This paper reviews Zambia’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Implementation Progress Report covering January 2002–June 2003. The report describes the first one and half years of the implementation of the PRSP in four strategic areas, namely economic and social sectors,...

This paper examines Cambodia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress. The Cambodian economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2003 compared with 5.5 percent in 2002, led by continued growth in garments exports, a rebound in overall investments and an upward surge in agricultural production. The...

The paper provides an overview of recent economic and social developments in Cameroon. The state and the dynamics of poverty has been analyzed. The pillars of the short- and medium-term growth and poverty reduction strategy have been described. The paper provides a quantitative assessment and...

Focuses on the building of roads and infrastructure in the region of Angkor.

ILO pub. Article calling for a more rational transport policy in rural area road transport planning, with particular reference to developing countries - proposes use of labour intensive road construction techniques, better evaluation of transport demand in view of types of vehicles available,...

Monitoring and control of earthmoving operations is gaining an increasing interest. Manual monitoring and control of earthmoving operations have not yielded the expected results. Additionally, because manual monitoring is labor-intensive, construction managers have to choose between monitoring...

This paper examines the linkage between privatization and social spending in the least developed African economies with reference to Ethiopia. Many previous studies have proved that privatisation has had a direct and positive effect on social welfare. The study used data over ten years,...

Статья посвящена концептуальным проблемам, связанным с оценкой общественной эффективности дорожно-строительных проектов. Представлен авторский подход к...

В статье рассматриваются подходы и методы для определения принципов финансирования Европейской комиссии проектов дорожной инфраструктуры. Экономическая...

Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) covers the period 2008–12 and provides a medium-term framework for achieving the country’s long-term development aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda (GoR)...