Essays about: "Poverty Reduction Strategy PRS"

Found 4 essays containing the words Poverty Reduction Strategy PRS.

  1. 1. The Effects of Growth and Inequality on Poverty in Honduras

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Larsson; Sofie Sjöborg; [2010]
    Keywords : inequality-growth trade-off index; poverty elasticity of inequality; poverty elasticity of growth; poverty; Honduras; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis studies and identifies effects of income growth and income inequality on poverty in Honduras. A Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) was implemented in Honduras in 2001 with the goal to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Since carrying out of PRS, poverty and inequality has only decreased slightly and growth in income has been small. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ownership of the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Rwanda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Curman; [2009]
    Keywords : ownership; Rwanda; Poverty Reduction Strategy PRS ; government leadership; stakeholder participation; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Ownership is said to be the key principle of efficient aid and crucial for a successful outcome of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). However, it is a contested concept and has been criticised for being vague and contradictory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Poverty Reduction through the participation of the poor!? : A study of the Poverty Reduction Strategies in Uganda and Bolivia from a civil-society perspective

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Erike Tanghöj; [2007]
    Keywords : Uganda; Bolivia; Poverty Reduction; Poverty Reduction Strategies; Participation; National Ownership; Civil-society;

    Abstract : The situation of the low developed countries has been on the agenda of IMF and the World Bank throughout the years. However, after the disastrous failure of the Structural Adjustment Programs, the two financial institutions left the ideas of 'one model fits all' and economic growth equals development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Beyond The Rhetoric. Mainstreaming Environmental Issues into Poverty Reduction Strategies: The case of Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Atkeyelsh Persson; [2005]
    Keywords : poverty reduction strategy; sustainable development; Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme; SDPRP; Environmental studies; Miljöstudier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Since 1999, the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) encourage developing countries to prepare the so called poverty reduction strategies (PRSs), which are national integrated strategies formulated through a participatory process coordinated with donors. This research has aimed to contribute to the development of effective PRS, especially the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme (SDPRP) of Ethiopia. READ MORE