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" Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs): Ideological shift or renewing legitimacy? The case of Bangladesh "
Manoj Misra

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53015
Doc. No	:	TL22969
Call number	:	‭MR46967‬
Main Entry	:	Manoj Misra
Title & Author	:	Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs): Ideological shift or renewing legitimacy? The case of Bangladesh\ Manoj Misra
College	:	University of Alberta (Canada)
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	114
Abstract	:	The World Bank and IMF introduced the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in 1999. They portrayed the PRSPs as a major shift in their outlook and strategy of fighting poverty. This was also claimed to be the end of the Washington Consensus, the underlying ideological framework of structural adjustments. I argue that the PRSPs have been introduced because of the legitimacy crisis that the two organizations suffered due to the implementation of the adjustment programs. I see the PRSP initiative as an image make over bid. The Washington Consensus continues to dominate the agenda albeit in a revised manner. The difference with the PRSPs initiative is that it evokes civil society to build consensus around the policy. I use critical policy analysis as my method. This thesis involves a case study on the Bangladesh PRSP along with an analysis of the policies written by the Bank and IMF.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Organizational behavior; 0703:Organizational behavior
Added Entry	:	University of Alberta (Canada)