Pro-poor macroeconomic policy, lessons from the Asia-Pacific region : a synthesis paper based on country case studies on the macroeconomics of poverty reduction

In the context of supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka carried out a series of policy-oriented country case studies and thematic studies covering many Asian countries on the linkages between macroeconomic policies, growth and poverty reduction in the context of identifying and promoting more pro-poor macroeconomic policies in the region.

The aim of this study is to bring together the main findings of the country case studies