The National Strategy for Poverty Reduction (NSPR)

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The National Strategy for Poverty Reduction (NSPR)
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Introduction and Background

• Creating employment opportunities
• Empowering citizens
• Social Safety Nets
• Rural-based social economic infrastructure
• Strategies FAP, ALDEP, SLOCA, CEDA

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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

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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
  peoples access to social investment
• Strengthening organizational and delivery
  capacities of poor people

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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

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Broad Policy and Macro-Economic Environment

• 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

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Strategy Programmes

• Programmes cover 5 programmable areas
• Sustainable livelihoods
• Enhancing capability
• Enhancing Participation
• Strengthening of Local Government Inst.
• Strengthening National Development Management
  Capacity

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
  Multi-Sectoral Committee on Poverty Reduction

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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

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