An Evaluation of the World Bank's Trust Fund Portfolio

CHAPTER 5THE IMPACT OF TRUST FUNDS ON THE BANKFigure 5.2 BETFs as a Share of Total Bank Budget Resources Have Grown in Both NetworkNetworksRegions4.03.516%3.010%13%(US$ billions)2.52.01.51.00.50.030%Source: World Bank database.36%43%70% 64% 57%FY02-04 Total FY05-07 Total FY08-10 Total90%5.19 Within the network VPUs, BETFs for the fiscal 2008–10 periodaccount for more than half of total budget resources in the SustainableDevelopment Network, and a smaller though significant share in theother three network VPUs, as shown in figure 5.3. In the SustainableDevelopment Network, a significant share of its BETF expenditures isfor secretariats that are hosted in the network.87%84%FY02-04 Total FY05-07 Total FY08-10 TotalBETFBB ActualsFigure 5.3 All Networks, Especially the Sustainable Development Network, RelyHeavily on BETFs for Bank Expenditures (FY08–10 Totals)0.60.551%0.4(US$ billions)0.3BETFsBB Actuals0.20.149%39%36%25%61% 64% 75%Among theRegions, EastAsia and thePacific’s shareof BETFsrelative tobudget ishighest.0.0SDN FPD HDN PREMSource: World Bank database.Note: SDN=Sustainable Development Network, FPD=Finance and Private Sector Development,HDN=Human Development Network, PREM=Poverty Reduction and Economic Management.5.20 Within the Regions, figure 5.4 shows that the share of BETFsto total budget resources for the fiscal 2008–10 period is highest inEast Asia and the Pacific, at 27 percent, and lowest in Latin Americaand the Caribbean and Europe and Central Asia, at 5 percent each.Different operating environments and overall approaches to the use72