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.
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Author
Dudwick, Nora; Nelsson, Adam;
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Document Date
2008/11/01
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
46723
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Volume No
1
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1
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Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
A stocktaking of PRSPs in fragile states
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Keywords
fragile states;Poverty Reduction & Economic Management;crop and livestock;form of poverty;heavily indebted country;Rule of Law;building state capacity;Internally Displaced Person;spread of disease;direct budget support;safety net program;Financial Management System;Public Financial Management;poverty datum;external assistance;Civil War;conflict states;difficult environment;
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Dudwick, Nora; Nelsson, Adam;
A stocktaking of PRSPs in fragile states (English). PREM Notes ; no. 127. Poverty Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/729241468140969624/A-stocktaking-of-PRSPs-in-fragile-states