Role/significance of the global civil society and non-state actors

Role/significance of the global civil society and

Variety of NGO's/social movements have drawn attention to the damaging effects of SAPs
- Replacement = Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)
- More flexible, allow for more recipient input, more emphasis on poverty reduction and allows larger loans
Shift from economic growth to sustainable development
- More attention on promoting/rewarding good governance/democratisation
- e.g World Bank has guidelines that address treatment of indigenous people, resettlement, impact of projects, gender + disclosure of info
Provides social safety net + provides microedit (small scale funds) to empower women
- World Bank created HIPC initiative
- But no fundamental change in promoting free market solutions to promote econ development

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