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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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  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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  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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  Globalization, the international poverty trap and chronic poverty in the least developed countries

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003

  This paper argues that the dollar-a-day poverty measure is pervasive and persistent in most Least Developed Countries because they are caught in an international poverty trap.
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  A review of regional strategies addressing poverty

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This paper reviews the main development strategies that have been pursued in Africa since the 1970s with the aim of stirring a debate that can be helpful in the search for new opportunities for poverty reduction in the region.The paper focuses its attention on the following broad policies:Structural adjustment policies: characterised by a keen interest on the part of internationa
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  The IMF: wrong diagnosis, wrong medicine

  Oxfam, 1999

  Prepared as part of Oxfam International's Education Now campaign, this briefing paper evaluates the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering information, statistics, case studies and recommendations for change.
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  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: progress in implementation 2003

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This latest in the annual series of progress reports on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papgers (PRSPs) highlights tensions that have emerged in the PRSP process, including:concerns about the breadth of the government’s commitment beyond the team responsible for preparation, reinforcing the need for greater cohesion between PRSPs and other planning documentscountries continue to find it a c

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