Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) - fulfilling their potential for children in poverty?

Abstract

The paper is based on an analysis of the content of six full and seventeen interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (respectively PRSPs and I-PRSPs), carried out in mid to late 2001 (Marcus and Wilkinson, 2002), broader evidence of the impact of particular social and economic policy choices in a broader set of low-income contexts, on author involvement with Tanzania's PRSP process (Marshall) and on discussions with representatives of various civil society organisations involved with PRSP processes.

A preprint version of this paper is also appended.

Citation

Marcus, R.; Wilkinson, J.; Marshall, J. Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) - fulfilling their potential for children in poverty? Journal of International Development (2002) 14 (8) 1117-1128. [DOI: 10.1002/jid.953]

Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) - fulfilling their potential for children in poverty?

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Published 1 January 2002