The Matrix System at Work - Independent Evaluation Group - World ...
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CHAPTER 5<br />
INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE<br />
5.54 Because of its heavy corpor<strong>at</strong>e responsibilities and support functions for<br />
regional oper<strong>at</strong>ions, OPCS itself cannot play an independent quality assurance<br />
role. OPCS performs a crucial corpor<strong>at</strong>e role for the Bank. Its core corpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
functions are (a) formul<strong>at</strong>ing oper<strong>at</strong>ional policies and guidance to Bank staff for<br />
lending and nonlending oper<strong>at</strong>ions, (b) overseeing country services across the Bank,<br />
(c) acting as the secretari<strong>at</strong> to the managing directors and the Oper<strong>at</strong>ions Committee,<br />
and (d) consolid<strong>at</strong>ing results and results reporting to the Board of Directors. In<br />
addition to those four vital roles, OPCS also provides a home for additional<br />
functions, including (e) the financial management and procurement network<br />
anchors, which provide oper<strong>at</strong>ional services to task teams, (f) quality control for<br />
fiduciary and safeguards for all lending oper<strong>at</strong>ions, (g) results reporting, (h) the<br />
Internal Reforms Secretari<strong>at</strong>, and (i) the fragile and conflict affected countries unit.<br />
Because it houses the financial management and procurement Sector Boards, OPCS<br />
st<strong>at</strong>es th<strong>at</strong> it is both inside and outside the m<strong>at</strong>rix. As the anchor of country services,<br />
it prepares the CAS and DPL Retrospectives, and as the home of the Results<br />
Secretari<strong>at</strong>, it is responsible for the production of the Results Report and the<br />
Corpor<strong>at</strong>e Scorecard initi<strong>at</strong>ed in FY11. Its counterpart Oper<strong>at</strong>ional Services units in<br />
the Regions provide fiduciary and safeguards clearances and undertake quality<br />
control for all oper<strong>at</strong>ions; they also act as the secretari<strong>at</strong> to the Regional Oper<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
Committee.<br />
5.55 <strong>The</strong> additional functions beyond the core corpor<strong>at</strong>e functions of OPCS can<br />
give rise to conflict of interest. <strong>The</strong> quality control function for safeguards was<br />
moved to OPCS from the vice presidency th<strong>at</strong> houses the environmental and social<br />
development sectors when it merged with infrastructure sectors to avoid potential<br />
conflicts of interest by ensuring th<strong>at</strong> the units providing clearances do not provide<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>ional support to task teams. However, the same firewall to avoid conflict of<br />
interest has not been established for fiduciary areas—financial management and<br />
procurement—where the OS units provide both oper<strong>at</strong>ional support and clearances.<br />
5.56 Senior management currently lacks a mechanism to receive transparent<br />
feedback on oper<strong>at</strong>ional quality independent of line management. Given the<br />
corpor<strong>at</strong>e role of OPCS, its role in quality control, and its role in providing guidance<br />
to staff and oversight of specialized areas, including CASs, DPLs, and new lending<br />
instruments, OPCS and its regional OS units play a critical role in the Bank’s<br />
delivery of services to country clients. As such, it is unreasonable to expect th<strong>at</strong><br />
OPCS or its regional OS units will be able to undertake quality assurance to assess<br />
the quality and robustness of the Bank’s quality control systems with any degree of<br />
independence.<br />
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