The Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative : Findings from 10 Country Case Studies of World Bank and IMF Support

This book provides an independent assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative for the World Bank as well as the broader development community. It offers a in-depth review of the progress thus far, with particular focus on the role and effectiveness of the Bank's support, drawing from extensive discussions with national stakeholders in Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP) countries, research and analytical work, and country case study reports on ten PRSP countries: Albania, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Vietnam. The author of The Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative concludes that the Initiative has led to improvements in national strategies and processes in some low-income countries, such as an increased poverty focus, a higher profile for monitoring results, and better donor-government dialogue. However, the contribution to broad poverty reduction, especially in more difficult country environments, is largely in jeopardy without significant changes. The author argues that the Initiative should be reoriented toward improving domestic processes and less on completion of documents, customizing the approach to particular country circumstances, filling analytical gaps to better understand which actions will provide the greatest poverty pay-off, and making sure the assistance programs of external partners are anchored in the country's poverty reduction strategy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	World Bank Operations Evaluation Department, IMF Independent Evaluation Office
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2005-01-01
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ADJUSTMENT LENDING, AID EFFECTIVENESS, CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT, CAS, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, CONCESSIONAL LENDING, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES, COUNTRY CASE, COUNTRY LEADERSHIP, COUNTRY LEVEL, DATA QUALITY, DATA REQUIREMENTS, DEBT, DEBT RELIEF, DECENTRALIZATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES, DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POVERTY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION CAPACITY, FLEXIBILITY, GDP, GROWTH POLICIES, HEADCOUNT INDEX, HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES, HIPC, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, INCOME, INCOME POVERTY, INTERMEDIATE INDICATORS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK, MIDDLE EAST, NGO, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PEER REVIEW, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, POLICY DOCUMENTS, POLICY OPTIONS, POLICY PAPERS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS, POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ACTIONS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, REDUCING POVERTY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SHORT TERM, SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUBSIDIARY, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION, TRANSPARENCY, UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY, WELL-BEING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/15088580/poverty-reduction-strategy-initiative-findings-ten-country-case-studies-world-bank-imf-support https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7209
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