About NPRS
Objectives and Scope
In November 2001, the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation
and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies (NPRS)
was established as a multi-donor fund. The Government of Netherlands
made an initial contribution of 15 million Dutch Guilders (approximately $7.66 million as of 31 December 2006).
The NPRS aims to
- facilitate the in-country processes of poverty reduction, strategy
formulation, prioritization, implementation, monitoring, and reformulation
- strengthen ADB's role in these processes
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The NPRS helps the governments of ADB's developing member countries
(DMCs) to:
- formulate national poverty reduction strategies, action plans
and implementation mechanisms
- establish monitoring and evaluation systems that ensure the
broad participation of civil societies and private sectors in
every step of the process
- establish a conceptual framework for analysis
- analyze public program and public policy impact on poverty,
including a more detailed analysis of the public expenditure framework
- assess and rate DMC levels of governance
- formulate systematic alternate strategies in participatory processes,
including
- stakeholder consultation processes
- participatory poverty assessments
- consultative advocacy processes
- promote the implementation of national poverty reduction strategies
through better characterization and selection of relevant projects
and programs supporting poverty reduction
- coordinate external funding and division of labor based on their
national poverty reduction strategies
- strengthen the capacities of their staff and other stakeholders
for participatory poverty analysis, strategic prioritizing, and
sequencing of development investments (e.g. by building on the
current ADB poverty reduction briefing and training programs)
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The NPRS supports these outputs:
- country-owned, and widely supported, prioritized, and sequenced,
national poverty reduction strategies for selected countries frameworks
for donor coordination and division of labor
- substantial outputs for the implementation of the national poverty
reduction strategies for selected DMCs, including impact evaluation
studies of previous policies, programs, and projects; and selected
sector development studies
- strengthened understanding of poverty, its nature and extent,
causes and effects, and strategic implications in DMCs
- strengthened skills of DMC officials and other stakeholders
needed for participating, prioritizing, and contributing to the
process of poverty reduction strategy formulation and implementation
- enhanced collaboration between ADB and other donors in formulating
and implementing national poverty reduction strategies
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NPRS supports 3 types of activities:
- Collaborative Work with DMC Stakeholders and
Research Support
- Capacity Building Activities
- Participatory and Consultative Process
Basic data and other information are collected and analyzed to
strengthen the understanding of the nature and extent, causes, and
effects of poverty, and to assess public program and policy impact
on poverty. Additional research work are done on sector and/or cross-sector
issues to prioritize and strengthen the relevance of the future
policies and programs on poverty reduction.
Consultants in DMCs will support ADB's role in the process of helping
each selected DMC formulate its national poverty reduction strategy.
They will be DMC-specific, experienced poverty specialists, and
preferably locally recruited. Their responsibilities will depend
on the particular country needs and activities of other international
organizations and bilateral donors, such as
- conducting further poverty assessments
- analyzing the poverty aspects of policies
- identifying potential weaknesses in planning and prioritizing
capacities in the DMC
- assisting the DMC government in prioritizing and sequencing
development interventions
- establishing systems of participatory monitoring and evaluation
of poverty programs
- helping develop and participate in DMC training
Trainings for DMC officials and other DMC nationals, such as civil
society, are organized in the DMCs where ADB's facilities could
be utilized, in collaboration with the ADB
Institute and other development institutions. Regional technical
assistance coverage include DMCs that were initially selected for
other technical assistance. The training aims to
- improve the skills for participating in the process of national
poverty reduction assessment, strategy formulation, monitoring
and evaluation, and implementation
- examine relevant DMC case studies
Consultative processes promote the participation of all stakeholders
and civil society in all stages of the formulation, implementation,
and monitoring of the national poverty reduction strategies. They
are conducted within a DMC or a group of DMCs to disseminate experiences
and lessons in the preparation and review of national poverty reduction
strategies.
The NPRS supports costs related to
- hiring of consultants
- administrative facilities
- materials
- awareness activities
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