Introducing Performance Indicators for South-South Knowledge Exchanges

To measure the development outcomes of SSF-funded knowledge exchanges, a results chain and nine performance indicators were developed by the SSF Secretariat. The results of SSF exchanges will be measured yearly against these indicators. Data gathered through the SSF client satisfaction surveys feed into the indicators, along with figures on World Bank projects and other data sources.

In 2018, the SSF Secretariat conducted a satisfaction survey with 77 representatives of client institutions who had participated as knowledge recipients in the exchanges that were completed in 2018. Feedback was received from respondents in 12 countries (Albania, Argentina, Cameroon, Croatia, Georgia, Guinea, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Vietnam), representing a survey response rate of 53%.

South-South Facility Results Chain and Indicators

Click on the color blocks in the Results Chain below to see the score of each indicator under the nine knowledge exchanges that were completed in 2018.

  1. 1. Knowledge exchange events organized (#)
  2. 2. Countries participating in exchanges as knowledge providers (#)
  3. 3. Countries participating in exchanges as knowledge recipients (#)
  4. 4. Development practitioners participating in knowledge exchange activities (#)
  5. 5. Change agents1 participating in exchanges as knowledge recipients (#)
  1. 6. Development practitioners agreeing with the statement: “Through the exchange, I gained knowledge that is relevant to the design/ implementation of development projects/development policy I am working on” (%)
  1. 7. Development practitioners agreeing with the statement: “I have applied - or expect to apply- the knowledge I gained through the exchange in designing/ implementing my development project/policy” (%)
  1. 8. Development projects/policies for which the design/implementation has been informed by the knowledge exchange (#)
  2. 9. Development investments of WB and partners supported by SSF knowledge exchanges (US$)

1Change agents are participants with the appropriate level of seniority or influence to impel the implementation of best practice / innovative approach or the adoption of a new policy inspired by the knowledge exchange