The new conditionality : the politics of poverty reduction strategies

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The new conditionality : the politics of poverty reduction strategies

edited by Jeremy Gould

Zed Books, 2005

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p.[163]-173) and index

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: hbk ISBN 9781842775226

内容説明

Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) are the new buzzwords in development aid. Some seventy developing countries have already elaborated a PRS in response to the requirements of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and bilateral aid agencies and as a precondition for rolling over past debts or obtaining new assistance. While it may be premature to reach conclusions as to their ultimate economic and social impacts, implications for local policy making and political processes, as this book explains, are already becoming clear. PRSs, as with the Structural Adjustment policies that they have ostensibly replaced, run up against a central paradox: in vesting decisive policymaking powers in external agencies, the very process of drawing up development strategies to prioritize reducing poverty can undermine the consolidation of democratic forces, structures and ideas in developing countries. While the nuanced conclusions of these field studies show that the political terrain and the specific impacts of PRSs in different countries are highly variegated, serious questions arise about the long-term political consequences of this new generation of contemporary development practices.

目次

1. Poverty, Politics and States of Partnership - Jeremy Gould 2. Tanzania: Merging in the Circle - Jeremy Gould & Julia Ojanen 3. Vietnam: Dealing with Donors - Irene Nørlund, Tran Ngoc Ca and Nguyen Dinh Tuyen 4. Honduras: Transforming the Concessional State - Maaria Seppänen 5. The Politics of Consultation - Jeremy Gould
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: pbk ISBN 9781842775233

内容説明

Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) are the new buzzwords in development aid. Some seventy developing countries have already elaborated a PRS in response to the requirements of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and bilateral aid agencies and as a precondition for rolling over past debts or obtaining new assistance. While it may be premature to reach conclusions as to their ultimate economic and social impacts, implications for local policy making and political processes, as this book explains, are already becoming clear. PRSs, as with the Structural Adjustment policies that they have ostensibly replaced, run up against a central paradox: in vesting decisive policymaking powers in external agencies, the very process of drawing up development strategies to prioritize reducing poverty can undermine the consolidation of democratic forces, structures and ideas in developing countries. While the nuanced conclusions of these field studies show that the political terrain and the specific impacts of PRSs in different countries are highly variegated, serious questions arise about the long-term political consequences of this new generation of contemporary development practices.

目次

1. Poverty, Politics and States of Partnership - Jeremy Gould 2. Tanzania: Merging in the Circle - Jeremy Gould & Julia Ojanen 3. Vietnam: Dealing with Donors - Irene Norlund, Tran Ngoc Ca and Nguyen Dinh Tuyen 4. Honduras: Transforming the Concessional State - Maaria Seppanen 5. The Politics of Consultation - Jeremy Gould

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