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  Politics and the PRSP approach: synthesis paper

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper synthesises findings from four country (Bolivia, Georgia, Uganda & Vietnam) case studies on the political dimensions of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) approach.The authors argue that there are two contrasting visions to the approach behind the PRSP process as follows:The first being that it is an approach offering a potentially transformative agenda of pro-poor r
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  The making of the Lesotho National Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS)

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This report gives an account of how the Lesotho PRSP was made.
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  Consultation and dissemination strategy: PEP’s links to policy, academia and the general public

  Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2004

  This paper argues that research is of little use if it is not effectively disseminated to policy makers who have the power to act upon poverty, as well as to other poverty researchers and the general public who may learn from it.
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  Rethinking participation: questions for civil society about the limits of participation in PRSPs

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This discussion paper aims to inform and provoke discussion among civil society organisations engaged in PRSP consultations.It argues that there are serious limitations and constraints to the process as it currently exists, and that the IMF and the World Bank’s focus on poverty is limited to ameliorating the social damage done by the negative impacts of their structural adjustment policies and
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  One step forward, two steps back: ownership, PRSPs and conditionality

  World Vision, 2004

  This paper examines whether changes to lending processes by the Bretton Woods international financial institutions (IFIs) have succeeded in increasing the country 'ownership' and poverty focus of IFI-funded development programmes.Focussing primarily on the policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the paper finds that there has been very little change in the IFIs’ po
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  The politics of poverty: aid in the new cold war

  Christian Aid, 2004

  This report sets out mistakes that have been made in the past in relation to the politicisation of aid. Based on case studies in Afghanistan and Uganda, it also shows how they are being repeated. The authors argue that the growing politicisation of aid threatens to obscure the goal of poverty reduction.
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  Medium term expenditure frameworks: from concept to practice. preliminary lessons from Africa

  Africa Region Findings, World Bank, 2002

  Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs) are receiving renewed attention in the context of the formulation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers.
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  Children and young people participating in PRSP processes: lessons from Save the Children's experience

  Save the Children Fund, 2004

  This paper summarises from Save the Children UK's experience in facilitating children and young people’s participation in PRSP processes, highlighting in particular the experiences of Vietnam and Honduras, and drawing on insights from Lesotho, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the work of a Guyanese NGO.
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  The PRSP initiative: multilateral policy change and the role of research

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper argues that a key factor behind the acceptance of the PRSP initiative was the level of ownership felt for the idea.
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  Private sector involvement in policy making in a poverty-stricken liberal democracy

  Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2003

  Looks at the attempt by Zambia to operate a system of advocacy pluralism, involving the private sector and civil society in policy setting.

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