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Can bilateral donors make local communities ‘own’ Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Donors view Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) as instruments to endorse government poverty alleviation policies and enable budget and sector-wide support. Recipient states are aware of pressures that force richer countries to give aid and know that the PRSP is likely to be endorsed ultimately.DocumentInternationally recognised core labour standards in Bolivia
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005This report assesses the respect and the observance of internationally recognised core labour standards in Bolivia.Altogether Bolivia has ratified all of the eight core ILO labour Conventions.DocumentUndernutrition in Bolivia: geography and culture matter
2005Malnutrition is an acknowledged problem in Bolivia, although its complex causes are not completely understood. The aim of this paper is to identify the main determinants of child health in Bolivia.DocumentEconomic growth and poverty reduction: measurement and policy issues
OECD Development Centre, 2005The aim of this Working Paper is to broaden the debate on pro-poor growth.DocumentPoverty reduction: are the strategies working?
World Vision, 20052005 has seen a new wave of development assistance initiatives in preparation for the UN Millennium Review, which put accountability at the centre of the development agenda.DocumentPro-poor growth in the 1990s: lessons and insights from 14 countries
World Bank, 2005This paper is based on a study designed to better understand the options for policymakers to increase the impact of growth on poverty reduction and how they vary depending on policies and country conditions.DocumentBalancing indigenous crops and market demands in the Andes
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Severe weather conditions, such as droughts and floods, regularly damage crops in the highlands of the Andes. To reduce their vulnerability to risks, indigenous farmers plant many varieties of staple crops, such as potatoes and quinoa. However, new market pressures and preferences threaten this diversity and, by consequence, food security and incomes.DocumentIndigenous peoples, poverty and human development in Latin America: 1994-2004
World Bank, 2005This executive summary presents findings of a report exploring whether the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, opened in 1994, was accompanied by material and human development gains for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America.Findings of the report include:few gains were made in income poverty reduction among Indigenous Peoples during the Indigenous Peoples’ decade (DocumentDonors as political actors: fighting thirty years war in Bolivia
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003Based on the authors own experiences the paper examines donors’ involvement in political processes within aid-recipient countries and explores how the donor community became engaged in a conflict about monitoring the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bolivia.DocumentPromoting social adaptation to climate change and variability through knowledge, experiential and co-learning networks in Bolivia
Shell Foundation, 2004This paper summarises different aspects of country development that might be critical in the context of developing a strategy for climate change adaptation.Pages
