Institute of Development Studies

Environment and PRSPs

This research project was initiated and conceptualised in the framework of the Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP), an informal network of around 30-donor and non-governmental organisations that works on strengthening the nexus between poverty reduction and environmental protection in development cooperation. Within the PEP, the Canadian International Development Agency, the Department for International Development (UK) and the German Technical Cooperation Agency funded and managed the research process. The research was conducted by the Institute of Development Studies, in collaboration with national and international consultants.

A series of reports were produced presenting the findings from four country case studies, in Ghana, Honduras, Vietnam and Uganda, and background research on the integration of environmental considerations into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). The papers aim to contribute to the debate on pro-poor development and environmental issues in order to improve poor people’s livelihoods and to contribute towards the sustainable use of natural resources while also informing aid relationships promoted by the PRSP approach.

• IDS key contact: Linda Waldman
• Project dates: July 2004 - December 2004
• Project status: Closed
• Funder: Department for International Development (DFID)

Researchers

• Linda Waldman
• Audrey Gadzekpo
• Onesmus Mugyenyi
• Godber Tumushabe

Selected Outputs

• Waldman, L, with contributions from Barrance, A, Benitez Ramos, R.F, Gadzekpo, A Mugyenyi, O, Nguyen, Q, Tumushabe, G and Stewart, H (2005) 'Environment, Politics and Poverty: Lessons from a Review of PRSP Stakeholder Perspectives (English version)'
• Waldman, L, with contributions from Barrance, A, Benitez Ramos, R. F, Gadzekpo, A, Mugyenyi, O, Nguyen, Q, Tumushabe, G and Stewart, H (2005) 'Environment, Politics and Poverty: Lessons from a Review of PRSP Stakeholder Perspectives (French version)'
• Waldman, L, with contributions from Barrance, A, Benitez Ramos, R.F, Gadzekpo, A, Mugyenyi, O, Nguyen, Q, Tumushabe, G and Stewart, H (2005) 'Environment, Politics and Poverty: Lessons from a Review of PRSP Stakeholder Perspectives (Spanish version)'
• Waldman L. with contributions from Barrance, A. Benitez Ramos, R. F, Gadzekpo, A, Mugyenyi, O, Nguyen, Q, Tumushabe T and Stewart, H (2005) 'Environment, Politics and Poverty: Lessons from a Review of PRSP Stakeholder Perspectives (Vietnamese version)'
• Benitez Ramos, RF., Barrance, A. and Stewart, H. (2005) 'Have the Lessons of Mitch been forgotten?: The Critical Role of Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Poverty Reduction in Honduras '
• Waldman, L and Gadzekpo, A (2005) 'I have heard about it, but have never seen it.' 'Environmental Considerations in the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy'
• Waldman, L., Mugyenyi, O. and Tumushabe, G. (2005) 'My Voice is Also There: The integration of environmental and natural resources into the Uganda Poverty Eradication and Action Plan'
• Nguyen, Q. and Stewart, H. (2005) 'The analysis of poverty-environment linkages is very weak...: The PRSP Process and Environment - The Case of Vietnam (English version)'