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Poverty
reduction strategy papers: It's too soon to say whether this new approach
to aid will improve health
A path out of abject poverty is currently being beaten by many low
income countries which are developing poverty reduction strategy papers
(PRSPs) as a condition for debt relief. This new acronym in the alphabet
soup of international aid is the latest lifeline being offered by
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund after what many
regard as the failure of its predecessor, the structural adjustment
programme (SAP). By Ellen Verheul, project officer, economic policy
and health programme
Source: BMJ
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A
national strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction
Globalisation can help us overcome poverty quickly, if we can prepare
our poor to participate in the globalised market. Most important thing
is the participation. We must bring IT to the poor, to participate in
and take advantage of globalisation. If we leave our poor at the mercy
of the global forces without preparing them to ride on the tidal waves
of globalisation, they'll get drowned by the globalisation...Actions
to be taken to reduce poverty by half by 2015 are well-known. Just pick
the strategic ones and go for them with full force. By Muhammad Yunus
Source: Sustainable Development Networking Programme
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Participation
of Civil Society in "Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and
Annual Budget"
The
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund - IMF to Eradicate
poverty which is said to be their principal goal have given a
new prescription of preparing "Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper". In this new approach, countries who need world Bank
and IMF assistance and help need to prepare a poverty reduction
strategy paper. Bby Md. Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan,
General Secretary, Bangladesh Mukto Sramik Federation (BMSF)
Source: International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions
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IMF/World
Bank Poverty Reduction Strategy: effective, participatory and locally
owned?
Is there evidence that the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) of the
World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working? Can
the PRS lead the least developed countries out of poverty? Are the
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) nationally owned and participatory
– or are they becoming just another hoop through which poor countries
must jump to access funds? By Kitty Warnock and Nikki van der Gaag
Source: ID21
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PRSPs
investigated: structural adjustment in another guise?
In 1999
the World Bank and IMF replaced structural adjustment programmes (SAPs)
with new conditions for loans and debt relief – the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (PRSP). Should bilateral donors buckle to pressure
to coordinate aid through PSRPs? Are PSRPs as pro-poor and participatory
as they sound? By Alison Marshall, Jessica Woodroffe and Petra Skell
Source: ID21
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