|Dec<br>1999|- Five PPA reports (4 site reports, one synthesis<br>report) published, translated and disseminated<br>widely<br>- Many points presented during CG meeting drawn<br>directly from the PPAs|- "Vietnam: Attacking Poverty" translated and<br>approved by Government for distribution at the<br>CG meeting. Published and circulated.<br>- CG meeting held. Delegates endorsed "Vietnam:<br>Attacking Poverty"<br>- PWG nominated by MPI to be collaborative<br>forum responsible for helping Government<br>produce a comprehensive poverty reduction plan|
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|Jan-Feb<br>2000<br>~~~~~~|~~~~~~<br><br> <br>|Government requests help with drawing up<br>poverty reduction strategy. PWG agrees to<br>structure work around this Government request.<br> <br>I<br>I I<br><br>II<br>II<br>111I|
|March<br>2000<br>-|**.**.**.......**<br>.........**.**..**......**...... .... . ..**.**<br>. . .. .**.**..<br>..... .... .......................**.**..**..**....... .....**.**... .... .. .... ..... ..... .......................<br>-<br>-. ........<br>..<br>-1|....<br>.........<br>............. ........-<br>----<br>...............<br>... .......... - . ... ................. ....- ......<br>- <br>"Vietnam: Attacking Poverty" is distributed to all<br>National Assembly members and all 61 Provinces<br>I<br>1 1<br>I<br>-|
|........... . . . <br>April<br>2000|.......**.**.. ........... ..<br>.....**.**........ .....**.**....... .**..**...... .....<br>....... ...<br>.. ........... . .**...**.....**..**...**.**...|............ ......**.**<br>..........**.**<br>..... ...**.**.... ...... ...... .<br>....... ............... ........<br>.... .....<br><br>.....<br>.................... .. ....... ...<br>- Government requests IMF & IMF to make a<br>presentation on requirements for a Poverty<br>Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)<br>- PWG discusses macro-micro linkages and Public<br>Expenditure Review|
|May<br>2000<br> <br>|- Workshop held with PWG members, PPA partner<br>agencies and local authorities to evaluate impact of<br>the PPAs on different stakeholders and on policy<br>and programs<br>- Government requests help in developing pared-<br>down PPA guidelines/toolkits for local authorities<br>to use in planning<br> <br><br> <br>|PWG meets to discuss how framework proposed<br>in "Vietnam: Attacking Poverty" could be used to<br>develop comprehensive poverty reduction plan<br><br> <br>|
|i<br><br>|y<br>0**..**<br>..<br>... ....**..**... .... ....**.**. ... I .....**..**. --_**..**.<br>0 ....**.**.**.**.....<br>July 2000<br> <br> <br>|.**........** **..**<br>I - .**....**..**.........** **.**...**.....** **......**.**..**<br>- .....**.....**..**..**<br>I ....**....**......<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~Three-day<br>retreat held in Sapa (Lao Cai) to start<br>work on Comprehensive Poverty Reduction<br>Strategy (CPRS). Nearly 100 participants from<br>Government ministries, research institutes, local<br>and international NGOs and donors<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|
|.A..u<br>Aug-Sept<br>2000<br>~~~~~|g. -<br>.. ......... S ...e ... ...**.**............ ........**.**....<br>.... . . ......t<br> <br>~~~~~~~|... .... .. .....................**......**<br>I<br> **...**...I.........**.....**<br>.. ........<br>1 .............**.**<br>I- --**.**.**.**..**....**.....<br>. -G<br>- Govemment taking the lead in drafting CPRS<br>based on many sources of information, but<br>including the PPAs, the quantitative analysis and<br>the findings from the Sapa workshop<br>- regional and national consultations on the draft<br>CPRS<br>|
|<br>Sept-Oct<br>2000<br>|..<br>.........-.....**.**.... . ... .......**.**. ... ........ ,........<br>...... .......**..**.... ... . ... - ...........<br>..............<br>....... .-... .......**..**.<br>Development of PPA toolkit for local authority use<br>in planning<br>|............I.,.....<br>........... .........<br>.......... ..<br>...... .......**..**...- ...............<br>.........**..**...**.**......<br>Finalize draft CPRS<br> <br>|
|<br>Dc 200P|-<br>. .......... ...**.**...**.**....... ...........**...**............<br>... .. ..**..**...<br>resentation|.**.......**..... ...**..** **...**...**........** **.**....<br>.. ......<br>Presentatio<br>n<br>of CPRS to CG meeting|
|April<br>2001|.........................<br>.|..........<br>.............<br>.CPRS<br>discussed atthe**9T**Party Congress|

Reducing the PPA fieldwork to two boxes is not to diminish the effort and resources that went into the PPA fieldwork. Within the shaded boxes in Table 1 lies a whole range of subtasks. These were central to producing good quality research which could be credible to local and national policy makers and which could be useful in informing both the poverty assessment and the development of the partner agencies' own work.

Diagram 1 overleaf presents the detailed activities that lie within the implementation stage, This is taken from the Lao Cai PPA, but the other PPA studies went through 11