Table of contents for Proceedings, the Strategy Planning and Development Workshop : at AICAD Headquarters on 23rd-24th June 2003.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  ..........................................................................................  IV
SEMINAR 'STRUCTURE . ..........................................................................................IV
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HON.
GEORGE SAITOTI, EGH, MP, ......................................................................................VI
SPEECH BY PROF. NICK G. WANJOHI, PH.D, VICE CHANCELLOR, JKUAT,.............................................. VIII
REMARKS BY MR. MASAAKI OTSUKA, RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, JICA
KENYA OFFICE

PAPER I: TANZANIA .............................................................. ...............................1
TANZANIA'S POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY AND THE ROLE OF
AGRICULTURE ...............      .............................................................................
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................
SITUATION ON THE GROUND ........................................................................................3
TO IMPLEMENT THE ASDS THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ........................................    4
CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRS IN GENERAL ............   ............................................ 6
REFERENCES                 .................................................................................... 7
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER ..                .............................................................. 8

PAPER II: UGANDA ...............................................................................................9
SHARING EXPERIENCES GAINED AND SETTING PRIORITIES FOR POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES .     .......................9
BACKGROUND ............................ ......................................... ..............................9
CLASSIFICATION OF POVERTY BY STATUS, LEVELS AND TYPES ....................................................... .10
EFFECTS OF POVERTY   ................................................................. ....................... 12
FACTORS AFFECTING THE DYNAMICS OF POVERTY..................................................................... 12
ASSESSMENT OF UGANDA'S STRATEGIES IN REDUCING POVERTY     .....................................................12
PMA PRINCIPLES...................................... ..........................................................13
DEVELOPMENTS IN PMA PRIORITY AREAS    .........................................................................13
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER ................................................................................15

PAPER III: KENYA         ......................................................................................16
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY IN KENYA                  .......................................................   16
INTRODUCTION       ..................................................... ............................. ....... 16
APPROACH TO THE CONSULTATIONS                   ........................ ......................................16
DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ....................................... .................................................17
MAJOR CAUSES OF POVERTY.................................................... ...................................17
PRIORITY AREAS IN THE PRSP        .............................................................................18
ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY PLAN (ERSP ...................                    ........... ..................... 19
THE PILLARS OF THE RECOVERY PLAN ..............................................................................19
THE PILLARS OF THE RECOVERY PLAN.......       ..............................................................   19
AGRICULTURE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY                        .........................................19
STRATEGIES IN AGRICULTURE ................................................... ...........    ..................20



ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES      ........................................................................21
WATER AND SANITATION  ...... .......................... .............................................. ....... 21
IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK .......................................................................... ...........22
MONITORING AND EVALUATION .....................................................................................22
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER               ..................................................................22
GENERAL ISSUES ON AGRICULTURE                 .................................................................24
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES WITH A BIAS ON NATURAL RESOURCES:.................................................25
INTRODUCTION......          ....... ...........................................................................25
UNDERSTANDING POVERTY .........................................................................................26
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY ........    ............................................................................27
UGANDA'S POVERTY STATUS AND TRENDS        .....................................................................27
CAUSES AND  EFFECTS OF POVERTY  ...............................................................................28
UGANDA'S STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE POVERTY        .................................................... 28
THE LINKAGE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT, LIVELIHOOD AND POVERTY         ...............................................29
POLICY DIRECTION AND ISSUES OF CONCERN ........................................................................30
CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS .........................................................................33
REFERENCES .................................................... .............................................. 35
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER.................................................................................35
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES WITH A BIAS ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT .................................36
1. INTRODUCTION      ..........................................................................................36
POVERTY-ENVIRONMENT NEXUS   ...................................................................................36
GLOBAL EFFORTS IN LINKING POVERTY TO ENVIRONMENT AND MEASURE TAKEN TO REDUCE POVERTY ..........................37
3.0   NATIONAL INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT        ......................................... 38
EXPERIENCE GAINED IN KENYA  ........................................ ..................... ....................45
REFERENCE ....................... ................... ........................................................ 48
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER  ...............................................................................48
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY IN TANZANIA: INTEGRATING
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCE .......................... ...................  49
INTRODUCTION   ................................................................................................49
LINKING MACRO ACHIEVEMENTS WITH POVERTY REDUCTION IN TANZANIA .................................................50
POVERTY REDUCTION, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES ......................................................... 50
ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS AND SECURITY                        ......................................................52
ENVIRONMENT AND EMPOWERMENT                  ..................................................................53
LINKING ECONOMIC POLICES WITH THE ENVIRONMENT                      ............................................53
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONCERNS IN TANZANIA            ..............................................54
THE SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................54
CONCLUSION............................................... .....................................................55
BIBLIOGRAPHY  .................................................................................. ..............56



SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER ................................................................................56
GENERAL ISSUES ON ENVIRONMENT                 .................................................................57
THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN KENYA ........................................ 58
INTRODUCTION  .................................................................................................58
THE POVERTY SITUATION IN KENYA  ...............................................................................59
POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGIES IN KENYA .......................................................................60
INDUSTRIALIZATION IN POVERTY REDUCTION...............            ..............................................61
INDUSTRIALIZATION AS A POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY IN KENYA        ............................................ 62
IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION STRATEGY IN KENYA .     .......................................................63
CONSTRAINTS TO INDUSTRIALIZATION ..       ....  ...............................................................64
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................65
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER ................................................................................67
INDUSTRIALIZATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION: TANZANIA'S PERSPECTIVE  ...........................................   68
INTRODUCTION        .      ....................................................................................68
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER...............................................................................69
TANZANIA'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ..................................................................71
THE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT POLICY............................................................76
CONCLUSION     ............................. ..................... ............................................80
REFERENCE......................................................................................................81
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER ................................................................................82
POVERTY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN UGANDA                    ..................................................... 83
INTRODUCTION  .................................................................................................83
STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER.........................................................................................83
DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY IN UGANDA .      ........................................................................84
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE AND THE PEAP  ...........................................................................84
UGANDA'S TWIN-TRACK POLICY INITIATIVE TO ERADICATE POVERTY ....................................................85
HOW HAS THE PRIVATE SECTOR PERFORMED? .........................................................................86
THE MEDIUM-TERM COMPETITIVE STRATEGY FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR (MTCS .............................................87
THE PLAN FOR MODERNISATION OF AGRICULTURE (PMA) - A ROAD TOWARDS AGRICULTURAL BASED INDUSTRIALIZATION..........88
INDUSTRIALIZATION AND EXPLOITING THE EXPORT POTENTIAL .........................................................89
SECTION 2: MICRO EVIDENCE...................   ................................................................90
SUMMARY OF ISSUES IN THE PAPER........................................................................ ...... 100
GENERAL ISSUES : INDUSTRY   ........................................ ............................... .........101
GENERAL SUMMARY AND WAY FORWARD FOR AICAD THEMES .............................................................102
LIST OF INVITED GUESTS TO THE WORKSHOP ON STRATEGY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT ON POVERTY REDUCTION ..                  ........................................................ 105
LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF AICAD SECRETARIAT .....................................................................107
QUESTIONNAIRE AND ANALYSIS ...................................................................................108