-2017 (AfT). It is informed as well by lessons learned from the implementation of the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy 2007 … (iPRS) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (2008-2011). The fundamentals underpinning the PAPD are: i) Liberia is rich in … development opportunities, widespread infrastructure deficits and pervasive poverty have become the binding constraints to future …

social and economic impact on various development priorities. Poverty reduction has progressed significantly during the past … eight years: the national poverty rate decreased from 26.4 percent in 2008 to 9.6 percent in 2015. Remittances by emigrants … and higher agricultural income, salaries, and social benefits were the major drivers of poverty reduction. The means …