HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 cc539-41W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2002,Official Report, column 753W, which countries have a poverty reduction strategy that exhibits characteristics of strategic processes for sustainability. [65500]

Clare Short

There is no internationally-agreed system for monitoring the extent to which poverty reduction strategies exhibit characteristics of strategic processes for sustainability. The 'characteristics' of strategic processes for sustainability are broadly the same as the agreed `principles' of strategic processes for sustainability. The challenge is to ensure that strategies adhere to these principles.

The following 13 countries have agreed formal Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) with the World bank: Albania, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Guyana, Honduras, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia.

A further 33 have interim PRSPs, which set out a road-map for reaching a full PRSP:

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Benin
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Cote D'Ivoire
  • DR Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao PDR
  • Lesotho
  • Macedonia
  • madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Pakistan
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Tajikistan
  • Yemen.

Full details of these can be found at www.worldbank.org. Other developing countries have poverty plans, though the sustainability of these is difficult to quantify. Some display more sustainable characteristics than others. My Department, together with partner governments and the rest of the international community, works to ensure they provide the framework for sustainable development.

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