The goal of the Poverty Reduction andEconomic Management (PREM) Network is to shape policies andto help countries build successful national strategies forsustained, shared growth, and to strengthen partnerships atthe country level for improved aid effectiveness. There isno region in which this goal is more challenging than inAfrica. In support of the Africa Action Plan (AAP), the PREMAnchor has actively stepped up its support to the AfricaRegion (AFR) in fiscal year 2006 (FY06).As of the end ofJanuary 2006, Anchor staff had provided nearly 83 staffweeks in direct cross-support alone. Activities haveincluded knowledge generation, high level policy support onmissions, the development of toolkits and diagnostics toimprove policy advice on growth strategies, among others.Most of this work has been provided on a demand drivenbasis, and PREM plans to continue providing such servicessubject to its budgetary and skills capacity. This noteillustrates how the PREM Anchor's support to the PREMAnchor support to the AFR connects with the objectives ofthe AAP. The PREM Anchor is working closely with the AFR onways to improve the results focus and analytical foundationsof poverty reduction strategies (PRSs). A study is under wayon the integration of PRS reporting and budgetimplementation covering eight African countries to improveexisting reporting instruments and assess how to betteralign PRS reporting with budget reporting. Work is alsounder way to strengthen the quality of second generationPRSs and their relevance as a framework for scaling up andimproving aid effectiveness.
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