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  Poverty – wellbeing: an orientation, learning and working tool for fighting poverty

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2000

  The purpose of this orientation, learning and working tool is to provide an additional bridge between the problems of poverty and the SDC’s PEMT instruments.
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  Mapping the links: citizen involvement in policy processes

  Canadian Policy Research Networks, 2002

  Looks at the multidimensional nature of citizen involvement and to assess the adequacy of contemporary practices of citizen involvement in Canada.The authors do this by mapping the links between: eight dimensions of citizen involvement: Mobilizing Interest, Claims Making, Knowledge Acquisition, Spanning and Bridging, Convening and Deliberating, Community Capacity building, Ana
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  Responding to the financial crisis: better off without the IMF?: The case for Jamaica

  Finance and Development Research Programme, DFID, 2002

  Looks at the experience of Jamaica in its response to the adverse economic and social effects of the financial crisis in the 1990s.
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  Private sector development: pro-poor, or merely poor, service delivery?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  Looks at whether the private sector development addresses the challenges faced within pro-poor development, and draws on past experience of privatisation, especially within the context of privatisation.
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  PRSP: beyond the theory: practical experiences and positions of involved civil society organisations

  Bread for the World, 2002

  This report argues that the PRSP process is built on a 'trickle-down' theory, with ‘pro-poor growth’ being put forward as a solution to poverty reduction. The emphasis here, is that countries will strive to create a conducive macro-economic environment for investment, and that the market will take care of the rest.
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  Blinding with science or encouraging debate: how World Bank analysis determines PRSP policies

  Bretton Woods Project, 2002

  This paper argues for a more inclusive approach toward World Bank research and policy analysis, emphasising that NGOs, parliamentarians and other interested parties should focus more attention on the analytical work conducted or commissioned by the World Bank in their countries or sectors which may influence negotiations and financial allocations.Furthermore, recipient countries ought to be al
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  Special allocation for poverty relief infrastructure investment and Job summit projects: an overview

  Project Literacy, 2001

  This paper is a review of the special poverty allocation mechanism that was introduced in South Africa in the wake of the structural adjustment programmes. It sheds light on the problems faced by departments in the delivery of services to the poor, which are seen to be similar across various government departments.
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  Poverty in Pakistan: issues, causes and institutional responses

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2002

  This document represents the ADB's support for the Government of Pakistan's PRSP and puts forward interventions aimed at addressing critical bottlenecks, and promoting growth in sectors or activities that have maximum poverty reduction impact.
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  Human rights approach to poverty reduction strategies: draft guidelines

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2002

  The paper outlines a set of guidelines produced by the United Nations in collaboration with several organisations for the implementation of a human rights-based approach to poverty reduction strategies The document was compiled by three experts commissioned by the UN, professors Paul Hunt, Manfred Nowak and Siddiq Osmani.
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  Roundtables on Latin American middle-income country experience: Lessons and implications

  World Bank Publications, 2002

  The International IDEA, the World Bank and the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) have co-operated on a series of 'national dialogue' round tables in Latin America, and the conclusions of these round table meetings are summarised in this new jointly-published report.

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