Asia

From the highly developed economy of Malaysia to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, Scanteam partners have looked into ways that public and private actors can contribute more efficiently and effectively to the country's, region's and village's development. And in the process we have learned and appreciated new ways of identifying approaches and opportunities that may be of help to other groups we are working with in other countries across the region.

Afghanistan – Bangladesh – Cambodia - China (PRC) – India – Indonesia – Iran – Japan  – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Lebanon – Malaysia – Nepal – Palestinian Territories – The Philippines – Sri Lanka – Tajikistan – Thailand – Tibet – Turkmenistan – United Arab Emirates – Vietnam – Yemen.

Multi-Donor Assistance to Afghanistan

Scanteam has twice assessed the performance of the multi-donor Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, ARTF. Overall the assessments have been positive, with the ARTF considered “best practice” among reconstruction trust funds.

The latest report from August 2008 recommended more focus on the comparative advantages of such funds, giving priority to performance-based program funding for (i) capacity development for public finance management; ii) community-based development; (iii) support to CD management more generally; and (iv) natural resource revenue management. More coherent results tracking from output to impact requires more quality assurance resources and stronger engagement by both government and donors.