Transcript The National Strategy for Poverty Reduction (NSPR)

The National Strategy for
Poverty Reduction (NSPR)
Introduction and Background
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Creating employment opportunities
Empowering citizens
Social Safety Nets
Rural-based social & economic
infrastructure
• Strategies: FAP, ALDEP, SLOCA, CEDA
Introduction and Background
Continued
• Poverty continued to be a major set-back
• Government approved NSPR in 2003
• NSPR provides policy framework for
design, implementation and monitoring of
poverty programmes
• Provides systematic way to sharpen the
anti-poverty focus
Strategic Focus of the NSPR
• Creating opportunities for sustainable
livelihood
• A system of social safety nets to cater for
the basic needs of the poor and vulnerable
• Building human capabilities and
enhancing poor people’s access to social
investment
• Strengthening organizational and delivery
capacities of poor people
Strategic Focus of the NSPR Cont.
• Strengthening national development
management capacity
• Strengthening the capacity of local
government institutions
• Effective response to HIV/AIDS epidemic
at the local level
Broad Policy and Macro-Economic
Environment
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Economic growth
Macro-economic stability
Sound fiscal and monetary policies
Economic diversification
Sustained growth in employment opportunities
Trade: export growth
FDI
Human resource development
Reforms: land tenure
Strategy Programmes
Programmes cover 5 programmable areas :
1. Sustainable livelihoods
2. Enhancing capability
3. Enhancing Participation
4. Strengthening of Local Government Inst.
5. Strengthening National Development
Management Capacity
Sustainable Livelihood
Programmes
• Small-scale horticultural programmes
• Expanding employment opportunities through
rain-fed agriculture
• Increasing small-stock production
• Strengthening the Community Based Natural
Resources Programme
• Creating employment opportunities in the
Tourism Industry
• Building capacity for small and medium citizen
businesses
Enhancing Capability
• Creation of Local Resource Centers
• Building Artisan capabilities
• Enhancing income earning capacities of
women and youth
• Enhancing human capabilities through
provision of shelter
• Enhancing human capabilities through
nutrition
Enhancing Participation of the Poor
• Target Remote Area Dwellers (RADS)
• Regional Workshops
• Mobilisation of communities to participate
in development
• Collaboration with NGOs to support
implementation of some projects
• Livestock distribution scheme
Strengthening Local Government
Institutions
• Strengthening planning capacity of District
Councils for Community Based Strategy
• Strengthening planning management
capacity of village institutions
• Strengthening of Extension Services to
implement CBS for rural development
• Strengthening the capacity of land boards
in land administration and management
Enhancing National Development
Management Capacity
• Strengthening capacity for statistical measurement and
analysis of poverty
• Capacity building of the Department of International
Trade and Stakeholders
• Support supply capacity development in the garments
sector
• Community renewal/redevelopment with community
resilience
• Access to finance for poor people
• Capacity development for the Secretariat of the MultiSectoral Committee on Poverty Reduction
Activity Matrix for Implementing the
NSPR
• Poverty Assessment and policy (strengthen
poverty focus of poverty analysis)
• Pro-poor policies and programmes (mainstream
poverty in development policies and
programmes
• Poverty focus of institutions (promote pro-poor
institutions)
• Poverty monitoring system (development of
poverty monitoring indicators)
• Build right mix of skills, develop information
network, and promote policy dialogue