The New Conditionality - The Politics of Poverty Reduction Strategies (Paperback)

Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) are the new buzzwords in development aid. Some seventy developing countries have already elaborated a PRS in response to the requirements of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and bilateral aid agencies and as a precondition for rolling over past debts or obtaining new assistance. While it may be premature to reach conclusions as to their ultimate economic and social impacts, implications for local policy making and political processes, as this book explains, are already becoming clear. PRSs, as with the Structural Adjustment policies that they have ostensibly replaced, run up against a central paradox: in vesting decisive policymaking powers in external agencies, the very process of drawing up development strategies to prioritize reducing poverty can undermine the consolidation of democratic forces, structures and ideas in developing countries. While the nuanced conclusions of these field studies show that the political terrain and the specific impacts of PRSs in different countries are highly variegated, serious questions arise about the long-term political consequences of this new generation of contemporary development practices.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	March 2006
Editors:	Jeremy Gould
Dimensions:	216 x 136 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-84277-523-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	1-84277-523-5
Barcode:	9781842775233

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