week also showed that for first time in 2011, there has been a 1% decrease on poverty to most of the African countries with Rwanda recording a 12% decrease in five consecutive years.
Speaking via a video conference from France, the Chief Economist with the World Bank for Africa, Mr. Shantayanan Devarajan, said it was important to see the economic trend of African poorest countries and compare their economic trend with the developed one.
Devarajan said while most African countries have performed well in the CPIA report that assess the country's policy and institutions framework for fostering poverty reduction, sustainable growth , it was important for the respective countries to use the CPIA report effectively to be on track on policies with poor performance.
The World Bank has for the past three years focused on conducting the CPIA forums in Tanzania, Rwanda and other countries with an aim of assessing the performance of government policies in most poor countries in Africa, he said.
He noted that the CPIA forums that bring together civil societies, academicians, public sectors, researchers as well as different stake holders is important for African countries as that helps to act as a tool to such African countries to be accountable in their reforms and help monitor their country's progress and benchmark it, against progress in their countries.
The economist said the report showed that most African countries have experienced the weakest score in government structural policies among the 16 key development indicators which have been clustered into four areas where countries are rated their performance on scale ranging between 1 to 6 being the highest.
The 13 of the continents poorest countries in Africa that showed an improved policy environment for growth and poverty reduction includes Comoros, Congo Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia.
The list also includes Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Togo Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Every year the World Bank's country teams and sector experts assess the quality of International Development Association (IDA) countries' policy and institutional framework where the CPIA has been measuring and tracking the strength of policies institutions in IDA-eligible countries since 1980 and releasing that information since 2006 and the information used to inform IDA's allocation of resources to poor countries and in research but also help monitor governments progress and benchmark it against progress in other countries.
Dar es Salaam — East African Community (EAC) partner states have shown significant improvements in reducing poverty according to the recent Country and Policy Institutional Assessment (CPIA) review.
The World Bank review on policies and institutions in Africa showed an improved policy environment for growth and poverty reduction in the East African region and 13 other Sub Saharan Africa countries (SSA).
The report showed that Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda with an overall average score of 3.8 on the CPIA report where 4.2 was scored the highest for Kenya and Uganda on Economic Management, while Rwanda scored 4.0 on policies for social inclusion and equity.
Tanzania fourth in the CPIA review with an overall average CPIA score of 3.7 where it showed the highest improvements on Economic Management with a 4.2 score and Burundi scoring the lowest points of 3.1 in the CPIA report with the highest being 3.4 on policies for social change and inclusion and equity.
The report said the EAC countries have performed poorly and attained the lowest score on Public Sector Management and Institution where Tanzania and Kenya both scored 3.3, with Uganda scoring 3.2 while 3.6 and 2.2 was scored for Rwanda and Burundi respectively.
The report that was mainly focused on the four cluster components on Economic Management, Structural policies, Policies for Social Inclusion and Equity and Public Sector Management and Institutions where countries performance is rated on a scale ranging between one and six being the highest.
The latest World Bank review of policies and institutions in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) titled, "Country Policy and Institutional Assessment" (CPIA) unveiled recently to East African Business Week also showed that for first time in 2011, there has been a 1% decrease on poverty to most of the African countries with Rwanda recording a 12% decrease in five consecutive years.
Speaking via a video conference from France, the Chief Economist with the World Bank for Africa, Mr. Shantayanan Devarajan, said it was important to see the economic trend of African poorest countries and compare their economic trend with the developed one.
Devarajan said while most African countries have performed well in the CPIA report that assess the country's policy and institutions framework for fostering poverty reduction, sustainable growth , it was important for the respective countries to use the CPIA report effectively to be on track on policies with poor performance.
The World Bank has for the past three years focused on conducting the CPIA forums in Tanzania, Rwanda and other countries with an aim of assessing the performance of government policies in most poor countries in Africa, he said.
He noted that the CPIA forums that bring together civil societies, academicians, public sectors, researchers as well as different stake holders is important for African countries as that helps to act as a tool to such African countries to be accountable in their reforms and help monitor their country's progress and benchmark it, against progress in their countries.
The economist said the report showed that most African countries have experienced the weakest score in government structural policies among the 16 key development indicators which have been clustered into four areas where countries are rated their performance on scale ranging between 1 to 6 being the highest.
The 13 of the continents poorest countries in Africa that showed an improved policy environment for growth and poverty reduction includes Comoros, Congo Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia.
The list also includes Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Togo Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Every year the World Bank's country teams and sector experts assess the quality of International Development Association (IDA) countries' policy and institutional framework where the CPIA has been measuring and tracking the strength of policies institutions in IDA-eligible countries since 1980 and releasing that information since 2006 and the information used to inform IDA's allocation of resources to poor countries and in research but also help monitor governments progress and benchmark it against progress in other countries.
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