• Governance: The Missing Link
• Meeting Capacity-Building Needs
• Social Summit Commitments
• Most Progress in Estimating Poverty
• Some Progress in Implementing Plans
• Little Progress in Setting Targets
• Setting Human Poverty Targets
• Tracking Short-Term Changes

Brazil: Reforming Social Expenditures to Be More Pro-poor

Burkina Faso: Seeking Debt Relief to Increase Social Spending

China: Two Decades of Poverty Reduction

Dominican Republic: Governance Reforms Essential to Poverty Reduction

The Gambia: A Campaign to Make Poverty Reduction Sustainable

Ghana: Decentralizing to Districts

Kyrgyzstan: A Pioneering National Poverty Programme

Mali: Expecting to Channel Debt Reduction into Poverty Reduction

Mauritania: Promoting Local Participation

Mongolia: Channelling Resources through the Poverty Alleviation Fund

Morocco: Regional Targeting for Poverty Reduction

Mozambique: Overcoming Widespread Poverty

Nepal: Focusing on Poverty Reduction through Decentralization

Peru: National Poverty Programme Improves Its Targeting

Philippines: Targeting Poor Families

South Africa: Putting Poverty at the Top of the Development Agenda

Thailand: A New Poverty-Focused Development Path

Tunisia: Steady Progress against Poverty

Uganda: From Decentralization to Participation

Uzbekistan: Social Development and Slow Economic Reform

Yemen: The Contribution of Poverty Reduction to Nation Building

Zimbabwe: Creating a Poverty Reduction Forum

• The Range of Poverty Plans
• Why a Plan?
• Beyond Targeted Interventions
• Where Is National Ownership?
• Are Poverty Programmes Manageable?
• Funding for Poverty Programmes

• Combining National Policies and Targeted Interventions
• The Two-Track Approach
• Weak Links with Macroeconomic Policies
• Weak Links with Redistribution Policies

• Linking Debt Relief to Poverty Reduction
• Harnessing Trade for Poverty Reduction
• Making Aid Work for the Poor

• Promoting Accountability through Elections
• Improving Accountability in Finances
• Expanding Access to Information and Communication
• Making Decentralization Pro-poor

• Pro-poor Reforms in Local Governance
• Building Local Capacity for Poverty Reduction
• Capital Development and Local Government

• The Poor Organize Themselves
• Civil Society Organizations Working with Poor Communities
• Civil Society Organizations Influencing National Policy-Making

1.2 International Poverty Targets

1.3 The Multidimensional Nature of Poverty

2.1 Using the Consultative Group for Greater Poverty Coordination in Ghana

3.1 What Is Pro-poor Growth?

3.2 Developing Data to Study Inequality

3.3 Supporting Agrarian Reform in the Philippines

3.4 Dealing with Regional Inequalities in the Russian Federation

4.1 Strengthening the Bargaining Position of Poor Countries - Four Proposed Actions

5.1 The Link between Humane Governance and Poverty

5.2 Reforming Governance to Reduce Poverty in Kenya

5.3 Decentralizing Service Provision to Groups at Risk in Cuba

5.4 Building Partnerships in Madagascar

6.1 Building Local Governance to Promote Peace in Cambodia

6.2 Local Governance for Participatory Development in Nepal

6.3 Fostering District Development in Uganda

7.1 Partnering with Civil Society Organizations to Create Jobs in Algeria

7.2 Social Mobilization in Bangladesh

7.3 Strengthening Civil Society through Traditional Organizations in Bulgaria

7.4 Making War on Poverty in South Africa

7.5 Promoting Public-Private Partnerships in Trinidad and Tobago

8.1 Building Communities in the Midst of Conflict in Sudan

8.2 UNDP's Emergency Response Division: Tackling the Roots of Crisis

8.3 The Beautiful Bulgaria Project: Rebuilding and Re-employing

8.4 Women Lead the Struggle for Ancestral Land in the Philippines

9.1 The Women's Development Fund Targets Poor Women in Mongolia

9.2 Multipurpose Platform Targets Women's Poverty in Mali

9.3 Sustainable Energy Development in Rural Nepal

10.1 Surveying Social Protection in Moldova

10.2 Mapping Poverty and Vulnerability in Maldives

10.3 Rapid Nutrition Monitoring in Bangladesh

• Focusing on Geographical Areas
• Rehabilitating Poor Areas
• Reaching Disadvantaged Social Groups
• Targeting by Type of Intervention

• Weak Links with Gender Policies
• Weak Links with Environmental Policies
• Weak Links with Health Initiatives

• Producing Poverty Data More Frequently
• Moving to Evaluation
• Monitoring Income Poverty
• Monitoring Human Poverty
• Including the Poor in Poverty Assessments

1.2 Children under Five Who Are Underweight, 1985 and 1995

1.3 People Not Expected to Survive to Age 40, 1988 and 1998

1.4 People Not Expected to Survive to Age 15, 1988 and 1998

9.1 The Gap between Male and Female Literacy Rates, 1997

1.2 Adult Illiteracy Rate, 1990 and 1997

1.3 National Poverty Plans, Estimates and Targets

1.4 Human Poverty Indicators

2.1 Countries Whose Anti-poverty Plans Were Assessed

3.1 Income or Consumption Share of the Poorest 20% of the Population, 1990 - 96

4.1 Budget Allocations to Basic Social Services and Debt Service by Selected Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, 1992 - 97

4.2 Debt and Exports of Selected Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

5.1 Unequal Networks, 1998

8.1 Inequalities in Education, 1990s

9.1 Countries with Environmental and Poverty Plans by Region, 1990s

9.2 Incidence of Malaria, 1995

9.3 Prevalence of HIV-1 among Women Attending Urban Prenatal Clinics, 1992 - 97

10.1 Human Poverty Index, 1997

10.2 Human Poverty Indicators

10.3 Estimated Poor Population in South Asia