Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) - fulfilling their potential for children in poverty?

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 January 2002

Country:: Tanzania
Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Social Change
Authors:: Marcus, R., Wilkinson, J., Marshall, J.

Abstract

The paper is based on an analysis of the content of six full and seventeen interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (respectively PRSPs and I-PRSPs), carried out in mid to late 2001 (Marcus and Wilkinson, 2002), broader evidence of the impact of particular social and economic policy choices in a broader set of low-income contexts, on author involvement with Tanzania's PRSP process (Marshall) and on discussions with representatives of various civil society organisations involved with PRSP processes.

A preprint version of this paper is also appended.

Citation

Marcus, R.; Wilkinson, J.; Marshall, J. Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) - fulfilling their potential for children in poverty? Journal of International Development (2002) 14 (8) 1117-1128. [DOI: 10.1002/jid.953]