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Norwegian views on Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes in partner countries
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2001This document presents an overview of Norwegian views in order to promote national poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) in partner countries, and the relationship with Norwegian development co-operation at the country level.The paper asserts that national ownership of strategies and development efforts, and recipient responsibility are necessary conditions for achieving poverty reduction.DocumentPoverty: bridging the gap
Department for International Development, UK, 2001These guidance notes discuss how the principle of poverty elimination can be put into practice.DocumentDo area development projects have a future?
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2003This paper argues that ADPs have considerable potential to inform PRS and similar processes within this ‘new architecture’ of aid.Increased donor attention to Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) processes and to budgetary support have meant reduced funding for Area Development Projects (ADPs). Does this trend risk throwing the baby out with the bathwater?DocumentBest practice in capacity building in public finance management in Africa: experiences of NORAD and Sida
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2002The aim of this paper is to summary experiences in capacity building for Public Finance Management (PFM) in Africa.DocumentBudget support versus project aid: a theoretical appraisal
International Monetary Fund, 2001Foreign aid has had at best a mixed impact on developing countries. One reason for the frequent failures of aid to bring about pro-poor social programmes is that aid programmes do not always create the right incentives for recipients to implement social programmes.DocumentMoving to budget support
Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2001How 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).DocumentManaging fiduciary risk when providing direct budget support
Department for International Development, UK, 2002The 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.DocumentThe Polish experience with bank and enterprise restructuring
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997Poland's program tackled simultaneously bank and enterprise restructuring and dealt decisively with the bad debt stock and flow problem with measures to improve incentives and institutional skills. Among transition economies, Poland was a pioneer in bank and enterprise restructuring.DocumentInternational financial institutions reform: report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, March 2000
International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, US Congress (Meltzer Commission), 2000Report recommends many far-reaching changes to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of the financial institutions and to eliminate overlapping responsibilitiesThe report looking at the future of seven key institutions: theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank,