PRSP
- Suggestions for building on the poverty reduction process in Uganda
- S. Canagarajah,; A. van Diesen, / Development Policy Review, 2006
- This article argues that Uganda’s Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) has brought significant gains to development management, but that its performance against several of the PRS (Poverty Reduction Strategy) principles is dis...
- Overview of current data on poverty reduction in Tanzania
- Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2006
- This report provides an overview of the latest data available for indicators of progress towards the goals of the Tanzanian National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA). The paper comments on gaps in the data and ad...
- How participatory have the PRSPs been?
- E. Braathen / Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2006
- Has the PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Process) paved the way for a new and more democratic participatory way of governance and policy-making, or was it just an ad hoc gimmick promoted by the donor community? Has it contributed to e...
- How to realise the MDGs in Zambia?
- J. Weeks; T. McKinley / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
- This country study from the UNDP's International Poverty Centre examines fiscal policy in Zambia, particularly how expenditure and taxation could be used to accelerate growth and reduce poverty. Drawing on results from a nation...
- Monitoring the impact of Zambia's PRSP
- Civil Society for Poverty Reduction, Zambia, 2006
- Have Zambian citizens benefited from their country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)? This compilation of poverty assessments covers the PRSP phase from 2002-2005. It reports on local communities' perspectives of the impact of...
- Unprecedented inroads in the fight against poverty
- S. Levine / The Namibian, 2007
- According to a recent survey, the 2006 targets for poverty and inequality set out in the Namibian National Development Plan II seem to have been achieved ahead of schedule. According to this article taken from the daily Namibian newsp...
- How Friedman and Sachs got it wrong
- R. Broad; J. Cavanagh / New Rules for Global Finance, 2006
- The popular backlash to the Washington Consensus (an agenda of enforced open market policies) has been witnessed in protest marches and anti-globalisation campaigns for quite some time. This revolutionary mood, the authors argue, has ...
- Are PRSPS flexible enough to cope with external shocks?
- R. Gottschalk / Development Policy Review, 2006
- This article analyses the content of 15 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers from a growth and poverty reduction perspective. It argues that, contrary to new trends in developed and middle-income countries, their policy frameworks lack t...
- Joining forces with the poor for the eradication of chronic poverty
- X. Godinot; Q. Wodon / World Bank, 2006
- The case studies compiled in this book emerged from an October 2005 World Bank seminar on extreme poverty. They show how helping the very poor to emerge from poverty requires not only extra public resources, effort, and time, but also...
- Incorporating disability into PRSP formation
- U. Miller; S. Ziegler / Handicap International, 2006
- Disabled people's organisations (DPOs) and people with disabilities rarely participate in any PRSP process, despite the professed importance of civil society involvement in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of a country's...
- Overview of current data on poverty reduction in Tanzania
- Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2006
- This report provides an overview of the latest data available for indicators of progress towards the goals of the Tanzanian National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA). The paper comments on gaps in the data and ad...
- How participatory have the PRSPs been?
- E. Braathen / Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2006
- Has the PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Process) paved the way for a new and more democratic participatory way of governance and policy-making, or was it just an ad hoc gimmick promoted by the donor community? Has it contributed to e...
- How to realise the MDGs in Zambia?
- J. Weeks; T. McKinley / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
- This country study from the UNDP's International Poverty Centre examines fiscal policy in Zambia, particularly how expenditure and taxation could be used to accelerate growth and reduce poverty. Drawing on results from a nation...
- Monitoring the impact of Zambia's PRSP
- Civil Society for Poverty Reduction, Zambia, 2006
- Have Zambian citizens benefited from their country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)? This compilation of poverty assessments covers the PRSP phase from 2002-2005. It reports on local communities' perspectives of the impact of...
- Unprecedented inroads in the fight against poverty
- S. Levine / The Namibian, 2007
- According to a recent survey, the 2006 targets for poverty and inequality set out in the Namibian National Development Plan II seem to have been achieved ahead of schedule. According to this article taken from the daily Namibian newsp...
- How Friedman and Sachs got it wrong
- R. Broad; J. Cavanagh / New Rules for Global Finance, 2006
- The popular backlash to the Washington Consensus (an agenda of enforced open market policies) has been witnessed in protest marches and anti-globalisation campaigns for quite some time. This revolutionary mood, the authors argue, has ...
- Are PRSPS flexible enough to cope with external shocks?
- R. Gottschalk / Development Policy Review, 2006
- This article analyses the content of 15 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers from a growth and poverty reduction perspective. It argues that, contrary to new trends in developed and middle-income countries, their policy frameworks lack t...
- Joining forces with the poor for the eradication of chronic poverty
- X. Godinot; Q. Wodon / World Bank, 2006
- The case studies compiled in this book emerged from an October 2005 World Bank seminar on extreme poverty. They show how helping the very poor to emerge from poverty requires not only extra public resources, effort, and time, but also...
- Incorporating disability into PRSP formation
- U. Miller; S. Ziegler / Handicap International, 2006
- Disabled people's organisations (DPOs) and people with disabilities rarely participate in any PRSP process, despite the professed importance of civil society involvement in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of a country's...
- How have rural households adapted in Rwanada?
- A. McKay; S. Loveridge / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2006
- This paper looks at how Rwandan households adjusted their cropping and income generating strategies to produce an outcome of reduced malnutrition rates from 1990-2000, despite population and land pressures and the impact of the 1994 g...
- Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Activists advocating policy dialogue and change in attitudes in Bangladesh
