Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - UNDP Barbados and the OECS ...

�� To institutionalize and support co-operative measures and approaches
�� To institute mechanisms to ensure equity in all sectors
�� To institute Research and Development policies that will examine the impact
of agricultural and environmental trade agreements and standards on
Caribbean countries that may unfairly affect the poor.
�� To establish policies that will institute continuous public education and
dissemination of information in an effort to remove negative stereotyping
and to develop a positive appreciation of the wealth of the rural areas.
5.1.9 Strengthening Capacity for Improved Data Generation, and
Analysis; and Policy/Programme Development and Execution
Data collection and management in SVG need to be improved: Policies and
programs must be guided by accurate and objective data. It is imperative that systems
be in place to increase and ensure sound capacity for improved data generation and
analysis.
Policy Development: Many good policies and programmes exist where potential is
minimized through lack of enforcement and/or implementation. Systems therefore
need to be in place that will ensure appropriate review, enforcement, and execution of
policies and programs that have been established for the reduction and alleviation of
poverty in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In addition, it is important to establish
mechanisms for inter-sectoral linkages and co-ordination in the implementation of
these policies and programmes.
It is recommended that a Monitoring and Coordinating Unit be established in order
to operationalize the recommendations of the I-PRSP and to develop the parameters
of actions that would comprise the full PRSP that should be completed by 2004.
Final SVG I-PRSP Revision June 2003
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