This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Burundi. The PRSP comes two and a half years after the approval in January 2004 by the Executive Boards of the IMF and the World Bank of the Interim PRSP (I-PRSP). The PRSP is also the outgrowth of a long period of negotiations...

In this article, we investigate how economic growth will affect the income of the illiterate poor, the unemployed and the prostitutes. The problem will persist if there is no further education associated with new job opportunities and strong financial benefits. Their income is solely dependent...