This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the Caribbean Subregional Meeting celebrated on February 23rd and 24th, 2006 in Kingston, Jamaica. The potential gains of monitoring and evaluation to inform effective...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. Introduction -- PART 1-THE MAGNITUDE AND CAUSES OF POVERTY -- 2. Poverty and Social Indicators of "The Problem" -- 3. The Determinants of Poverty and Inequality: Endowments and Household...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Data Notes -- Foreword -- Overview -- 1 Services can work for poor people but too often they fail -- 2 Governments should make services work -- 3 The framework for service provision -- 4 Clients and providers -- 5 Citizens and politicians...

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xiii -- Executive Summary xvii -- 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Property Rights to Land 7 -- 3 Land Transactions 79 -- 4 Fostering Socially Desirable Land Use 133 -- Appendix: Regional Workshops 193 -- Glossary 205 -- References 207...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Cover -- Title -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- I. Executive Summary -- II. Peru's Fiscal Challenges and Vulnerabilities -- III. Reorienting the Budget Toward Pro-Poor Expenditure -- IV. Improving the Efficiency of Public Expenditure -- V....