Ownership and Partnership: What Role for Civil Society in Poverty Reduction Strategies (Development Centre Studies)

Partnership Forums Are The Means By Which The Oecd Development Assistance Committee Provides A Venue For Non-governmental Actors To Express Their Points Of View And To Offer Their Own Contributions To Development Policy And Strategy. In December 2000, The Dac And The Development Centre Held A Forum On Ways Of Integrating Civil Society Into Policy Formation In Developing Countries, And To Identify Obstacles To Such Involvement. Participants Agreed That Civil Society's Role In Poverty-reduction Strategies Had Been An Important Element In Succesful Implementation. This Book Contains 8 Papers Presented At The forum, Covering Experience In A Variety Of Countries With A Variety Of stakeholders. the Wide-ranging Discussion Concluded That Civil-society Participation In Policy Making Not Only Enhances Efficiency In Implementation, But Also Contributes To The Creation Of More Pluralistic And Democratic Political Systems. Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface By Louka T. Katseli -- Executive Summary By Henny Helmich, Fritz Meijndert And Sohn Simpson -- Chapter 1. Changing Partners; Changing Assumptions By Sulvia Borren -- Chapter 2. National Dialogue: The World Bank Experience By Pablo Guerrero -- Chapter 3. Civil Society And The Poverty Eradication Plan Of Uganda By Walter Eberlei -- Chapter 4. Civil Society And The Education System In Ghana: Decline In The Ghanaian Education System By Emmanuel Kuyole -- Chapter 5. Gender, National Budgeting, And Civil Society In Tanzania -- The Swedish Approach To Poverty Reduction In Development Cooperation By Marja Ruohomaki -- Mainstreaming Gender In National Planning And Budgeting Processes: The Case Of Tanzania By Aggripina Mosha -- Chapter 6. The Idea Of Ownership, The Reality Of Systems By Judith Randel -- Chapter 7. Power Relationships: Government, The Market, And Civil Society By Sulvia Borren -- Chapter 8. National Dialogue: Realistic Expectations? By Ian Smillie -- List Of Participants Edited By Ian Smillie And Henri-bernard Solignac Lecomte. This Book Is A Collection Of The Proceedings Of The Development Partnership Forum Jointly Organised By The Development Assistance Committee And The Development Centre Of The Oecd In December 2000 -- P. 3. Includes Bibliographical References. Preface / Louka T. Katseli Executive summary / Henny Helmich, Fritz Meijndert and John Simpson Ch. 1. Changing partners; changing assumptions / Sylvia Borren Ch. 2. National dialogue: the World Bank experience / Pablo Guerrero Ch. 3. Civil society participation and the poverty eradication plan of Uganda / Walter Eberlei Ch. 4. Civil society and the education system in Ghana. Decline in the Ghanaian education system / Emmanuel Kuyole ; Oxfam and Ghana's national education campaign coalition / Tony Burdon Ch. 5. Gender, national budgeting and civil society in Tanzania. The Swedish approach to poverty reduction in development co-operation / Marja Ruohomäki ; Mainstreaming gender in national planning and budgeting processes: the case of Tanzania / Aggripina Mosha Ch. 6. The idea of ownership, the reality of systems / Judith Randel Ch. 7. Power relationships: government, the market and civil society / Sylvia Borren Ch. 8. National dialogue: realistic expectations? / Ian Smillie. In December 2000, the Development Assistance Committee and the Development Centre held a Partnership Forum on ways of integrating civil society into policy formation in developing countries, and to identify obstacles to such involvement. Participants agreed that civil society's role in poverty-reduction strategies had been an important element in successful implementation Partnership Forums Are The Means By Which The Oecd Development Assistance Committee Provides A Venue For Non-governmental Actors To Express Their Points Of View. This Book Presents The Proceedings Of The December 2000 Forum On Onwership And Partnership.