Development Planning and Poverty Reduction

by D. Potts (Editor), P. Ryan (Editor), Phillip M Stephens Dhsc Pa-C (Editor)

Overview

The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. This book examines how development interventions might be more effectively targeted to achieve this aim. Part One provides an overview of planning for poverty reduction, and evidence on the extent and causes of poverty. Part Two examines participatory approaches to development planning. Part Three assesses macro-economic strategies and programmes for poverty reduction. Part Four concludes with a microeconomic analysis of the distribution of benefits from investment projects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333970171
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/10/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	287
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

P.B. ANAND Environmental Economist
STEPHEN L. ATKINS Technical Assistant on a European Union funded poverty reduction and agricultural diversification programme, Jamaica
RICHARD BOMD Freelance Development Consultant and Honorary Research Fellow, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK
PAUL FRANCIS Senior Lecturer, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK
CAROLINE HARPER Director of Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, London, UK
HOSSEIN JALILAN Senior Lecturer, Bradford Centre for International Development, UK
ELIO LONDERO Principal Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
ROSEMARY MCGEE Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex ,UK
MICHAEL TRIBE Honarary Research Post, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, UK
ANTHONY TSEKPO Economist, Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana
EMMANUEL TUMUSIIME-MUTEBILE Governor of the Bank of Uganda
JOHN WEISS Professor of Economics, Bradford Centre for International Development
NELSON WANAMBI Government Economist, Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Table of Contents

PART ONE: Introduction; D.Potts, P.Ryan and A.Toner Poverty: What Have We Learnt? Experiences and Lessons from Asia; J.Weiss Direct Budget Support and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Fundamental Shift or a Transitory Fashion?; P.Ryan & A.Toner PART TWO: PARTICIPATION AND PLANNING The Power in Participatory Practices; C.Harper Poverty, Participation and Dependency in Mali: A Tale of Two Projects; P.Francis Opening Pandora's Box: Regional Action of a Concept of Sustainable Growth with Equity; R.Bond Large Dams, Irrigation and Social Equity in Swaziland; S.Atkins PART THREE: STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT Making Partnerships Work on the Ground: Experiences in Uganda; E.Tumusiime-Mutebile Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Role for Civil Society?; R.McGee Development Expenditure Management; M.Tribe & N.Wanambi Projects, Public Investment Plans and Medium-Term Expenditure Framworks: Evidence from Ghana; A.Tsekpo PART FOUR: MEASURING THE BENEFITS Poverty Targeting, Distribution Effects and Project Analysis; E.Londero Distribution Issues in Water Projects: An Application of Sen's Entitlements Approach; P.B.Anand Applying Distribution Analysis: The Mufina Project Revisited; D.Potts Poverty Objectives and Economic Analysis of Health Projects; J.Weiss Analysis of Poverty and Income Distribution Using the Effect Methods; H.Jalilian