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Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers are prepared by member countries in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF. Updated with annual progress reports, they describe the countries macroeconomic, structural, and social...
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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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This paper discusses Bolivia’s Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria (PC). Economic activity in Bolivia is picking up, led by exports. Real GDP growth is projected to reach 3.8 percent in 2004. Inflation has...
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This paper focuses on the Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development (SCADD) for Burkina Faso. It provides an overview of a decade of development, takes stock of the recent performance of Burkina Faso in various areas, and identifies the main challenges. The paper spells out a...
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The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II (MGDS-II) is a poverty reduction strategy for the period 2006–11, which is aimed at fulfilling Malawi’s future developmental aspiration—Vision 2020. The strategy identifies broad thematic areas and key priority areas to bring...
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The government of the Republic of Congo launched a program aimed at consolidating peace and promoting economic and social development. The objectives included improvement of governance and consolidation of peace and security, promotion of growth and macroeconomic stability, improvement of public...
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) that addressed the critical poverty issues in Ghana. GPRS I is a comprehensive policy document prepared as a precondition … for Ghana under the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative. The main component—human developmentâ …€”targets improvement for Ghana’s population to access basic needs and essential services. A general assessment shows that Ghana has a …
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Ghana continued at a robust pace of 8 percent in …
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has created significant challenges for Ghana. A swift return to macroeconomic stability in 2013 was thwarted by weaker …
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The 2007 Article IV Consultation reports on Ghana’s recent economic and policy development. Public Financial Management … donor assistance in the near future, Ghana has decided to access the international capital market to finance prudently …
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