At the level of project and program design, the auditing
imperative in DFID has found expression in the “Business
Case” model of project preparation and assessment. 13 The
chief objective of a business case is to demonstrate a project’s
value for money; in that sense, it can be seen as an expanded
procurement document in which project advisers justify their
proposed expenditures of aid money. According to the 2012
“How to Note” on business case preparation (DFID, 2012),
project leads are encouraged to consider all risks and opportunities
during the scoping stage, including those related to “political
economy.” All risks appropriate to the intervention are
supposed to be weighed as part of the appraisal process,
including “economic, social, political, institutional, environment,
fragility and conflict, fraud, corruption, and climate
change risks and opportunities” (DFID, 2012, p. 24). However,
the stated requirements of the appraisal case only envision
dedicated sections for those transversal issues that are
considered DFID organizational priorities: climate change
and environment, social impact appraisal, and fragile and
conflict-affected countries. A political-economy appraisal can
be attached to a business case, but more as an annex than a
programing requirement, which means that project leads have
no real incentive to conduct PEA during the scoping stage,
and that the quality assurance process is unlikely to consider
the further analysis of issues that are not already covered by
the business case. 1
At the level of project and program design, the auditingimperative in DFID has found expression in the “BusinessCase” model of project preparation and assessment. 13 Thechief objective of a business case is to demonstrate a project’svalue for money; in that sense, it can be seen as an expandedprocurement document in which project advisers justify theirproposed expenditures of aid money. According to the 2012“How to Note” on business case preparation (DFID, 2012),project leads are encouraged to consider all risks and opportunitiesduring the scoping stage, including those related to “politicaleconomy.” All risks appropriate to the intervention aresupposed to be weighed as part of the appraisal process,including “economic, social, political, institutional, environment,fragility and conflict, fraud, corruption, and climatechange risks and opportunities” (DFID, 2012, p. 24). However,the stated requirements of the appraisal case only envisiondedicated sections for those transversal issues that areconsidered DFID organizational priorities: climate changeand environment, social impact appraisal, and fragile andconflict-affected countries. A political-economy appraisal canbe attached to a business case, but more as an annex than aprograming requirement, which means that project leads haveno real incentive to conduct PEA during the scoping stage,and that the quality assurance process is unlikely to considerthe further analysis of issues that are not already covered bythe business case. 1
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