Designing pro-poor service delivery in the
absence of a sound understanding of the poverty profile of a given
country or region is likely to be sub-optimal at best. Likewise,
determining appropriate pro-poor policy interventions relies to a
large extent on taking account of the perceptions of the poor with
regard to their experiences of the poverty situations they live
with each day. REPIM consultants have a deep understanding of the
importance of these issues. The outcome of consultation has to be
expressed in a sound policy environment to be effective.
REPIM has considerable practical experience in a
wide range of policy areas, including public expenditure management reform,
tax policy, trade, investment and industry policy, all of which ultimately
equates to pro-poor policy formulation and pro-poor service delivery. Central
to REPIM’s experience is a commitment to ensure that its advice and assistance
have an optimal impact upon the poor. In this regard, REPIM understands that
a simple increase in resources towards ‘the poor’ is insufficient to improve
the livelihoods and well-being of poor people. REPIM understands that such
positive interventions, at both the macro and the micro level, must be grounded
within a wider body of sound economic and fiscal policies and must also seek
to include ‘the voices of the poor’ in policy formulation. In addition to
helping ensure that the wider economic environment is conducive to activities
which provide income-earning opportunities for the community at large and the
poor in particular, much of REPIM’s recent experience has been closely concerned
with organisation of public finances to ensure sustainable, efficient and
pro-poor service delivery.
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