Summaries of Ten Country Case Studies Undertaken as Part of the IEO Evaluation of the PRSP/PRGF and OED Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) initiative in 1999 to improve the planning, implementation, and monitoring of public actions geared toward reducing poverty. The PRS paper and po...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/20106310/summaries-ten-country-case-studies-undertaken-part-ieo-evaluation-prsp-prgf-oed-review-poverty-reduction-strategy-prs-process http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20220 |
| Summary: | The World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) launched the poverty reduction strategy
(PRS) initiative in 1999 to improve the planning,
implementation, and monitoring of public actions geared
toward reducing poverty. The PRS paper and poverty reduction
and growth facility (PRGF) were intended to transform the
way the Bank and the fund operated in low income countries.
This volume contains summaries of ten country case studies
namely, Albania, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mauritania,
Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Vietnam
conducted for the IMF's independent evaluation office
(IEO) evaluation of the PRSP and PRGF and the World
Bank's operations evaluation department (OED)
evaluation of the PRS process. Evaluators interviewed
government officials, civil society groups or
representatives, international non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and other external partners during
field visits in all ten countries, and also reviewed
internal and publicly available documents prepared by the
IMF and World Bank staff. Stakeholders commented on the
preliminary findings of the evaluation teams, and in most
cases workshops were held at the end of the mission. The
governments of the countries were asked to comment on the
full case study reports, which reflect their remarks. |
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