The Matrix System at Work - Independent Evaluation Group - World ...
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APPENDIX H<br />
WORKING ACROSS ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES: THE USE OF CROSS SUPPORT<br />
36. Cross support is either prepaid or pay-as-you-go depending on the selling unitpurchasing<br />
unit pair and on the amount of cross support purchased.<br />
37. Inter-VPU prepaid cross support is negoti<strong>at</strong>ed and paid for <strong>at</strong> the start of each<br />
fiscal year. <strong>The</strong> Corpor<strong>at</strong>e Planning and Analysis Department (CFRPA) calcul<strong>at</strong>es<br />
the actual amount of cross support utilized during the preceding calendar year. This<br />
amount constitutes the 'benchmark' prepayment for the following fiscal year.<br />
38. Inter-VPU pay-as-you-go cross support payments, which cover devi<strong>at</strong>ions from<br />
the benchmark, are made by budget transfers. <strong>The</strong>re are two settlements every year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first is in December and is based on end-November d<strong>at</strong>a. <strong>The</strong> second is in June<br />
and is based on the December to June d<strong>at</strong>a.<br />
39. Each VPU is free to set internal rules and procedures for intra-VPU cross support<br />
planning and budget settlements.<br />
Summary of Management’s Findings on Cross Support<br />
MANAGEMENT’S APPROACH AND FINDINGS<br />
40. Recent analyses of FY08, FY09, and FY10 cross support d<strong>at</strong>a by management, and<br />
the Reform Secretari<strong>at</strong> (OPCRS) in particular, focused on inter-VPU cross support. 2<br />
Key findings were:<br />
FY10 Bank-wide inter-VPU cross support sold accounted for 3.2 percent of total<br />
staff time: 2.1 percent of staff time for regional VPUs, and 8.3 percent for<br />
network anchors.<br />
Cross support has mainly been provided by oper<strong>at</strong>ional staff graded GG and<br />
GH.<br />
Inter-VPU cross support has been consistently low and steady over the period<br />
FY08-FY10.<br />
FY10 intra-VPU cross support was about 7 to 10 percent within Regions.<br />
41. Management figures suggest th<strong>at</strong> FY10 intra-VPU cross support within Regions<br />
was three to five times higher than inter-VPU cross support sold by Regions. Also,<br />
safeguard, fiduciary services and multi-sectoral initi<strong>at</strong>ives are likely to gener<strong>at</strong>e<br />
significant amounts of intra-regional (i.e. intra-VPU) cross support. Given the<br />
importance of such activities in a post-QAG Bank environment, looking into the<br />
amount and n<strong>at</strong>ure of intra-VPU cross support is clearly warranted.<br />
2 See “Transforming the Bank’s Knowledge Agenda – A Framework for Action”, (<strong>World</strong> Bank 2010a)<br />
discussed with the Executive Directors <strong>at</strong> the informal meeting held on March 9, 2010, and “Current<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e of Cross Support,” a present<strong>at</strong>ion to staff as part of the Reform Secretari<strong>at</strong> December 2010 cross<br />
support retre<strong>at</strong>.<br />
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