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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10079305/stocktaking-prsps-fragile-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11135

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Summary:	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.

A Stocktaking of PRSPs in Fragile States

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