PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica

The PIOJ brokers international development partners’ involvement in
many of the relevant areas, and has the opportunity to influence official
development assistance in meaningful ways that support the poverty
agenda.
The monitoring and evaluation of the Vision 2030 Jamaica – National
Development Plan are spearheaded by the PIOJ. To its merit, the PIOJ
has maintained sound working relationships with sector Ministries,
departments and agencies, with strong inter-agency collaboration across
the range of its outputs.
Additionally, the PIOJ’s planning horizon is far more flexible, and can
therefore bring a greater degree of consistency to the critical coordinating
role across time.
d. The Unit should be given a clear mandate that is known and respected by all
MDAs, and should become the central hub of information on aspects of poverty
intervention, with which all partners would interact for broad assessment and
evaluation.
e. The Unit would provide annual and ad hoc reports on the status of the poverty
programme, including analysis of longitudinal and current data on prevalence of
poverty and the effectiveness of the programme in influencing observed
outcomes.
f. International Development Partners could be approached to support the start-up of
the Unit for an initial period (e.g. two years). During this period, the Unit would
oversee the development of a revised poverty reduction policy and programme,
support a pertinent consultative process, establish priorities and action plans in
keeping with timelines for the Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework,
and begin a phased implementation of strategy and plan for poverty reduction.
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