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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813520303321

Titolo

Poverty and social impact analysis of reforms : : lessons and examples from implementation / / edited by Aline Coudouel, Anis A. Dani, Stefano Paternostro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006]

copyright 2006

ISBN

1-280-50345-9

9786610503452

0-8213-6487-1

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

CoudouelAline

DaniAnis A (Anis Ahmad)

PaternostroStefano

Disciplina

339.4/6091724

Soggetti

Poverty - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; List of Contributors; 1 Lessons from the Implementation of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms; 2 Nicaragua: The Impact of the Fiscal Equity Law Reform; FIGURES; TABLES; 3 Burkina Faso: A Macroeconomic Approach to Analyze Cotton Sector Reform; 4 Mozambique: School Fees and Primary School Enrollment and Retention; BOXES; CHAPTER ANNEXES; 5 Sri Lanka: Welfare Reform; 6 Europe and Central Asia: Power Sector Reform; 7 Rwanda: Electricity Tariff Reform; 8 Ghana: Electricity Tariff Reform; 9 Albania: Decentralization and Water Sector Privatization

10 Romania: Mining Sector Reform11 Ghana: Evaluating the Fiscal and Social Costs of Increases in Domestic Fuel Prices; 12 Malawi: Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation Reform; 13 Tajikistan: Cotton Farmland Privatization; 14 Tanzania: Crop Boards Reform

Sommario/riassunto

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is an approach used increasingly by governments, civil society organizations, the World



Bank, and other development partners to examine the distributional impacts of policy reforms on the well-being of different stakeholders groups, particularly the poor and vulnerable. PSIA has an important role in the elaboration and implementation of poverty reduction strategies in developing countries because it promotes evidence-based policy choices and fosters debate on policy reform options. Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms presents a collection of