New International Poverty Reduction Strategies (routledge Studies In Development Economics)

The World Bank and IMF launched a joint initiative at the end of the twentieth century to fight poverty. This book critically assesses these new international strategies against poverty. This book, originally published in French and updated here, needs to be read by development economists and particularly the IMF and World bank--its advice must not be ignored. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 10 1 A critical review of the World Bank’s stance on poverty reduction......Page 44 2 Poverty, inequality of conditions and inequality of opportunities: chances and risks of new strategies......Page 74 3 The lessons to be learnt from methods of regulating poverty in Europe......Page 98 4 Urban poverty and recession in sub-Saharan Africa......Page 121 5 Do they really think differently?......Page 149 6 A participatory process towards establishing new relationships between stakeholders......Page 174 7 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: old wine in new bottles?......Page 203 8 Poverty reduction in Mali: will the PRSP make a difference?......Page 226 9 Debt relief or aid reform?......Page 242 10 The HIPC Initiative and poverty reduction......Page 262 11 The existing systems for monitoring poverty......Page 292 12 The different approaches to measuring poverty in Europe......Page 318 13 Two original poverty monitoring tools......Page 336 14 Evaluating poverty reduction policies......Page 363 References......Page 394 Index......Page 413 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a joint initiative at the end of 1999, stating that they intended to set the fight against poverty at the heart of their development policies. This book provides the expert, critical analysis of the poverty reduction strategies that is needed. Originally published in French and updated here for the first time in English, the book emphasises three main innovations brought about by focus on poverty reduction, participatory process implemented for policy-making and better coordination of official development assistance. The con Originally published in French and updated here for the first time in English, the book emphasises three main innovations brought about by the fight against poverty by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Edited By Jean-pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto And François Roubaud. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [371]-389) And Index.