Abstract:

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on poverty reduction strategy execution, with a view to extending understanding of the failure of poverty reduction strategy execution particular in the republic of Chad. The review leads to the following broad conclusions; there are convincing arguments that lack of strong leadership, poor roads and infrastructure, lack of training programs for teachers as well as poor financial resources are the main causes of the poverty reduction strategy implementation failures. Likewise, another causes of failure is due to the lack the appropriate technology, equipment, updated skills, modern technology, capacity building, innovative techniques, and, lack of capital to invest in agriculture sector in the rural areas. The paper argues that these conclusions provide a strong justification for the failure of poverty reduction strategy execution. Therefore, the paper also highlights several areas where more research is urgently needed, in particular how to overcome the poverty reduction strategy implementation challenges.