Poverty Reduction Support Credits in Uganda : Results of a Stocktaking Study

Poverty Reduction Support Credits in Uganda : Results of a Stocktaking Study

Uganda pioneered the use of budget support operations known as Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs) in the World Bank. PRSCs were designed to channel programmatic lending to support policy and institutional reforms in support of a country'...

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Main Author:	Miovic, Peter
Format:	Development Policy Review (DPR)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY MITIGATION STRATEGIES EDUCATION & THE POOR HEALTH POVERTY MITIGATION PROGRAMS POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMICS OF HEALTH DEVELOPMENT CREDITS ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOVERNANCE WATER SERVICES SANITATION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT GOALS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AUDITING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CONCESSIONAL LOANS CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DONOR COMMUNITY DONOR REPRESENTATIVES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVE USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT FINANCIAL SECTOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE GENDER DISPARITY GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE GIRLS GOOD GOVERNANCE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH WORKERS HIPC HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING IMPACT EVALUATION IMPORTS INCOME INCOME GENERATION INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS LABOR COSTS LEARNING LIVELIHOOD LOCAL LEVEL LONG-TERM COMMITMENT MALARIA MARKET PRICES MORBIDITY MORTALITY NGO OUTCOME INDICATORS PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PARTNERSHIP POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY ERADICATION ACTION PLAN POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIORITY ACTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUPILS QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCING POVERTY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE USE RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INHABITANTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL SECTORS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS VACCINATION WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4645923/uganda-poverty-reduction-support-credits-results-stocktaking-study-uganda-poverty-reduction-support-credits-results-stocktaking-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15673

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Summary:	Uganda pioneered the use of budget support operations known as Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs) in the World Bank. PRSCs were designed to channel programmatic lending to support policy and institutional reforms in support of a country's Poverty Reduction Strategy, usually presented in the form of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). In the case of Uganda the PRSCs were designed as a series of annual credits supporting a three year rolling program of reforms, based on Uganda's version of a PRSC, which is known as the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) . The World Bank credits are in the form of untied budget support, financing all government activities, in the same way as domestic tax revenues. The PRSCs have been significantly co-financed by other donors in the form of grants which, like the World Bank credits take the form of untied budget support. The focus of this report is to study what has worked, what has not worked, and what could be improved in the Uganda PRSC process in the future.

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