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  Choices for the poor: lessons from national poverty strategies

  United Nations Development Programme, 2001

  This paper is the result of independent country evaluations commissioned by UNDP in order to assess the results and impact achieved by the Poverty Strategies Initiative (PSI) and assist in determining the nature and extent of absolute poverty. The purpose of the PSI evaluation was twofold.
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  FEWS NET Monthly Food Security Updates

  Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 1999

  News bulletin from FEWS/USAID focusing on food supply prospects and news for African countriesUntil 1999 this was known as the Fews Bulletin
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  Dollars, dialogue and development: an evaluation of Swedish programme aid

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 1999

  Programme aid - that is, import support, debt relief and budget support - has constituted a considerable part of Swedish aid in the 1990's. However, the volumes of programme aid have fallen both in relative and absolute terms during this same period. Few evaluations have assessed how different modalities of programme aid further economic growth and sustainable development.
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  Gender in the World Bank's poverty assessments: six case studies from Sub-Saharan Africa

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 1999

  Looks at six Poverty Asssesments (PAs) conducted by World Bank teams and the way in which gender issues are treated in them (in Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda).
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  Globalization, poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a political economy appraisal

  OECD Development Centre, 2001

  Paper explores the policies and political context underlying the response of African countries to globalisation, with an emphasis on trade liberalisation.African countries have had mixed experiences with globalisation, with some achieving better social outcomes than others.
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  Improving policy analysis and management for poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: creating an effective learning community

  Eldis Document Store, 2000

  Significant poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa cannot be achieved without strong policy analysis and management capacity both in the public sector and civil society at large.
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  Efficiency, accountability and implementation: public sector reform in East and Southern Africa

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001

  Five questions central to public sector reform in East and Southern Africa, and consistent with their proclaimed thrust, are addressed in this paper:Has the size of government employment changed since the mid-1980s?Have government functions become more focused on 'core' activities, such as health and education, during this period?Have real wage levels changed?Has accountability

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