Learning from experience : perspectives on poverty reduction strategies from four developing countries / edited by David Peretz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peretz, David.

Commonwealth Secretariat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance, British--Developing countries--Evaluation.

Economic assistance, British.

Economic assistance--Commonwealth countries--Evaluation.

Economic assistance.

Evaluation.

Commonwealth countries.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 133 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Commonwealth Secretariat, [2009]

Summary:

Learning from Experience explores how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative (PRSI) process is working, as seen from the perspective of four recipient countries. This initiative of the World Bank and IMF was introduced in 1999, with the aim of making aid more effective. It has been implemented in over forty low-income countries. Support for it from international institutions, donors and others, has ranged from enthusiastic to hostile.

The four country studies in this volume, from Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi and Bangladesh, consider the PRSI process under six headings: design of the strategy; the extent of country ownership and how to strengthen it; implementation; accountability; alignment of development partner support; and improving donor practices and procedures and cutting transactions costs.

Learning from Experience presents the effects of the PRSI process as they are experienced from recipient countries themselves, and will help international and national economic planners improve the way in which future Poverty Reduction Strategy plans are developed and implemented.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Overall picture 2

2 Monitoring Donor and IFI Support Behind Country-owned Poverty Reduction Strategies in the United Republic of Tanzania 9

I Introduction 9

II Evolution of the PRS process in Tanzania 10

III Quality of the PRS and its implementation 16

IV Quality of support given by development partners 22

V Main findings and recommendations 28

3 Monitoring Donor and IFI Support Behind Country-owned Poverty Reduction Strategies in Ghana 33

I Introduction 33

II Evolution of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy 33

III Preparation and content of the GPRS 36

IV Quality of the GPRS and its implementation 43

V Quality of support given by development partners 51

VI Main findings and recommendations 57

4 Monitoring IFI and Donor Support for Poverty Reduction Strategies: Malawi 65

I Introduction 65

II Evolution of the PRS process in Malawi 65

III Quality of the strategy and its implementation 75

IV Quality of support given by external partners 81

V Main findings and recommendations 85

5 Monitoring Donor Support for the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh: Rethinking the Rules of Engagement 91

I Introduction 91

II Quality of the Poverty Reduction Strategy 92

III Implementation and monitoring of the PRS: the government's initiatives and donor responses 97

IV What can donors do differently and how? 106

V Concluding remarks 114

Annex: Summary of 2002 report of the Independent Monitoring Group (IMG): enhancing aid relationships in Tanzania 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.

ISBN:

9780850928860

0850928869

9781848590120

1848590121

OCLC:

277203789