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current financial envelope, in turn,
represents only 1 percent of total ODA
which has minored donors’ influence in
aid coordination in Angola for years.
However, regular meetings no longer
take place and implementation on the
ground is challenging and with limited
outcomes. All DPs face similar
difficulties engaging with the country.
The use of country systems is also
minimal due to capacity constraints, and
the development partners do not
ascertain the fiduciary environment to
be conducive to PBL operations.
Through the new Institutional Capacity
Building for Poverty Reduction (ICBPR)
Project, to operate within the Ministry of
Planning, the Bank expects to help the
country
better
coordinate
public
investment program and coordinate
ODA.
Table 5 - Top Development Donors in 2008
Top Donors Disbursements in 2008
Donor
European Union
USAID
World Bank
Italy
Norway
Total Disbursements
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
Disbursements
US$ 64.6m
US$ 44.5m
US$ 35.8m
US$ 26.2m
US$ 21.9m
US$ 144.6m
Source: WB Donor Survey 2008 report
Angola
accessing
Bank’s
non
concessional resource and increasing
additional financial resources can
potentially transform the Bank as one of
the largest donors, with an annual
financial envelope bigger than all other
annual ODA combined. Donor activity
has shifted in the last two years16 to an
increased presence in cross-cutting
areas like environment, decentralization,
private
sector
development,
and
regional integration. (see annex 7 for
complete Donor Field of Activities
Matrix).
Box 5: Top Future Donor Sectors
Donor Sector Activity
Institutional Capacity Building
Health
Agricultural & Rural Develop.
Civil Society and Civic Edu.
Decentralization
Water Supply and Sanitation
Source: WB Donor Survey 2008 report
2.5.3
The Bank seeks effective
coordination and complementarities
with major DP, avoiding overlapping
within the top sectors intervened (see
box 5). The WB’s previous strategy
expired in 2009. It currently awaits
governmental guidance to launch the
preparation of a new strategy. However,
the Bank is in close dialogue with the
WB’s Angola team to ensure strong
articulation of both strategies, and
prospective collaboration on common
projects. The Bank has also sought
cooperation with the EU17 and has built
strong synergies with UNDP’s CPAP,
with programmed joint studies and
projects on PSD.
Figure 6 - Top Sectors Financed by Donors
Source: WB Donor Survey 2008 report
2.5.2 In part due to the limited ODA
flows, the GoA has until now
generally neglected aid coordination.
Efforts from the donor community have
created an informal coordination forum.
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Nº Donors
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17 See EU Angola CSP and National Indicative Program for 2008-2013
UNDP (2009), Country Program Action Plan for Angola 2009 – 2013.
See Box 5 & Figure 6 for ODA top focus sectors changes.
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