Towards National Public Expenditure Strategies for Poverty Reduction

Sets out thinking since the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Iniative II linked debt relief to national poverty reduction frameworks in summer 1999 (including the requirement to draft draft comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)) It reviews governance conditions and budgetary processes which are likely to generate and implement national public programmes to assist the poor. Signs of progress towards these conditions in sub-Saharan Africa are illustrated. The challenges facing the external agencies in implementing the HIPC II link to poverty reduction strategies are assessed.