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Title

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

Publication

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

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Additional Authors

• Coudouel, Aline.
• Dani, Anis A. (Anis Ahmad)
• Paternostro, Stefano.
• World Bank.

Description

xxvi, 520 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Reforms: Lessons and Examples from Implementation presents a collection of case studies that illustrate the spectrum of sectors and policy reforms to which PSIA can be applied; it also elaborates on the broad range of analytical tools and techniques that can be used for PSIA. The case studies provide examples of the impact that PSIA can have on the design of policy reforms and draw operational lessons for PSIA implementation."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Poverty > Developing countries
• Developing countries > Economic policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Lessons from the implementation of poverty and social impact analysis of reforms / Aline Coudouel, Anis Dani and Stefano Paternostro -- 2. Nicaragua : the impact of the fiscal equity law reform / Leonardo Gasparini, Daniel Artana, Florencia T. Castro-Leal and Miriam Montenegro -- 3. Burkina Faso : a macroeconomic approach to analyze cotton sector reform / B. Essama-Nssah, Issouf Samake and Jan Walliser -- 4. Mozambique : school fees and primary school enrollment and retention / Alexandria Valerio, Elena Bardasi, Antonio Chambal and Manuel Francisco Lobo -- 5. Sri Lanka : welfare reform / Ambar Narayan, Tara Vishwanath and Nobuo Yoshida -- 6. Europe and Central Asia : power sector reform / Julian A. Lampietti and Nils Junge -- 7. Rwanda : electricity tariff reform / Diego Angel-Urdinola, Malcolm Cosgrove-Davies and Quentin Wodon -- 8. Ghana : electricity tariff reform / Sarah Keener and Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee -- 9. Albania : decentralization and water sector privatization / Sabine Beddies and Hermine De Soto -- 10. Romania : mining sector reform / Anis Dani, Marc-Olivier Rubin, Dimitru Sandu and Limin Wang -- 11. Ghana : evaluating the fiscal and social costs of increases in domestic fuel prices / David Coady and David Newhouse -- 12. Malawi : agricultural development and marketing corporation reform / Milton Kutengule, Antonio Nucifora and Hassan Zaman -- 13. Tajikistan : cotton farmland privatization / Sarosh Sattar and Shabih Mohib -- 14. Tanzania : crop boards reform / Sabine Beddies, Maria Correia, Shashidhara Kolavalli and Robert Townsend.

ISBN

0821364863

LCCN

• 2006044704
• 9780821364864

OCLC

• ocm65538739
• SCSB-5263825

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries