2014 2015 – 2015 2016 – Annex 6: Risk Matrix A number of strategy level risks have been identified and these will be prudently managed while delivering rural development assistance. Some of the major risk events, implications, and mitigation Australia’s measures are identified below. Key risk events Impact on strategy outcomes Mitigation measures National imperatives With the emphasis on growth through AusAID will engage GOL in a sustained on economic growth large-scale resources and foreign dialogue, emphasising that a critical key and foreign direct investments, widening wealth disparities to poverty reduction is the generation of investments may continue and the circumstances of growth that also ensures cash incomes poor and vulnerable households will for the poor, through employment and deteriorate beyond the capacity donor increased agricultural incomes. Work programs to meaningfully address. undertaken by both the Trade and Rural Development pillars will pursue pro-poor economic growth. Current national Access to productive land is critical to The government is already examining policies on land community livelihoods outcomes. The with critical lenses investment implementation of current policies on land applications that entail reallocation of has the potential to weaken the land. AusAID will support initiatives that development outcomes aid interventions have the support of local government seek to achieve. Adverse and perverse units and communities and ensure that outcomes may include newly-built schools implementing partners are in a constant without students, cash crops being left dialogue with GOL counterparts so that untended by missing farmers, and they are aware of forthcoming communities separated from sources of development plans. food and livelihoods.
2014 – 2015 2015 – 2016 Annex 6: Risk Matrix A number of strategy level risks have been identified and these will be prudently managed while delivering Australia’s rural development assistance. Some of the major risk events, implications, and mitigation measures are identified below. Key risk events Impact on strategy outcomes Mitigation measures National imperatives on economic growth and foreign direct investments With the emphasis on growth through large-scale resources and foreign investments, widening wealth disparities may continue and the circumstances of poor and vulnerable households will deteriorate beyond the capacity donor programs to meaningfully address. AusAID will engage GOL in a sustained dialogue, emphasising that a critical key to poverty reduction is the generation of growth that also ensures cash incomes for the poor, through employment and increased agricultural incomes. Work undertaken by both the Trade and Rural Development pillars will pursue pro-poor economic growth. Current national policies on land Access to productive land is critical to community livelihoods outcomes. The implementation of current policies on land has the potential to weaken the development outcomes aid interventions seek to achieve. Adverse and perverse outcomes may include newly-built schools without students, cash crops being left untended by missing farmers, and communities separated from sources of food and livelihoods. The government is already examining with critical lenses investment applications that entail reallocation of land. AusAID will support initiatives that have the support of local government units and communities and ensure that implementing partners are in a constant dialogue with GOL counterparts so that they are aware of forthcoming development plans.