A common trait of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua is the relative lack of priority assigned to the rural sector despite the high incidence of poverty found there, as well as their inability to focus on the key determinants of rural poverty. The...

In 1997, Guyana started to receive debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. In 2001, to qualify for the Enhanced HIPC Initiative, Guyana developed a Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) that committed the country to a reorientation of its economic and social policies...

Cet article cherche à déterminer dans quelle mesure les programmes de l’initiative de la Stratégie de Réduction de la Pauvreté ont contribué à promouvoir l’égalité des sexes dans les politiques publiques en Bolivie, au Honduras et au Nicaragua. Les processus de SRP présentent, en...

Les Documents de Stratégie de Réduction de la Pauvreté prévoient, dans l’ensemble, peu de dispositions pour faire face à l’instabilité économique et prêtent peu attention aux options macro-économiques, en échelonnant les dépenses publiques de réduction de la pauvreté à la...

The Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness stipulates that broadly owned and results-oriented national plans will be the basis for establishing national ownership and leadership of the aid process and for improving alignment and harmonization. In this sense, there is a close link between the...

This study is a policy assessment contrasting forestry reforms and their intended objectives against the state of the forestry sector in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua. The study finds that there is a gap between policy objectives and the state of forestry in the three countries, and that the...

Introduced in 1999, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) created hopes of a significant change in development cooperation and in the fight against poverty. Often, however, these hopes led to disappointment. In Nicaragua, despite the adoption of a PRSP in 2001 and conditions that seemed...

Un des objectifs du processus des Stratégies de Réduction de la Pauvreté était de s′assurer que les ressources d′aide au développement seraient utilisées pour produire des résultats concrets et mesurables. La participation des groupes de société civile à la création, gestion et au...

This article summarizes the main messages of UNCTAD's Least Developed Countries Report 2010. In the wake of global financial and economic crisis, the Report calls for a development paradigm shift and the creation of a New International Development Architecture (NIDA) for the poorest and most...