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  Pushing the boundaries: health and the next round of PRSPs

  Working Group on Health and Development Issues, 2004

  This WEMOS report attempts to assess whether health has benefited from the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process launched in 1999 by the international community.
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  The World Bank’s poverty reduction strategy paper approach: good marketing or good policy?

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2003

  This study reviews the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's Poverty Reducation Strategy Paper (PRSP) approach to poverty reduction.
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  Participatory monitoring of PRS and pro-poor expenditure in selected districts and areas of Arusha Region, Tanzania

  Hakikazi Catalyst, Tanzania, 2004

  This report aims to assess the effects of Tanzania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Paper and pro-poor government expenditure in selected areas of Arusha Municipal and Arumeru Districts in Arusha Region.
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  The PRSP process in Uganda

  Uganda Debt Network, 2002

  This paper examines the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Uganda in the formulation of the 2000 Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, which was a prerequisite for the country to obtain debt relief from international financial institutes.
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  Using a social accounting matrix (SAM) to monitor poverty and implications for poverty alleviation strategies

  Regional Conference on Poverty Monitoring in Asia, 2004

  This paper takes as its premise the use of a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) to monitor poverty and to investigate the implications of various poverty reduction strategies.In describing the development of the SAM database, the author illustrates the application of a SAM for poverty monitoring using a mixed multiplier framework.
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  Impact of public policies on poverty, income distribution and growth

  Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2004

  Paramount to the recent UN Millennium Development Goals initiative is the issue of whether public policies are at all efficient in alleviating poverty.
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  Challenging women's poverty: perspectives on gender and poverty reduction strategies from Nicaragua and Honduras

  Progressio, 2003

  This paper explores the role of gender in World Bank and IMF-implemented poverty reduction strategy papers. The authors conclude that if PRSPs are to succeed, strategies to reduce poverty must consider the basis of gender inequalities in wealth.
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  Online video: PRSP and budget links seminar

  Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2004

  In October 2004 the World Bank held a seminar exploring "PRSPs and budget links: emerging evidence from case studies". More information about the seminar is available on the World Bank’s internet-based broadcasting service, BSPAN.
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  Action for a strong and prosperous Africa: consultation document

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This consultation document on ODI's Commission for Africa was an effort to elicit reader opinions on possible areas for Commission action.
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  A study of the role of livestock in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This paper evaluates references to livestock in PRSPs. Five case studies were examined, as well as data from 49 other countries.

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