ZimRef MDTF World Bank ZimRef MDTF World Bank The World Bank has established a new multi-donor fund - the Zimbabwe reconstruction fund (Zimref) to strengthen Zimbabwe's system for reconstruction and development. The fund has four "windows" with the following overall objectives:
- support for analytical policy studies on development challenges in Zimbabwe.
- support for investments for economic and social reconstruction.
- support for increased productivity and improved conditions for entrepreneurship.
- support for the strengthening of public financial governance systems, including institutional reforms and capacity development.

In Zimref's above "window" there are currently the following seven projects, where type of activity (TA=Technical Assistance), implementation model (BE=Bank executed, RE=Recipient Executed) and budget are indicated in the table below:
1) Results-based budgeting; BE-TA, budget 2.1 MUSD.
2) Public Procurement Modernization Project; BE-TA & RE-Investment, budget 2.0 MUSD.
3) PFM Enhancement Project; RE-Investment, budget 20.9 MUSD.
4) National Water Development Project; RE-Investment, budget 20.8 MUSD.
5) Poverty Monitoring and ZimAsset M&E Project; BE-TA, budget 2.5 MUSD.
6) Capital Budget TA; BE-TA, budget 3.5 MUSD.
7) Business Environment Enabling Program; DFID funded, budget not decided.
8) Climate Change TA; budget 1.45 MUSD. Undecided.

The World Bank's planning horizon is a fund of approx. 100 MUSD over a five-year period. Currently, the fund has received indicative support of approximately USD 36 million. Unlike the previous World Bank-administered Multi-Donor Fund for Analytical Policy Studies (A-MDTF), Zimref intends to be a fund not only for analysis and technical support, but also for investment. The fund's projects will be both "Bank executed" and "Recipient executed", the latter via the Zimbabwean government. In a special memorandum (decision attached), the embassy requested and on 22 October 2015 received a mandate (decision attached) from Sida's Africa department to enter into an agreement with the World Bank regarding both "Bank executed Projects" and "Recipient executed projects". Världsbanken har upprättat en ny flergivarfond - Zimbabwe reconstruction fund (Zimref) för att genom denna stärka Zimbabwes system för återuppbyggnad och utveckling. Fonden har fyra "fönster" med följande övergripande målsättningar: 
- stöd till analytiska policy-studier om utvecklingsutmaningar i Zimbabwe. 
- stöd till investeringar för ekonomisk och social återbyggnad.
- stöd till ökad produktivitet och förbättrade förutsättningar för företagssamhet.
- stöd till stärkandet av system för offentlig finansiell styrning, inklusive institutionella reformer och kapacitetsutveckling.  

I Zimrefs ovanstående "fönster" finns idag följande sju projekt, där typ av aktivitet (TA=Technical Assistance), implementeringsmodell (BE=Bank executed, RE=Recipient Executed) och budget anges i nedanstående tabell:
1) Results-based budgeting; BE-TA, budget 2,1 MUSD. 
2) Public Procurement Modernization Project; BE-TA & RE-Investment, budget 2,0 MUSD. 
3) PFM Enhancement Project; RE-Investment, budget 20,9 MUSD. 
4) National Water Development Project; RE-Investment, budget 20,8 MUSD.  
5) Poverty Monitoring and ZimAsset M&E Project; BE-TA, budget 2,5 MUSD. 
6) Capital Budget TA; BE-TA, budget 3,5 MUSD.
7) Business Environment Enabling Program; DFID finansierat, budget ej beslutad.   
8) Climate Change TA; budget 1,45 MUSD. Ej beslutad. 

Världsbankens planeringshorisont är en fond med ca 100 MUSD under en femårsperiod. I dagsläget har fonden erhållit indikativt stöd om ca 36 MUSD. Till skillnad från den tidigare Världsbanksadministerarade flergivarfonden för analytiska policystudier (A-MDTF) avser Zimref vara en fond inte bara för analyser och tekniskt stöd, men även för investeringar. Fondens projekt kommer att vara såväl "Bank executed" som "Recipient executed", det senare via Zimbabwes regering. Ambassaden har i särskild promemoria (bifogas beslut) begärt och 22 oktober 2015 erhållit mandat (bifogas beslut) från Sidas Afrika avdelning att ingå avtal med Världsbanken avseende såväl "Bank executed Projects" som "Recipient executed projects". The Project Development Objective of the Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund (ZIMREF) is to contribute to the strengthening of Zimbabwes systems for reconstruction and development with a focus on stabilization and reform, reconstruction, development, and poverty alleviation. ZIMREF supports both Recipient-Executed (RE) and Bank-Executed (BE) activities. 

There are 8 main financing windows under ZIMREF:
 1) Business Environment, Financial Sector and Investment Policy (BEFSIP)The BEFSIP aims to improve the business climate for the private sector and has a focus on improving the business climate for microenterprises, SMEs, and agricultural smallholder farmers by:(i) reducing the time, cost, and bureaucratic burden of doing business in Zimbabwe;(ii) introducing more effective and predictable investment and commercial policies; and(iii) strengthening the regulatory framework and financial infrastructure for expanded access to financial services and markets for small and medium enterprises and smallholder producers.
 2) Capital Budgets TAThe Capital Budgets Programmatic Technical Assistance Program (CaBuPTA) is aimed at developing modern public investment planning, management and resource mobilization systems; improving state-owned enterprise (SOE) governance and supporting development of a pipeline of feasible projects in the transport sector.
3) Public Financial Management Enhancement Project (PFMEP)The Project Development Objective (PDO) of the Public Financial Management Enhancement Project (PFM) is to improve control, transparency and accountability, and oversight in the use of public resource in Zimbabwe.4) Public Procurement Modernisation Reform ProjectThe Public Procurement Modernization Reform Project aims to support the modernization of the public procurement regulatory framework and practices and develop and pilot e-Government procurement. The project is expected to enhance the institutional and legislative reforms of public procurement and improve government capacity for e-procurement adoption to enhance transparency and efficiency in public procurement.
5)Results-based budgeting TA ProgramThe development objective of this TA is that the Government of Zimbabwe should be able to allocate resources efficiently to achieve specified results, with the capacity to monitor the intermediate stages in the implied theory of change in public services for citizens. The TA Program supports the introduction of program budgeting, as well as key reforms to strengthen the management of financing and public expenditures in key social sectors. It comprises three subcomponents:(i) Program-based Budgeting which aims to build capacity for and support the preparation of program budgets for all line ministries;(ii) Technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), and(iii) Technical assistance to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE).The TA to these line ministries is expected to support the formulation of robust expenditure policy decisions within those sectors. 
6)Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation TA Program.The project development objective is to strengthen the collection and use of high quality data on poverty and other social outcomes for the design of better policies and programs in Zimbabwe. PICES data is critical for effective targeting of Government and donor-funded programs aimed at reducing poverty as enunciated in the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) for 2016 to 2018.
7) Zimbabwe National Water Project (ZNWP)The ZNWP aims to improve water supply in small towns, strengthen the Zimbabwe National Water Authority and the regulatory framework in the water sector. To date, the project has made notable progress in achieving its intermediate outcomes which are expected to soon yield the targeted high-level outcome.
8) Climate Change TA Program. The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of the Government of Zimbabwe to integrate climate change in the planning, design and implementation of development activities, with a focus on the management of natural resources.