scholarly journals Liberia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
National Development ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy ◽  
Produced Capital

The Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development 2018 to 2023 (PAPD) is the second in the series of 5-year National Development Plans (NDP) anticipated under the Liberia Vision 2030 framework. It follows the Agenda for Transformation 2012-2017 (AfT). It is informed as well by lessons learned from the implementation of the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy 2007 (iPRS) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (2008-2011). The fundamentals underpinning the PAPD are: i) Liberia is rich in human and natural resources; but ii) is deprived of development largely because its human capital lacks the knowledge to transform the natural resources into wealth—whether through farming, mining, fishing, or other productive ventures that require technology or financial investments. Consequently, Liberia is relatively rich in natural capital but relatively poor in relations to its peers in both human and produced capital. Moreover, because of a legacy of entrenched inequality in access to development opportunities, widespread infrastructure deficits and pervasive poverty have become the binding constraints to future growth and prosperity.

Implementing the Sector Wide Approach for Improved Aid and Development Effectiveness: Assessing the Swaziland Experience

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 622-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kempe Ronald Hope
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
National Development ◽  
Agriculture Education ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Development Effectiveness ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy ◽  
State Of Affairs

Abstract This work discusses the sector wide approach (SWAP) for aid and development effectiveness and examines and analyzes the experience of Swaziland in its attempt to implement the SWAP based on an assessment of the four priority sectors (agriculture, education, health, and water and sanitation) in which they were launched. The methodology included interviews with key stakeholders in the four sectors. The work finds that, with the exception of the health SWAP, there has been very little progress in the SWAP implementation and no SWAP-related results have been delivered in support of the country’s National Development Strategy and its Poverty Reduction Strategy and Action Plan. The factors contributing to that state of affairs are also discussed and recommendations are offered on the way forward.

Comparative Analysis for the SDPRP, PASDEP and GTP of the FDR of Ethiopia

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tewelde Gebresslase Haile
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
National Development ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustained Development ◽  
Documentary Data ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy

<p>This economic analysis on the Ethiopian programs against poverty is focused on the comparative analysis of the Ethiopia’s national development plans and strategies or poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs). These three PRSP which are entitled the “Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme” (SDPRP) and spanning the three-year period (2002/03 – 2004/05), “A Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP)” covered from 2005/06-2009/10, and the current “Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP)”, 2009/10-2014/15 are compared in terms of their strategic role in achieving the national vision of the country. To found a comparative policy outcome from these PRSPs, this paper categorized in to four parts. When the first part deals with the introduction, the second part is all about the review literature of the general national development plans of the nation. The third part also involves the documentary data analysis and related theoretical findings. At the end, the researcher has tried to conclude and to recommend necessary suggestions which can serv as input for the second transformation plans (GTP1) of the nation based on the documentary data at the fourth part of this research.</p><p>Keywords: Comparative, SDPRP, PRSP, Ethiopia</p>

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 in Ogun State, Nigeria : Lessons from the Millennium Development Goals Poverty Reduction Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-105
Author(s):  
Durokifa Anuoluwapo ◽  
Dominique Uwizeyimana
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy

There is no gainsaying the fact that one of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals is to end poverty in all its form by 2030. However, the continuous increase in poverty level has generated a lot of debates among policymakers and scholars while government keeps formulating policies to avert the situation. Thus, with SDGs in view, the study took into cognizance the MDGs before it and what hindered it from the full actualisation of its goal, specifically MD Goal 1a “eradicate extreme poverty”. Using quantitative data, the study examined the implementation of MDGs and pinpointed the factors that affected the implementation of the MDG poverty reduction strategy. These factors include corruption, lack of awareness, politics of poverty, non-poor targeted, etc. On this basis, the paper suggests that, if Ogun State will achieve SDG1 by 2030, factors such as good leadership, identification of the poor, awareness and infrastructural opportunities will need to be addressed.

Lessons from Georgia’s neoliberal experiment: A rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitri Gugushvili
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy ◽  
Household Survey Data

Between 2004 and 2012, Georgia implemented one of the most comprehensive packages of neoliberal economic reforms ever. These reforms have certainly helped to spur growth, but their social effects remain under-researched. To narrow this gap, this article investigates the effects of growth on poverty in Georgia using the official household survey data. The analysis shows that contrary to popular expectations, poverty has decreased only slightly throughout this period and remains high despite a number of progressive measures adopted by a successor coalition government. These findings provide further evidence on the inappropriateness of the neoliberal model as a poverty reduction strategy.

Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 100-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Benbow ◽  
Carolyne Gorlick ◽  
Cheryl Forchuk ◽  
Catherine Ward-Griffin ◽  
Helene Berman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Phase Study ◽  
Poverty Reduction Strategy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Gender Neutrality

This article overviews the second phase of a two-phase study which examined experiences of health and social exclusion among mothers experiencing homelessness in Ontario, Canada. A critical discourse analysis was employed to analyze the policy document, Realizing Our Potential: Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2014–2019. In nursing, analysis of policy is an emerging form of scholarship, one that draws attention to the macro levels influencing health and health promotion, such as the social determinants of health, and the policies that impact them. The clear neo-liberal underpinnings, within the strategy, with a focus on productivity and labor market participation leave little room for an understanding of poverty reduction from a human rights perspective. Further, gender-neutrality rendered the poverty experienced by women, and mothers, invisible. Notably, there were a lack of deadlines, target dates, and thorough action and evaluation plans. Such absence troubles whether poverty reduction is truly a priority for the government, and society as a whole.

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