In February the World Bank’s Board will consider a new Private Sector Development Strategy.
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Bank and Fund watchers must watch WTO
As the World Bank and the IMF inch closer towards streamlining their policies with those of the WTO, and vice-versa, a Bretton Woods Briefing discusses why Bank and Fund watchers should keep a close eye on the WTO negotiations (November 2001) .
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PRSP monitoring unit established
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has set up a PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project.
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Link budget to PRSP
The budget in Zambia should be linked to poverty reduction priorities, urged the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCPJ) in a statement submitted to the government in October 2001.
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PRSPs “exclude environment”
Friends of the Earth has produced a paper arguing that the Poverty Reduction Strategy process has overlooked environmental concerns.
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Malawian PRSP concerns
The Malawian Economic Justice Network released a statement in early September.
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New Bank report sets out trade agenda
Reshaping the world’s trade system and reducing barriers to trade could accelerate medium-term growth and reduce poverty around the world, concludes Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2002: Making Trade Work for the World’s Poor.
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Ghana PRS has “potential”
An assessment of Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy process (GPRS) suggests there is much potential for formulating, in a participatory manner, an effective poverty reduction strategy.
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Poverty reduction progress assessed
In September around 400 people gathered in Senegal to discuss Poverty Reduction Strategies.
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Ownership friendly conditionality
A new IMF paper proposes changes to current methods of applying conditionality.
