ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the challenges that emerge from comprehensive analysis at the sectoral and country levels and their implications for implementation of the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) and the new Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. It draws on the findings of the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank to underline that much learning and experimentation will be needed to practice the CDF principles. The chapter examines promising approaches for addressing new challenges, since resolving such dilemmas is key to effective management of aid in development. It explores the implications of the CDF principles for aid agencies, which will need to transform their institutional processes and instruments, taking a learning-oriented approach to development activities. Multisectoral programs have been difficult to sustain without good coordination with ongoing programs of sectoral ministries. The CDF challenges the ability to better deal with difficult governance issues that often involve stakeholders other than government.
