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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Reportâ€”Joint Staff Advisory Note

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Joint Staff Advisory (JSA) Note examines the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Progress Report for Armenia. Overall, the Progress Report provides evidence of stronger-than-anticipated poverty reduction and economic performance, improvement in the labor market, and a number of other...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paperâ€”Mid-Term Development Strategyâ€”Joint Staff Assessment

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

Bosnia and Herzegovinaâ€™s Poverty Reduction Strategy paper reports that significant progress has been made since the late 1990s in building both a market economy and a single economic space. GDP growth has slowed recently following the post-conflict bounce, and the current account deficit...

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Family Planning: The Hidden Need of Married Adolescents in Nepal

Aguilar, Ana Milena; Cortez, Rafael - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

In Nepal, both early marriage and motherhood still place adolescents and their children at a great disadvantage. In 2011, one-third of girls aged 15-19 were already married. About 60 percent of them were pregnant or had at least one child, and one in ten had two living children (Nepal...

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Economic Implications of China's Demographics in the 21st Century

Cheng, Kevin C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

general equilibrium model. The simulations show that lower fertility rates yield lower saving rates. Since lower fertility … mobility is high in China, a low fertility rate implies more future capital outflows. But if capital is less mobile, low … fertility today lowers the domestic return to capital and raises the domestic return to labor. In addition, the paper finds no …

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Haiti; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

The Haitian authorities have launched a series of actions with the aim of executing the reforms, for which quantitative and qualitative performance criteria have been set and point to the achievement of noteworthy progress. The progress report on Haitiâ€™s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper...

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Mali; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Implementation Report for 2003 and 2004: Joint Staff Advisory Note

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Joint Staff Advisory Note discusses key findings of the Implementation Report for 2003 and 2004 of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Mali. With real GDP growth averaging 5 percent over the period 2003â€“05, Maliâ€™s growth performance has improved over the preceding three...

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Niger; Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Joint Staff Advisory Note reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report for Niger. The lackluster economic performance in 2004 underscores Nigerâ€™s vulnerability to exogenous shocks. The progress report suggests that to firmly put the economy on a path of sustained and...

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Uganda; Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

The Joint Staff Assessment reviews the government's progress in implementing the Uganda Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP), and serves as Uganda's third annual Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) progress report. The Report indicates that the government has made satisfactory progress in...

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Poverty and Social Impact Analysis; A Suggested Framework

Hossain, Shahabuddin Mosherraf - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

Following the adoption by the international community of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) approach, which provides the basis for concessional lending by the multilateral institutions, there has been a resurgence of interest in the poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) of different...

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Republic of Uzbekistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The Welfare Improvement Strategy (WIS) of Uzbekistan has the objective of improving living standards of its people with the help of strong economic policies for all priority areas of development. The report reviews economic and social policies and assesses the living standards of its people. It...

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