Brazil: Human Development Technical Assistance Loan (TAL)

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The Human Development Technical Assistance Project for Brazil will assist the government in developing institutional capacity to monitor the progress and impact of its social policies, a critical step towards institutionalizing performance-based management. The project consists of the following components: Component 1) for the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, a legally autonomous agency of the Federative Republic of Brazil, technical assistance will focus on enhancing national household surveys. Component 2) will focus on designing and developing a ministrywide information system to track and monitor key programs that can assist sub-national governments in their efforts to launch quality educational assessment instruments. Component 3) For the Ministry of Health, technical assistance will be directed at: (i) creating a sustainable and institutionalized monitoring and evaluation platform at the federal level; (ii)s trengthening monitoring and evaluation capacity at the state and municipal levels; and (ii) supporting evaluative research of system reforms, service delivery and public health programs.