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This paper discusses implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in Liberia. Liberia’s PRS articulates the government’s overall vision and major strategies for moving toward rapid, inclusive, and sustainable growth and development during the period 2008–11. This...
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This paper presents the status report on Bangladesh’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Having prepared the Interim-PRSP (I-PRSP) in March 2003, the government of Bangladesh has set itself to a well-rounded process of preparing the full-blown PRSP by December 2004. That would...
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The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) or through augmentation of the funding already being provided through...
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This paper sets forth the proposed decisions and related legal instruments that are needed to implement the transformation of the the Post-Catastrophe Debt Relief Trust (the 'PCDR Trust') into the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (the 'CCR Trust' or 'Trust'), as described in the Proposal...
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Daring the Difference: The Three L's of Women's Empowerment. Speech delivered by IMF Managing Director Christine …
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equality and the empowerment of women are central to the development agenda. This is because gender equality makes good …, drawing on indicators for poverty, education, gender equality, health, and other goals. Subtitled ""Confronting the Challenges … of Gender Equality and Fragile States"", this year's report highlights two key thematic areas-gender equality and …
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At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution … to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in … the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality …
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The 2007 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands explains fiscal policy and financial sector issues. Improvements in the macroeconomic and business environments and technological innovation have contributed positively to Dutch competitiveness. Executive Directors emphasized...
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Côte d’Ivoire's government decided on the National Development Plan to give a new impetus to its development policy. This new strategy is based on an ambitious and realistic recovery and development program centered on private and public investment. The institutional monitoring framework for...
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