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by Dr. Ann Hudock
22-May-2003
To participate effectively in policy formation, citizens
and their representatives need timely, relevant, and clear information
and analysis of political and economic issues. Among society’s institutions,
an independent media is best positioned to disseminate information, educate
the public and policymakers, create a platform for diverse views, and
keep the citizenry informed about socioeconomic developments, especially
as they relate to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process.
The World Bank and the Enforcement Critique of Conditionality,
by M. A. Thomas, Foreword by Dr. Ann Hudock
16-Jan-2003
In this paper, Thomas discusses one widely accepted
challenge to conditionality, which she calls "the enforcement critique."
Enforcement critics posit that conditionality has failed because borrowers
do not comply with conditions. They claim that borrowers do not comply
with conditions because the Bank's own drive to lend prevents it from
enforcing conditions at all. Accordingly, some enforcement critics argue
that conditionality must be abandoned in favor of selectivity, a strategy
in which donors would lend to governments that already have good policies
and institutions in place.
by Andrew Lentz
07-Nov-2002
The study, Assessing the Impact of Uganda’s
Poverty Action Fund, concludes that future iterations of Uganda’s
PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) and PAF (Poverty Action Fund)
will have a larger impact on poverty alleviation if the poor are integrated
more fully into the process of policy creation. International and national
policymakers must be willing to temper macro-level assumptions about how
people get out of poverty with micro- or village-level realities. In Uganda,
this would entail investing in smallholder farmers to help them secure
their basic needs so that they can become full participants in promoting
economic growth.
29-Aug-2002
World Learning welcomes the opportunity to provide
feedback to the World Bank on the User's Guide. The principles upon which
the PSIA is founded are commendable and the User Guide is quite thorough
in its treatment of analysis issues and its promotion of eventual local
ownership over the process. However, there are areas where clarification,
strengthening or further thinking may improve not only the product but
also its position in the overall PRSP process.
by Dr. Ann Hudock
28-Aug-2002
This paper argues that poverty reduction requires
good governance, and that the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) could provide a strategy
for achieving both goals. To do so, however, international financial institutions
(IFIs) must be refocused to better uphold national democratic processes
and actively support domestically identified steps towards improved governance.
A summary report highlighting the impact and lessons
learned from the first three phases of World Leaning's Democracy Network
Program in Romania (USAID-funded, 1995-1999)
Partnerships Across Borders (© 1997)
The final project report from World Learning's Private
Voluntary Organizations' Initiative for the New Independent States (PVO/NIS)
Project (USAID-funded, 1992-1997)
Building New Leadership in Central Europe (© 1996)
An overview of the achievements of the Participant
Training Project for Europe administered by World Learning as part of
the Partners in International Education and Training consortium (USAID-funded,
1992-1996)
Non-Governmental Organizations and Natural Resources Management: Synthesis
Assessment of Capacity-Building Issues in Africa (© 1996)
A review of the experience of the first phase of
the PVO-NGO/NRMS Project managed by World Learning, CARE, and World Wildlife
Fund (USAID-funded, 1989-1995)
Non-Governmental Organizations and Natural Resources Management: An
Assessment of Eighteen African Countries - Executive Summary (© 1993)
A summary of natural resources management assessments
of 18 African countries conducted in 1992 under the aegis of the PVO-NGO/NRMS
Project managed by World Learning, CARE, and World Wildlife Fund (USAID-funded,
1989-1995)
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