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 co...

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Main Authors:	Dudwick, Nora, Nelsson, Adam
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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
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spelling	okr-10986-111352021-04-23T14:02:54Z A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States Dudwick, Nora Nelsson, Adam 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 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. 2012-08-13T14:14:58Z 2012-08-13T14:14:58Z 2008-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10079305/stocktaking-prsps-fragile-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11135 English PREM Notes; No. 127 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Dudwick, Nora Nelsson, Adam A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
relation	PREM Notes; No. 127
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Dudwick, Nora Nelsson, Adam
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title	A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
title_short	A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
title_full	A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
title_fullStr	A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
title_full_unstemmed	A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States
title_sort	stocktaking of prsps in fragile states
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10079305/stocktaking-prsps-fragile-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11135
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A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States

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