Publisher's Synopsis
'A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies' is a guide intended to help low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse on poverty reduction policies and programs at the country level. Each chapter adopts a layered approach, with a short summary providing overall assistance on issues, a detailed guide providing approaches to analysis and policy development along with supporting materials including country case studies, technical notes, and recommendations for further reading. 'A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies' is organized into two volumes. 'Volume One' focuses on Core Techniques including poverty measurement and analysis, and monitoring and evaluation. Cross-Cutting Issues, such as participation, governance, and gender, are also discussed in 'Volume One'. 'Volume Two' concentrates on Macroeconomic and Sectoral Approaches.
