strategy
Evaluating poverty reduction programmes
Synonyms:
Assessing anti-poverty programmes Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Evaluation of focused programmes and activities would be enhanced by improved collection by governments of information on target groups and target areas. Evaluation of such programmes should be gender-specific, since women are a particularly disadvantaged group.
Broader:
Reviewing progress made in reducing povertyImproving data and information to combat poverty Facilitates:
Reducing povertyPromoting solutions to poverty Facilitated by:
Disseminating informationImproving monitoring mechanismsEstablishing indicators of poverty Subjects:
Society → DisadvantagedCommerce → Assessment
Research, Standards → Evaluation
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
