Beyond the Numbers: Understanding the Institutions for Monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategies

One of the key components of a successful Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is a system for monitoring the implementation of the strategy and tracking progress in poverty reduction. This volume provides lessons on the design and functioning of Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) monitoring systems, based on the experience of twelve PRS countries. The focus is on the institutional arrangements of PRS monitoring systems - the rules and processes which bring the various actors and monitoring activities together in a coherent framework.

This book provides practitioners with lessons and guidance, a diagnostic tool, and a summary of the situation in twelve PRS countries.

Full Text (1.62mb PDF)

Executive Summary (65kb PDF)

Part One:  Lessons from the Experiences of 12 Countries (31kb PDF)

1. Expectations and Realities (70kb PDF)
2. Organizing the Supply Side of PRS Monitoring (88 kb PDF)
3. Making Use of PRS Monitoring (72kb PDF)
4. Organizing Participation (45kb PDF)
5. Conclusions of the Analysis (34kb PDF)

Part Two:  Diagnostic and Guidance Tools for the Practitioner (29kb PDF)

1. Diagnostic Tool: The Institutional Dimension of PRS Monitoring Systems (84kb PDF)
2. Guidance on the Institutional Dimension of PRS Monitoring Systems (84kb PDF)

Part Three:  Country Studies: Institutional Arrangements for PRS Monitoring Systems (35kb PDF)

1. Albania (95kb PDF)
2. Bolivia (85kb PDF)
3. Guyana (75kb PDF)
4. Honduras (83kb PDF)
5. The Kyrgyz Republic (71kb PDF)
6. Malawi (71kb PDF)
7. Mali (81kb PDF)
8. Mauritania (78kb PDF)
9. Nicaragua (75kb PDF)
10. Niger (74kb PDF)
11. Tanzania (79kb PDF)
12. Uganda (82kb PDF)

Bibliography (65kb PDF)

Affiliation: * World Bank and ^‡ Agulhas Applied Knowledge

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