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This paper synthesizes the key findings from case studies in Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda, to examine how public expenditure management has been linked to poverty reduction policy goals. It uses cases from these countries who entered the 1990s with a pattern of public expenditure in which the efficiency and effectiveness of public expenditure was very low, and its benefits went mainly to the non-poor. The paper explores the role of leadership, poverty analysis and policy formation as well as changing expenditure patterns. It concludes with suggestions for improved or more effective pro-poor resource allocation.