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Background
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Emergence of PRSPs as the key policy guides for poverty reduction
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Convergence of PC’s and WBI’s interest in Parliament’s role in this new policy shift
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Previous joint work with WBI
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Previous PC work on Parliaments and PRSPs
Why Focus on Parliament?
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Our mandate and interest as well as the interest of our key partner – WBI
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Parliaments are central to any discourse on development of which PRSPs are an integral part
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Underpinning PRSPs are the twin concepts of participation and country ownership
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Parliaments approve national budgets from which PRSPs are funded or not funded
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