After the publication of Voices of the Poor and World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty, it became clear to the Country Management Unit (CMU) for Peru that empowerment of the poor is central to economic growth and poverty reduction strategies. The question that followed was how and with what results the Bank was incorporating empowerment in its assistance strategy and ongoing operations in Peru, and how that could be improved. Given that the country team was winding up implementation of the 1997 CAS, a first step was to look into the country portfolio.
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