The paper uses case-studies from six countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to illustrate improving practice on policy processes and institutions relating to poverty reduction. It presents these results in a simple analytical framework, which highlights the importance of three factors to the success of process-management mechanisms:
- The constitutional, legal and governance framework
- The structural configuration of consultation processes
- The role of instruments for obtaining and using information on poverty.
The framework is grounded both in the contemporary literature on governance and poverty and in the policy-making context in SSA today. It is hoped that the framework will be useful to policy analysts and policy makers in national governments and the donor community, in the challenge to improve poverty reduction performance.
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