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Poverty
Main Research Topic
CMI studies the underlying societal and market mechanisms that may explain why people stay poor, and the design and impacts of programs to reduce poverty.
In Pursuit of Poverty Reduction: What Have Parliaments Got to Do with It?
CMI Report | Jan 2006
Launched only 6 years ago, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) has become a key reference document to a majority of developing countries. More ...
Aid, Parliament, Poverty, PRSP, Tanzania, Asia
Poverty reduction strategy processes in Malawi and Zambia
CMI Report | Jan 2004
Malawi and Zambia are poor and heavily indebted countries whose dependence on foreign aid is pronounced. They both qualify for debt relief in terms of ...
Poverty reduction, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP), IMF, World Bank, Malawi, Zambia, Africa: Malawi
PRSP in Tanzania: Do Mkukuta and the CCM Election Manifesto pull in the same Direction?
CMI Report | Jan 2006
The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), or what is more commonly referred to by the Kiswahili acronym Mkukuta, has been in ...
Poverty reduction, Elections, Tanzania
The participatory aspects of poverty reduction strategies in Malawi and Zambia
Project | Oct 2002 - Dec 2003
In 2000 both Malawi and Zambia were pronounced as eligible for debt relief in terms of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative under the auspices ...
Poverty reduction, Civil society, Participation, Policy-making, Africa: Malawi, Zambia
Comparison between the Mkukuta and the Election manifesto of CCM/Tanzania
Project | Mar - May 2006
The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), or in Kiswahili Mkukuta, is Tanzania's second PRSP. The Mkukuta has been effective ...
Tanzania
Urban dimensions of donors' poverty-reduction strategies
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2002
This paper examines the extent to which the poverty-reduction strategies of selected multilateral and bilateral donors incorporate an urban poverty dimension. ...
Urbanisation, Urban poverty, Global
The budget as theatre - the formal and informal institutional makins of the budget process in Malawi. Final report
Commissioned Report | Jan 2004
What can explain the apparent lack of political will to formulate, implement and monitor the budget process and public financial management in accordance ...
Malawi, budget, public financial management, PRSP, Africa: Malawi
Poverty Reduction in Eastern and Southern Africa: An Introduction
Book Chapter | Jan 2008
This introductory chapter sets the stage for country-specific analyses of poverty reduction strategies by two different categories of countries: Heavily ...
Poverty reduction, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Comparing Poverty Reduction Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Book Chapter | Jan 2008
This concluding chapter compares the poverty reduction strategies of six sub-Saharan African countries (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda and ...
Poverty reduction, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Out of Poverty. Comparative Poverty Reduction Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Edited Book | Sep 2008
Poverty reduction has been a long-standing concern of all African countries since independence. This focus is also reflected in the policies of the international ...
Poverty reduction strategies, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
The Bretton Woods Institutions and the PRSPs: Comparative African Perspectives
Project | Jan - Dec 2006
The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative under the auspices of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have adopted a set ...
Human Rights, Africa, Poverty Reduction
The World Bank and poverty in Africa: a critical assessment of the Bank's operational strategies for poverty reduction
Report in External Series | Jan 1998
The World Bank and poverty in Africa: a critical assessment of the Bank's operational strategies fo
Social exclusion: Is socio-cultural identity a barrier to poverty reduction?
Event | 29 May 2007
Workshop and seminar with Professor Erik Thorbecke from Cornell University on social exclusion: Is socio-cultural identity a barrier to poverty reduction? How does discrimination in the job market affect income inequality?
Policies and strategies for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid: A review
Report in External Series | Jan 1999
Policies and strategies for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid: A review Arve Ofstad an
Responsiveness to the concerns of the poor and accountability to the commitments to poverty reduction
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2003
Taking its cue from the poverty-reduction thrust of the Millennium Development Goals, this paper proposes an analytical framework for answering the fundamental ...
Poverty, Poverty reduction, Development aid, UNDP
Monitoring and evaluating Mozambique's poverty reduction strategy PARPA 2006-2008. A synopsis of three qualitative studies on rural and urban poverty
CMI Report | May 2009
The first three in a series of six qualitative and participatory studies on poverty and well-being in Mozambique have revealed that there are positive ...
Mozambique, Poverty
Economic Prospects for Ethiopia and Challenges for Poverty Reduction
CMI Report | Jan 2006
The report analyses Ethiopia's economic performance and expected future development. The economic growth rate is likely to remain high despite large fluctuations ...
Economic growth, Poverty reduction, Ethiopia
Assessing the implications of PARPA II in rural Northern Mozambique 2006-2009
CMI Brief | Sep 2010
This brief presents the main conclusions from the fourth in a series of six studies monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s poverty reduction strategy ...
Mozambique
Feasible Social Security Systems in Africa
Journal Article | Jan 2008
Increasing attention is being devoted to social security in developing countries as part of their poverty reduction strategies. This article discusses ...
Social security
Reality checks in Mozambique. Inception report.
Commissioned Report | Aug 2011
Poverty monitoring in Mozambique primarily takes place within the framework of the implementation of Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PARPA), ...
Aid, Poverty, Mozambique, Niassa, Mozambique