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This paper focuses on Senegal’s second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP–II). It summarizes the results of the … document for growth and poverty reduction that draws legitimacy from an underlying participatory process, it sets poverty …
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Like other fragile sub-Saharan African countries, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are seeking to harness their natural resource potential in the context of ambitious development strategies. This study investigates options for scaling up public investment and expanding social...
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epidemic. Economic growth has slowed, inflationary pressures have intensified, and new balance of payments and fiscal financing … needs have emerged. The epidemic has heightened food insecurity and impacted livelihoods for a large portion of the … needs generated by the Ebola epidemic. The authorities are also requesting a modification of end-December 2014 performance …
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The discussions took place in Freetown during March 29–April 11, 2012; and in Washington (April 21–24, 2012). They focused on conditions for completing the fourth ECF review, corrective measures to be implemented to address fiscal slippages that had occurred in late 2011, and policies...
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Sierra Leone has made significant progress in macroeconomic stabilization over the last five years. Real GDP growth averaged some 7 percent, driven by output expansion in agriculture, mining, and services; as well as the scaling-up of...
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with comfortable margins, and all indicative targets (ITs) were met, except for the one on poverty-related spending that …
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. The Ebola epidemic, which continues to spread albeit at a lower rate than in latter parts of 2014, has exacted a heavy …
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This paper presents the Second Progress Report 2001/02 for Tanzania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. The report … highlights the mileage achieved during 2001/02, and provides a synthesized poverty profile. It presents information on … macroeconomic policies and structural reforms and how they link to poverty reduction. Issues of private sector development, impact …
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This paper examines the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Mali. The PRSP is an expression of the governmentâ … capable of bringing about lasting poverty reduction. Although redistribution activities and social protection systems are … necessary in the short term to reduce the impact of poverty, it is above all a matter of integrating these activities into long …
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The paper provides an assessment of poverty and inequality on the basis of the data gathered from the most recent … discussed. Finally, this study covers financing, implementation, and monitoring of the poverty reduction strategy. The growth …
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