Promoting Pro-Poor Growth
Subtitle: Policy Guidance for Donors
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: DAC guidelines and reference series; DAC Guidelines and Reference Series
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9789264024786
Subjects: Agriculture and Food; Social Issues/Migration/Health; Development
Description: For aid donors, the pro-poor growth agenda is not business as usual and more of the same will not be sufficient. Focusing on pro-poor growth and income poverty, Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Policy Guidance for Donors identifies binding constraints and offers policies and strategies to address them. Policy recommendations aim to help change donor behaviour and pave the way for more effective development co-operation in these areas. This compendium pays special attention to the role of private sector development, agriculture and infrastructure in pro-poor growth – areas that were neglected by many donors during the 1990s but are currently receiving renewed attention in the international development agenda. It also presents a methodology for conducting ex-ante poverty impact assessment, a valuable tool for those whose aim is to maximise the poverty reducing impacts of development interventions.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Reducing Economic Poverty through Pro-poor Growth; title: Addressing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty; title: Political Empowerment and the Policy Making Process; title: The Role of Donors; title: Key Policy Messages - Overview; title: Removing Barriers to Formalisation; title: Implementing Competition Policy in Developing Countries; title: Promoting the Supply-side Response: Technical and Financial Assistance for Pro-poor Growth; title: The Financial Sector's Contribution to Pro-poor Growth; title: Enhancing Women's Market Access and Promoting Pro-poor Growth; title: Constructing Inclusive Public-private Dialogue; title: Agriculture - Executive Summary; title: Why we Need a New Agenda for Agriculture; title: Increasing Productivity and Improving Market Access; title: Promoting Diversified Livelihoods; title: Reducing Risk and Vulnerability; title: Advancing the New Agenda; title: Infrastructure - Executive Summary; title: Scaling Up and Improving Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction; title: Four Guiding Principles for Using Infrastructure to Reduce Poverty; title: Implementing the Guiding Principles in Sector Support; title: Applying the Guiding Principles in Countries with Special Needs; title: Assessing the Effects of Infrastructure on Pro-poor Growth; title: Monitoring Implementation of the Guiding Principles; title: Ex ante Poverty Impact Assessment - Executive Summary; title: The Rationale for ex ante Poverty Impact Assessment; title: How to Do an ex ante PIA; title: Adjusting Donors' Reporting to Impact Orientation; title: How to Support and Monitor Implementation of ex ante PIA.