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Preliminary conclusions
The results so far with CPRNet can be summarized as follows: (i) There is increased awareness about the crucial importance of CPRs for sustainable management of natural resources and for the well-being of large segments of the population in certain areas; (ii) The CPR agenda is expanding, both inside the World Bank Group and in partnership with outside organizations; (iii) New critical analysis is forth-coming; and, (iv) CPRs play a central role in the context of the World Bank Group's emphasis on poverty reduction, specifically in regard to risk reduction and poverty-equity-livelihood strategies.
Based upon these results, a strategy for CPRNet is gradually emerging that is focused around the intersection of CPRs and poverty reduction, within a context of strategic knowledge management and community-based natural resource management. CPRs are central to the livelihood and coping strategies of many of the poor categories of people that are marginalized with respect to the mainstream, for a variety of reasons (ethnic, political, geographical/topographical, etc.). This strategy fits well with the World Bank Group's goals, it allows for reaching out to and collaborating with a range of relevant approaches and work underway across the World Bank. Importantly, this is a low-cost and effective means of reducing poverty.