Development Planning and Poverty Reduction

P.B. ANAND Environmental EconomistSTEPHEN L. ATKINS Technical Assistant on a European Union funded poverty reduction and agricultural diversification programme, JamaicaRICHARD BOMD Freelance Development Consultant and Honorary Research Fellow, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UKPAUL FRANCIS Senior Lecturer, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UKCAROLINE HARPER Director of Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, London, UKHOSSEIN JALILAN Senior Lecturer, Bradford Centre for International Development, UKELIO LONDERO Principal Economist, Inter-American Development BankROSEMARY MCGEE Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex ,UKMICHAEL TRIBE Honarary Research Post, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, UKANTHONY TSEKPO Economist, Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of GhanaEMMANUEL TUMUSIIME-MUTEBILE Governor of the Bank of UgandaJOHN WEISS Professor of Economics, Bradford Centre for International DevelopmentNELSON WANAMBI Government Economist, Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

• PART ONE: Introduction; D.Potts, P.Ryan and A.Toner Poverty: What Have We Learnt? Experiences and Lessons from Asia; J.Weiss Direct Budget Support and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Fundamental Shift or a Transitory Fashion?; P.Ryan & A.Toner PART TWO: PARTICIPATION AND PLANNING The Power in Participatory Practices; C.Harper Poverty, Participation and Dependency in Mali: A Tale of Two Projects; P.Francis Opening Pandora's Box: Regional Action of a Concept of Sustainable Growth with Equity; R.Bond Large Dams, Irrigation and Social Equity in Swaziland; S.Atkins PART THREE: STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT Making Partnerships Work on the Ground: Experiences in Uganda; E.Tumusiime-Mutebile Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Role for Civil Society?; R.McGee Development Expenditure Management; M.Tribe & N.Wanambi Projects, Public Investment Plans and Medium-Term Expenditure Framworks: Evidence from Ghana; A.Tsekpo PART FOUR: MEASURING THE BENEFITS Poverty Targeting, Distribution Effects and Project Analysis; E.Londero Distribution Issues in Water Projects: An Application of Sen's Entitlements Approach; P.B.Anand Applying Distribution Analysis: The Mufina Project Revisited; D.Potts Poverty Objectives and Economic Analysis of Health Projects; J.Weiss Analysis of Poverty and Income Distribution Using the Effect Methods; H.Jalilian