Figure H.1
Cross Support from the Anchors to the Regions, FY02-FY10
% cross support sold
35.0% 30.0% 25.0%
SDN
20.0%
HDN
15.0%
PRM
10.0%
FPD
5.0% 0.0% 2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Fiscal Year Source: World Bank Database.
anchors. Variations across networks and Regions were significant: intra-VPU cross support amounted to 10 percent staff time in the SDN anchor but barely reached 0.6 percent staff time in the PREM anchor; intra-VPU cross support was about 11.5 percent in the Africa Region, yet was as high as 19.3 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Total cross support sold, i.e. inter-VPU plus intra-VPU cross support (for four Regions and network anchors) amounted to 19.4 percent of staff time: 18.9 percent for Regions and 21.1 percent for network anchors as shown in Table H.6. Variations across Regions and networks were again considerable: total staff time dedicated to cross support was about 22 percent for South Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, but barely reached 15 percent for Africa;3 SDN sold 23 percent of staff time to other units of the Bank, while PREM sold 10 percent of staff time.
Intra-Regional Cross Support A closer look at the composition of intra-regional cross support only stresses cross-regional differences. Table H.7 shows the distribution of intra-regional cross support over the period FY02-10. Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and South Asia combined sold on average of about 17 percent intra-regional cross support over the period FY02-10: intra-regional cross support was 21.5 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, about 19 percent in South Asia, 15 percent in the Africa Region and 17 percent in East Asia and the Pacific over the period FY02-10. Most intra-regional cross support sold (i.e. 8 percent of regional staff time) was cross support from sector units to other sector units in the Region. Inter-
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