PRSPs
- Monitoring the impact of Zambia's PRSP
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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 poverty reduction programmes.
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Monitoring poverty in Mozambique
- ( M. Paulo;C. Rosário;I. Tvedten / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2008)
- In Mozambique, the government and the donors have invested considerable resources and effort in economic and social development. Nevertheless, Mozambique is still one of the poorest countries in the w...
- How can science and technology help reduce poverty?
- ( A. Warren-Rodriguez / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007)
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This paper examines how the role of science and technology (S&T) as a driver of economic growth and poverty reduction has, in the last five years, been addressed in poverty reduction strategy p...
- The participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies
- ( W. Eberlei / Social Development, World Bank , 2007)
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This paper is part of a research project analysing the participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). A number of constraints impede meaningful par...
- Are alternatives to neo-liberalism needed to meet the MDGs in southern Africa?
- ( J. Chipika / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2007)
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This paper discusses policies that have inhibited the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regions. Specifically, the paper argu...
- Has budget support in Ghana contributed to poverty reduction?
- ( T. Killick / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007)
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This policy brief presents a case study of general budget support (GBS) in Ghana. It is argued that, by providing aid as budget support, donors have taken risks and made important contributions to ...
A participation project for PRSP monitoring in Mozambique
- ( A. A. da Silva Francisco;K. Matter / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2007)
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Case-studies from the Poverty Observatory (PO) in Mozambique examine citizen participation and social accountability processes in Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation and mon...
- More public spending on agriculture could help combat poverty
- ( S. Akroyd;L. Smith / Oxford Policy Management , 2007)
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Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultura...
- Is domestic accountability enhanced when poverty reduction strategies (PRS) are integrated with national budgets?
- ( V. Wilhelm;P. Krause / World Bank , 2007)
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This study examines what challenges have arisen in countries where efforts have been made to integrate poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) with national budgets. It argues that both PRSs and nation...
- Suggestions for building on the poverty reduction process in Uganda
- ( S. Canagarajah,;A. van Diesen, / Development Policy Review , 2006)
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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 ...
- 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 c...
