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<TYPE>EX-99.POA
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<FILENAME>ghypoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR GRACE C. TORRES
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Directors and/or Officers of Prudential Short
Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. and Prudential Global Short
Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.,hereby constitute, appoint and
authorize each of, Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah
A. Docs, Katherine P. Feld, Raymond OHara, Amanda Ryan, and
Jonathan D. Shain, as true and lawful agents and attorneys-
in-fact, to sign, execute and deliver on his or her behalf
in the appropriate capacities indicated, any registration
statements of the Funds on the appropriate forms, any and
all amendments thereto (including pre- and post-effective
amendments), and any and all supplements or other instruments
in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and
5, as appropriate, to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and the securities regulators of appropriate
states and territories, and generally to do all such things
in his or her name and behalf in connection therewith as said
attorney-in-fact deems necessary or appropriate to comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, all related requirements of the SEC and
all requirements of appropriate states and territories.
The undersigned do hereby give to said agents and attorneys
-in-fact full power and authority to act in these premises,
including, but not limited to, the power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power
and authority as said agents and attorneys-in-fact would have
if personally acting.  The undersigned do hereby approve,
ratify and confirm all that said agents and attorneys-in-fact,
or any substitute or substitutes, may do by virtue hereof.

\s\Kevin J. Bannon		\s\Stephen Stoneburn
Kevin J. Bannon			Stephen Stoneburn

\s\Scott E. Benjamin		\s\Grace C. Torres
Scott E. Benjamin		Grace C. Torres

\s\Linda W. Bynoe		\s\Michael S. Hyland
Linda W. Bynoe			Michael S. Hyland

\s\Douglas H. McCorkindale	\s\Stephen P. Munn
Douglas H. McCorkindale		Stephen P. Munn

\s\Stuart S. Parker		\s\Richard A. Redeker
Stuart S. Parker		Richard A. Redeker

\s\Robin B. Smith
Robin B. Smith			Dated: September 13, 2012
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