<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000067590-17-000989.txt : 20170907
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000067590-17-000989
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170901
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170907
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170907

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HODRICK LAURIE SIMON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001136783

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22632
		FILM NUMBER:		171073082

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O 450 SOUTH ORANGE AVE
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32801

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001534880
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		655 BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		973-802-5032

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		655 BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Prudential Short Term High Yield Fund, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20111115
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY LAURIE SIMON HODRICK
<TEXT>
Power of Attorney

       The undersigned Director/Trustee of the funds
listed on Exhibit A attached (collectively, the "Funds"),
hereby constitutes, appoints and authorizes each of,
Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah A. Docs,
Kathleen DeNicholas, Diana Huffman, Raymond A. OHara,
Jonathan D. Shain and Melissa Gonzalez, as true and
lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact, to sign,
execute and deliver on 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
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
does 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 does hereby approve, ratify and confirm
all that said agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute
or substitutes, may do by virtue hereof.


/s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick
Laurie Simon Hodrick




Dated:   September 1, 2017







Exhibit A

(The "Funds")

PRUDENTIAL GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC.
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 2
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 3
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 4
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 6
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 7
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 8
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 9
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 10
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 12
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 14
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 15
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 16
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTOLIOS, FUND, INC. 17
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 18
PRUDENTIAL JENNISON BLEND FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL JENNISON MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL JENNISON NATURAL RESOURCES FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL JENNISON SMALL COMPANY FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL NATIONAL MUNI FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL SECTOR FUNDS, INC.
PRUDENTIAL SHORT-TERM CORPORATE BOND FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL WORLD FUND, INC.
THE TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST
THE PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT ACCOUNT-2
THE PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT ACCOUNT-10
(Retail Funds)

PRUDENTIAL GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
PRUDENTIAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
(Closed End Funds)

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