Subfonds - Records of ESP, PSP, and PGP

World Bank Non-Governmental Organization [NGO] Committee - General Correspondence Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO] - Issues - Steering Group Meeting;

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WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_91-04

Title

Records of ESP, PSP, and PGP

Date(s)

  • January 1991 - May 1997 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

27.72 linear feet of textual records; 1 VHS tape

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Between the years 1993 and 1997, the Education and Social Policy Department (ESP), Poverty and Social Policy Department (PSP), and Poverty, Gender, and Public Sector Management Department (PGP) were responsible for the functions of a number of different social- and poverty-focused sectors, including gender and development, poverty analysis and policy, and, temporarily, education. While the departments were organized into 'teams' or 'groups', activities often overlapped.

ESP was created as part of the Bank-wide 1993 reorganization. The Population and Human Resources Department (PHR) was terminated and its functions were split between two newly created departments: the Population, Health and Nutrition Department (PHN) and ESP. Both of these departments were placed in the Human Resources Development and Operations Policy Vice Presidency (HRO). ESP absorbed the functions of the following PHR divisions: Education and Employment Division (PHREE); the Women in Development Division (PHRWD); and the Poverty Analysisand Policy Division (PHRPA). ESP performed operational and analytical work in four main thematic areas:

  • poverty analysis and social policy;

  • labor markets and safety nets;

  • women in development; and

  • education and training.

The ESP Department was responsible for:

  • formulating and disseminating policies and guidelines for its sectors;

  • monitoring the effectiveness of policies and approaches;

  • identifying and disseminating best practices and lessons of experience;

  • liaising with external organizations and professionals in the field;

  • assessing skills requirements and upgrading skills; and

  • providing operational support to the Regions.

On July 1, 1995, HRO became the Human Capital Development and Operations Policy Vice Presidency (HCO), and ESP was terminated. The education team of ESP was moved into the newly established Human Development Department (HDD) of HCO. The remaining teams were moved into the new Poverty and Social Policy Department (PSP). PSP contained four groups:

  • Gender Analysis and Policy;

  • Poverty and Social Assistance;

  • Labor Markets, Social Protection, and Public Sector Management;

  • Participation and Non-Governmental Organizations.

On December 31, 1995, HCO was terminated, and replaced by the Human Capital Development Vice-Presidency (HCD). PSP remained in HCD.

As part of a Bank-wide reorganization in 1997, PSP sectors and functions were mapped into a new network-based structure. This process began in September of 1996 with a series of temporary relocations of PSP sectors. Labor Market and Social Protection activities were transferred to the Human Development Department (HDD) and then subsequently mapped into the new Human Development Network (HDN). The Participation and Non-Governmental Organizations team was transferred to the Environmental Social Policy and Resettlement Division (ENVSP) of the Environmentally Sustainable Development Vice Presidency (ESDVP). ENVSP was subsequently mapped into the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network (ESSD). In December 1996, the Human Capital Development Vice-Presidency (HCD) was terminated. The remaining PSP Groups of HCD were temporarily transferred to the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) under the oversight of International Economic Department Director (IECDR) Masood Ahmed. While being overseen by DEC, the Gender Analysis and Policy Group, the Poverty and Social Assistance Group, and activities related to Public Sector Management temporarily became the Poverty, Gender, and Public Sector Management Department (PGP). The transition was finally completed in July 1997 when the sectors within PGP were individually mapped into the new Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM).

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

A portion of the records were initially transferred from HROVP to the Bank's Institutional Information Services Center (IISC) prior to their transfer to the Bank's Archives. A transfer of PSP records was transferred from PSP to the Archives at the inception of the PREM Network with no approved records retention disposition schedules. Additional records were transferred to the Archives from the PREM Network in September 1997 using approved records retention and disposition schedules.

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Scope and content

This sub-fonds consists of records from the Education and Social Policy Department (ESP) and its successors the Poverty and Social Policy Department (PSP) and the Poverty, Gender, and Public Sector Management Department (PGP). Records include chronological files created by ESP, PSP, and PGP. Records related to the Annual Progress Report on Poverty (APPR) and the ESP/PSP Discussion Paper Series are also included. The sub-fonds additionally includes subject and activity files maintained for PSP/PGP Director Ishrat Husain. The sub-fonds also includes PSP briefing letters prepared for World Bank senior officials and records related to conferences, seminars, symposiums, workshops, and meetings organized and attended by PSP staff.

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Accruals are not expected.

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Conditions governing access

Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.

Conditions governing reproduction

Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.

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  • English

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  • See Records of the Office of the Chief Economist -- Records of the Office of the Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist and later Senior Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist (DECVP) -- Subject Files of Masood Ahmed, Director, International Economics Department (IEC) Concerning the Development of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM), (WB IBRD/IDA DEC-03-85) for records related to the mapping of PSP and PGP units into PREM.

*See the Records of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (WB IBRD/IDA PREM) for PREM Vice President sector department oversight and support records related to the PGP units mapped into PREM.

*See the Records of the Education Sector (WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_88) for additional records related to the Education Sector.

*See the Gender and Development Sector (WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_97) for additional records related to the Gender and Development Sector.

*See the Records of the Poverty Analysis and Policy Sector (WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_98).

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Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2 July 2014

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