2005 Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach - Balancing Accountabilities and Scaling Up Results

2005 Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach - Balancing Accountabilities and Scaling Up Results
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2005-09-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 149833105X

In December 1999, the World Bank (the Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (the Fund) introduced a new approach to their relations with low-income countries, centered around the development and implementation of poverty reduction strategies (PRS) by the countries as a precondition for access to debt relief and concessional financing from both institutions. These strategies were also expected to serve as a framework for better coordination of development assistance among other development partners.

The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2007-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1589066359

This independent evaluation of the IMF’s role and performance in the determination and use of aid to low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa is presented at a ground-level view. Country performance has improved in many sub-Saharan Africa countries over the period, and the report details the role of the IMF’s programs, as well as perceptions of that role. The report is an important contribution to following through on the IMF’s commitment to its Poverty Reduction Strategy and makes three main recommendations for improving the coherence—actual and perceived—of the IMF’s policies and actions relating to aid to sub-Saharan Africa going forward.

Foreign Aid for Development

Foreign Aid for Development
Author: George Mavrotas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2010-02-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199580936

An edited collection on foreign aid that addresses important aid questions, and reviews the shifting aid landscape in light of the recent global financial crisis. The volume reviews the progress achieved so far, identifies the challenges ahead, and discusses the emerging policy agenda in foreign aid.

Budget Support as More Effective Aid?

Budget Support as More Effective Aid?
Author: Stefan Koeberle
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821364642

"Budget support has become an increasingly important instrument in the context of a partnership-based approach to development assistance. Compared to traditional modes of aid delivery, it promises greater country ownership, reduced transaction costs, better donor coordination, scaling up of poverty reduction and potentially greater development effectiveness. This book presents a timely and valuable review of key concepts, issues, experiences and emerging lessons relevant to budget support. It provides an overview of principal characteristics, expectations and concerns related to budget support, key design and implementation issues, as well as some practical experiences. The contributors include government representatives from developing countries, leading academic scholars, bilateral development agencies and development practitioners from international financial institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. They present a wide range of views on key issues such as the choice of instruments, alignment of budget support with country programs, predictability, and coordination and conditionality. The authors draw their insightful analysis on the contemporary research and evaluation work, as well as the broad practical experience with budget support. This book will be of great interest to practitioners in aid-recipient countries and international financial institutions, bilateral agencies and civil organizations involved in budget support."

The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2: Law, Equity and Development

The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2: Law, Equity and Development
Author: The World Bank
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 603
Release: 2006-12-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9047411722

The World Bank Legal Review is a publication for policy makers and their advisers, attorneys, and other professionals engaged in the field of international development. It offers a combination of legal scholarship, lessons from experience, legal developments, and recent research on the many ways in which the application of the law and the improvement of justice systems promote poverty reduction, economic development, and the rule of law. In keeping with the theme of the World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development, and following the success of the World Bank Group’s Legal Forum on “Law, Equity, and Development” in December 2005, volume 2 of The World Bank Legal Review focuses on issues of equity and development. The volume draws together some of the key ideas of the Legal Forum, including articles by many of its distinguished participants, and explores the role of equity in the development process, highlighting how legal and regulatory frameworks and equitable justice systems can do much to level the playing field in the political, economic, and sociocultural domains, as well as how they can reinforce existing inequalities. Consistent with the interdisciplinary nature of this endeavour, Law, Equity and Development contains work by academics and practitioners in law, criminal justice, economics, human rights, social development, cultural studies, and anthropology.

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund, Thirty-Eighth Issue

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund, Thirty-Eighth Issue
Author: International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1026
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513540890

This volume documents decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, as well as documents relating to the United Nations and other international organizations.

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund, Thirty-Ninth Issue

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund, Thirty-Ninth Issue
Author: International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1048
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1475595999

This volume documents decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, as well as documents relating to the United Nations and other international organizations.

The Role of the Fund in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and Its Collaboration with Donors

The Role of the Fund in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and Its Collaboration with Donors
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2007-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498333311

This paper proposes an approach to making the MTS operational as it relates to the Fund’s work in LICs that would define more precisely the Fund’s responsibility and accountability in the PRSP and donor collaboration processes. The proposed activities are not “new,” but represent an intensification of existing work and its extension to the all LICs as appropriate. This would help clarify expectations as to the Fund’s role, and establish a consistent institutional approach to collaborating with donors and other stakeholders on the ground.

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1017
Release: 2011-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1616352434

Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund includes decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and Board of Governors of the IMF, as well as selected documents to which frequent reference is made in the current activities of the Fund. In addition, it includes certain documents pertaining to the relations between the Fund and other international organizations.

Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh

Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh
Author: Palash Kamruzzaman
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-01-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447305698

This book, aimed at postgraduate level students, analyzes government relationships with international financial institutions to evaluate the role of citizen participation in formulating national poverty reduction policies. Palash Kamruzzaman first explores the rhetoric of participation in development policies and goes on to examine how such citizen participation efforts were outlined in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Bangladesh, where local development brokers play an important economic role. Ultimately, he argues that participatory policies are not enough; we need an entire overhaul of poverty reduction thinking and enough political will—from citizens and politicians alike—to implement it.