Contents

What is poverty?

	How experts see it
	How ordinary people see it
	Regional Differences
	Seeing the bigger picture
	Income and non-income poverty

How will we Reduce Poverty?

The overall plan

	Set very clear national targets
	Create a national economic environment which stimulates development
	Stay true to the three guiding ideas

The need for indicators

Three types of indicators

Building a system for monitoring and evaluation

Targets, Activities and Indicators

Reduce income poverty

	Rural Development and Export Growth
	Private sector development
	Good Government
	Macroeconomic Stability

Improve quality of life and social well-being

	Education
	Health
	Social well-being - political involvement

Reduce vulnerability amongst the poorest groups

How will we pay for poverty reduction?

	Sources of funds
	Priorities for spending
	Special Poverty Reduction Extras

How are plans made?

	How was this plan made?
	How will future plans be made?

What the big words mean

Ten tough questions to provoke hard thinking

Acknowledgements