The Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (IPRSP)

Labour Market Dynamics In Pakistan: Evidence From The Longitudinal Data

The bulk of research on labour market conditions in Pakistan has concentrated on the economic activity rate, the number of employed persons or the unemployment rate at a particular point in time (Nasir, 2001). These stock measures of labour market situation are useful from a policy viewpoint as they give a broad indication of the dimension of the problem. For instance, the recent labour force s...

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Approach: Early Experience with Interim PRSPs and Full PRSPs

II. Experience in Implementing the PRSP Approach...................................................................9 A. Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (I-PRSPs) ...................................................9 Taking stock of the I-PRSP experience .......................................................................10 Prospective I-PRSPs ...........................................

Albania: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Economic Growth as an Instrument for Poverty Reduction in Mozambique: Framework for a Growth Strategy

1. Poverty reduction is the central goal of the Government’s medium-term economic program. This commitment is expressed in many policy documents, including the Programa do Governo para 2000-2004, the Government Document to the Consultative Group, the Interim Policy Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP), and the Plano de Acção para Redução da Pobreza Absoluta 2000-2004 (PARPA). The focus on poverty ...

Policies to Roll - back the State and Privatize ? Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

This paper investigates poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs), launched by the International Monetary Fund/World Bank in 1999 as conditions for debt relief and loans. It queries whether PRSPs really represent a shift away from the controversial structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) of the past. Ostensibly PRSPs have a greater focus on poverty reduction, yet this investigation finds little...