The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda

It is over six years since the World Bank and the IMF started promoting a PRS approach to development management in low-income countries. The 2005 review endorsed the approach, but highlighted the need for a renewed focus on the principles underpinning it: country ownership; results orientation; com...

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Main Authors:	Canagarajah, Sudharshan, van Diesen, Arthur
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Foreign Aid F350 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5491

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spelling	okr-10986-54912021-04-23T14:02:22Z The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda Canagarajah, Sudharshan van Diesen, Arthur Foreign Aid F350 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 It is over six years since the World Bank and the IMF started promoting a PRS approach to development management in low-income countries. The 2005 review endorsed the approach, but highlighted the need for a renewed focus on the principles underpinning it: country ownership; results orientation; comprehensiveness; partnership focus; and long-term outlook. Uganda is often hailed as one of the best PRS performers. This article finds that Uganda's Poverty Eradicaton Action Plan (PEAP) has brought significant gains to development management, but that its performance against several of the PRS principles is disappointing. A return to these principles could improve the practice of the government and development partners around the PEAP--a finding likely to be applicable to many countries implementing a PRS. 2012-03-30T07:33:05Z 2012-03-30T07:33:05Z 2011 Journal Article Development Policy Review 09506764 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5491 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Uganda
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description	It is over six years since the World Bank and the IMF started promoting a PRS approach to development management in low-income countries. The 2005 review endorsed the approach, but highlighted the need for a renewed focus on the principles underpinning it: country ownership; results orientation; comprehensiveness; partnership focus; and long-term outlook. Uganda is often hailed as one of the best PRS performers. This article finds that Uganda's Poverty Eradicaton Action Plan (PEAP) has brought significant gains to development management, but that its performance against several of the PRS principles is disappointing. A return to these principles could improve the practice of the government and development partners around the PEAP--a finding likely to be applicable to many countries implementing a PRS.
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author	Canagarajah, Sudharshan van Diesen, Arthur
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title	The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda
title_short	The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda
title_full	The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda
title_fullStr	The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda
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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach Six Years On: An Examination of Principles and Practice in Uganda

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