The Synthesis Project publishes a regular newsletter, PRSP Connections, with a variety of information about PRSPs.

PRSP Connections 10 February 2004

• Update on DFID's Engagement with the PRSP Process
• Next Generation PRSs: Issues Arising
  
• The Political Dimensions of PRSs
  
• PRS Monitoring and MDGs; New Book Out - 'Fighting Poverty in Africa: Are PRSPs Making a Difference; How to Address teh Challenges of Financing PRSs?
• PRS Update

PRSP Connections 9 August 2003

• PRSP update; Progress in Implementation; Ruth Driscoll joins our team
• PRSs in Asia; Cambodia - building government ownership
  
• Next Generation PRSPs; Uganda - Revision of the PEAP
  
• Yemen: full PRSP; Mozambique's PAF
• Gender in PRSs; Zambia PRS
• Evaluability of GBS; Connections 10 - looking for ideas and contributions

PRSP Connections 8 May 2003

• PRSP update; OED Review of HIPC Initiative
• PRSs in transition economies; Kyrgyz Republic
  
• Governance; Results-Oriented Budgeting
  
• PRSs and Conflict; Angola; DRC
• Pakistan; Bangladesh; Malawi
• Trade and PRSPs; Honduras; Vietnam

PRSP Connections 7  December 2002

• WB/IMF PRSP Progress Report; WB/IMF Evaluation of PRSP and PRGF approach
• PRSP update and new resources
  
• IMF Guidelines on Conditionality; MTEFs and PRSPs
  
• PRSPs and Political Development; SPA Action Learning Missions
• PRS Monitoring in Africa; Zambia; PSIA
• PRSPs in LAC; Honduras; SIDA LAC Monitoring
• PRS Monitoring in Asia; Pakistan; World Summit on Sustainable Development
  

PRSP Connections 6  September 2002

• summary of PRSPs to date and new resources
• DFID's support to the PRSP process in Albania, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malawi, Moldova, Rwanda, and Vietnam
• World Bank policy on JSAs and Development Policy Support Loans
  
• Participation in Ghana, Lesotho's PRGF, Tanzania's Poverty Monitoring System, Bolivia's elections, MTEFs and PRSPs, and Mozambiques's Joint Donor Group
• Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) update with focus on Rwanda
• Action Learning Missions from the Strategic Partnership with Africa
  

PRSP Connections 5  May 2002

• update on the World Bank CAS and PRSPs, and on DFID's Country Plans and PRSPs
• update on Malawi PRSP launch, participation in Latin America, Rwanda's ubudehe for poverty reduction
• update on DFID-supported meeting on gender in Bangladesh and note on Uganda's PRSC lessons
• notes on Berlin PRSP conference, capacity building trust fund, Mokoro PRSP seminar, and Oxfam's 'Influencing PRSs'

PRSP Connections 4  February 2002

• notification of PRSP Learning Events and summary of draft briefing note 'PRSPs in Asia'
• summary of the PRSP Review and PRGF Review and of the Social Development Colloquium on PRSPs
• summary of UN guidance on PRSPs and research on PRSP Indicators and Monitoring Systems
• update on donor coordination in LAC and DFID's activities in Ethiopia

PRSP Connections 3  December 2001

• summary of briefing notes 'Board Responses to PRSPs' and 'Costings in PRSPs'
• summary of DFID's contribution to the PRSP Review
• update on PRSPs in the transition economies, donor coordination in Nepal and DFID's activities in Nicaragua and Tanzania
• summary of Hanoi forum on PRSPs, the SPA PRSP Technical Group meeting and SPA/ECA meeting on PRSPs

PRSP Connections 2  October 2001

• summary of the WIDER conference on debt relief, the Dakar Forum on PRSPs, and the CDF/PRSP Focal Points meeting
• update on PSIA and Bolivia donor coordination.

PRSP Connections 1  August 2001

• Introduction to the PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project: who we are, what we do, contact details