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PDP has recently been contracted by the World Bank to support the Mongolian Civil Service Council in the development of proposals for a new civil service grade structure, to conduct a sample survey of pay in the civil service, and to identify benchmark jobs; and to undertake a pay comparator study with selected private sector organizations.

PDP team is currently working in Rwanda in a DFID financed project to undertake a review of the microfinance strategy to assess mid-term results achieved and identify lessons learned (both positive and negative).

Following on from PDP’s work in 2007, PDP has been retained by the World Bank to conduct the Integrated Fiduciary Assessment and External Advisory Panel review of the Public Financial Management Reform Program (PFMRP) in Cambodia. PDP is undertaking a Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) based fiduciary assessment of the public financial management task environment, assessing the effectiveness of technical assistance being provided to the PFMRP, and providing recommendations for enhancing program implementation.

PDP has recently been contracted to undertake ADB’s most recent project in Indonesia, Local Government Finance and Governance Reform. PDP’s eight-person team will provide support to the Government of Indonesia over a period of one and half years, in (i) building institutional capacity in development and implementation of a medium-term reform agenda in RG financing and governance; and (ii) facilitating the achievement of targets and commitments in Subprogram 2 of the LGFGR 2 policy matrix.

PDP is has recently started work on ADB’s Responding to the Financial Crisis in the Marshall Islands. The PDP team is providing support to the ADB and Government of the Marshall Islands in identifying options available to reduce the wage and salary burden and to analyze the implications of those identified options. Specifically, the PDP team has been tasked with: (i) identifying the immediate options available to reduce the wage and salary burden (for example, eliminating non-essential over-time, enforcing mandatory retirement age, etc.); (ii) analyzing the implications of those identified options; (iii) providing information on how the Marshall Islands Government would undertake and implement a workforce review to optimize the size of the Government to deliver public services; and (iv) analyzing the implications of a workforce review.

PDP has recently commenced work on ADB’s Strengthening Governance and Accountability in Pacific Island Countries. This project aims to promote good governance through improved transparency, accountability, and efficiency in managing and using public resources in the Pacific. PDP is providing support in preparing and maintaining a rolling subregional audit program, liaising with the auditor-generals of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu to implement the program, and preparing a detailed resource schedule outlining audit timing and sequencing.

PDP has commenced work on the Scoping and Preliminary Needs Assessment for the Implementation of the Roadmap for the Integration of Logistics Services in the AEC Blueprint for ASEC. The project consists of two inter-related components: (i) an in-depth overview of the logistics services industry in the ASEAN region; and (ii) a needs assessment, gap analysis and strategy to implement the roadmap.

PDP has been contracted to undertake ADB’s most recent project in Tuvalu, Capacity Development for Public Financial Management. PDP’s five-person team will provide support to the Government of Tuvalu over a period of 2 and half years, supporting a public financial management reform process in three key areas: (i) developing and implementing a capacity development program to support the public financial management reform process, (ii) reviewing tariff arrangements for public enterprises, in light of the new taxation reforms and pressures for improved efficiency; and (iii) supporting the program grant with an emphasis on building the capacity of government to implement reforms, including divestiture, to improve SOE performance.