Katharine Mark

Ms. Mark has almost 20 years of international experience in performance management, local governance, and urban issues. Ms. Mark recently directed a decentralization project in Ethiopia working with regional and local governments to build capacity in a range of key areas. She designed and led efforts in Honduras and Albania to help local governments incorporate performance management – and citizen feedback – into their budgeting, decision-making, and resource allocation to improve service delivery and responsiveness to citizens. Ms. Mark has designed and carried out citizen surveys on government services in several countries, including a recent survey in Ethiopia on financial transparency and accountability of local governments. In Benin she is carrying out an impact evaluation of MCA projects in access to land and access to financial services for micro, small, and medium enterprises. Ms. Mark has provided training and technical assistance to staff of several multilateral donors (IADB, World Bank, and UN-Habitat) on monitoring project outcomes. She has worked in Colombia and in Peru to help introduce performance-based budgeting and governing for results at both the national and the local levels. She has helped develop a number of manuals and guides to help local governments use performance management. Ms. Mark helped develop materials for state legislators and local elected officials in the United States to encourage the use of outcome information in decision-making and oversight. Ms. Mark directed the USAID housing and municipal technical assistance program in Hungary between 1992 and 1999, covering such areas as local government finance, infrastructure finance, municipal management, and housing policy.

Areas of Expertise: Performance management and measurement; local governance; and urban policy and management.

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