Highlights of a Fund staff meeting with CSOs to discuss the role of the Fund in low-income countries.
PRSP
Conditionality
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Country ownership of PRSPs is restricted to “officialdom”
The IMF's Independent Evaluation Office recent review of the poverty reduction strategy paper concedes to shortcomings in the design of the initiative.
Conditionality
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Bank and Fund evaluation vindicates PRSP critics
The World Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED) has just released the report of an evaluation they have conducted of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper approach.
Conditionality
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Gender "poorly rooted"
Gender has been incorporated within the framework of standard macroeconomic and sector policies.
Knowledge
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Ties that bind: possible shifts on conditionality?
The extent to which efforts to review conditionality represent a desire for better implementation rather than a fundamental re-examination of the impact of policy conditions remains unclear.
Conditionality
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Parliaments: the missing link in democratising national policy making
Across sub-saharan Africa, good governance efforts depend on the strengthening of parliamentary democracy. In sharp contrast country relations with IFIs reveal weak parliamentary engagement.
Knowledge
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PRSPs: a continuation of structural adjustment
Debate remains over the formulation and content of PRSPs. Many analysts suggest that they continue the trajectory of structural adjustment policies.
Conditionality
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Parliamentarians increase demands on World Bank
At a major conference in February parliamentarians from 70 countries demanded a greater say in approving national policy frameworks.
Conditionality
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Official report confirms PRSP criticisms
A report produced by the Bank and Fund for their annual meetings reflects on the continuing problems with implementing the lofty goals of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers.
Rights
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Meeting: ‘milestone’ or ‘millstone’ for Bank/civil society relations?
Concerns have been raised about a new high-level initiative involving the World Bank and selected civil society groups.
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