A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States

In 1999, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) introduced poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) as a condition for highly indebted countries to receive debt relief under the HIPC initiative. Since then, PRSPs have become a condition for aid to International Development Association (IDA) countries, for which they are considered instrumental in refocusing attention on poverty, democratizing policy making, and improving donor coordination. While PRSPs may play that role in many IDA countries, their usefulness in fragile states, including those just emerging from conflict, has been questioned. Increased donor attention to the specific problems of such states was the impetus for a Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR) stocktaking of PRSPs in fragile environments.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Dudwick, Nora, Nelsson, Adam
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-11
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, COLLAPSE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CORRUPTION, CREDIBILITY, CRIME, DEBT, DEBT RELIEF, DEFICITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISBURSEMENT, DISEASES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ENABLING ENVIRONMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE REFORMS, HIPC, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INDEBTED COUNTRIES, INITIATIVE, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERVENTION, INVESTING, LIVELIHOODS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACRO STABILITY, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MIGRATION, MONOPOLY, NATIONAL PROCESSES, NATURAL DISASTERS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, ORPHANS, PATRONAGE, PEACE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY PROCESS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR COUNTRIES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRO-POOR, PROGRAMS, PROGRESS, PUBLIC DEBATE, PUBLIC SECTOR, REDUCING POVERTY, REFUGEES, RULE OF LAW, SAFETY NET, SECURITY SITUATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL TENSIONS, STATE CAPACITY, STRUCTURAL POLICIES, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, THEFT, VIOLENCE, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAR,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10079305/stocktaking-prsps-fragile-states https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11135
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