Review of Strategy Implementation Plans (2016-2021)

Following approval of Strategic and Capital Framework SCF 2021-2025 (SCF2), the Board of Directors asked Evaluation Department to review previous Strategy Implementation Plans (SIPs) to provide findings and lessons on early experiences that could usefully inform the ongoing SIP process and content with a view to improving the operationalisation of the SCF.

This study aims to provide the Board with findings and lessons on the design and the content of the SIP; it is intended as a discussion paper rather than a full formal evaluation for several reasons. These include ongoing changes in key elements of the Bank’s strategic architecture, the fact that SCF2, and its first SIP, depart sharply from SCF1 and its SIPs, and the unusual circumstances due to the Covid-19 crisis.