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  Fighting poverty: Norway's action plan 2015 for combating poverty in the South

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2002

  This Action Plan sets out Norway's tasks and priorities for halving World Poverty in 2015. This strategic approach would be based on assigning priorities and implementing essential measures using partner countries’ own poverty strategies. The key elements of this plan cover some fundamental framework conditions for trade, investment and debt.
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  Public expenditure for development results and poverty reduction

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  Review and case studies of "Results-oriented (or ‘performance’ or ‘output’) budgeting": the planning of public expenditures for the purpose of achieving explicit and defined results. These policies have often been first implemented through sector-wide approaches (SWAps), particularly in health and education.
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  Thinking strategically about politics and poverty

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This synthesis of a large research exercise offers a series of guidelines for thinking about specific cases. The most general guideline is 'don't be (so) gloomy'. Political analysis does not serve only to explain why desirable outcomes are sometimes difficult to achieve. Good analysis also tells us about the wide range of opportunities that exist for pro-poor policies.
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  Perspectives on poverty

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2002

  Policy statement on how Sida’s will integrate a poverty reduction approach into its two main processes, the formulation of country strategies and the project cycle.Key policy messages includeSIDA sees poverty analysis as the responsibility of partner countries. The results are often subject to dialogue between the international community and partner countries.
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  Regional overview of the impact of failures of accountability on poor people

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2002

  It has been argued that good governance is an integral element in the creation of the enabling environment of peace, security, the rule of law, legitimacy and stability, in which sustainable human development can be promoted.
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  Moving to budget support

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2001

  How can we support poverty reduction programmes while building the capacity of local institutions and promoting accountability? This policy document was written by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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  Programme support and public finance management: a new role for bilateral donors in poverty strategy work

  SIDA Studies, 2002

  Development assistance provided by international donors must be administered effectively if it is to achieve a lasting reduction in poverty. This study, produced by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), highlights the importance of setting up good public finance management systems in recipient countries so this goal can be met.
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  Managing fiduciary risk when providing direct budget support

  Department for International Development, UK, 2002

  The increasing adoption of poverty reduction strategies presents an important opportunity to reform the relationship between donors and developing countries. Donor assistance should be provided in a way that builds, rather than undermines, recipients’ sustainable capacity to design and implement these strategies.
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  The importance of land tenure to poverty eradication and sustainable development in Africa: Summary of findings

  Oxfam, 1997

  This paper draws out the key links between land tenure and poverty eradication.
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  Sector wide programmes and poverty reduction

  Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure, ODI, 2001

  Improving the access to services by poor and marginal groups is a strong or central objective of most of the sector wide programmes reviewed in this working paper.

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