Zambia

Zambia PDF

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2005-06-13

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 1451923023

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This Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) focuses on the Second Annual Progress Report for Zambia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The government’s strategy to reduce poverty focuses on promoting economic growth through macroeconomic stabilization and diversification and improving the quality of service delivery, while addressing crosscutting issues of governance, HIV/AIDS, gender, and the environment. The JSAN provides IMF staff advice on priorities for advancing the PRSP implementation. It highlights progress in implementing the PRSP and provides suggestions for strengthening its implementation. The risks associated with implementation are also described.

Zambia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

Zambia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report PDF

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781451922097

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This paper reviews Zambia's First Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Implementation Progress Report covering January 2002-June 2003. The report describes the first one and half years of the implementation of the PRSP in four strategic areas, namely economic and social sectors, governance, infrastructure, and crosscutting issues. It covers the macroeconomic performance-budget and structural reforms with regard to the PRSP refined indicators. The report focuses on the progress made in undertaking structural reforms to support the policy and institutional changes required to effectively implement the PRSP.

Zambia: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

Zambia: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report PDF

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9781451841213

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This paper presents the Joint Staff Assessment of Zambia's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Progress Report. The report concludes that the implementation of the PRSP has been weaker than intended because of the extreme pressures placed on the budget by extrabudgetary expenditures, which reduced the funding available to PRSP programs and activities. The report also acknowledge that Zambia's economic program supported by the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility arrangement has been off track since April 2003 owing to fiscal slippages, in particular salary and wage overrun, which led to high domestic borrowing.

Lesotho

Lesotho PDF

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2003-06-19

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 1451823746

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This Joint Staff Assessment examines the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Progress Report for Lesotho. Poverty monitoring and the medium-term macroeconomic framework are areas in which the government has made considerable progress. The government has taken a number of steps to ensure that the PRSP will be completed and presented to the IMF and World Bank by November 2003. The report indicates that the government and participating donors have guaranteed sufficient funds to complete the PRSP.

Guinea

Guinea PDF

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2006-10-11

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 1451815301

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Guinea’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) presented well-defined poverty reduction. The government should strengthen capacity to monitor policy and PRS outcomes to facilitate the central role of the PRS as both a policy document and a tool to coordinate policies. Strong macroeconomic policies have to be adopted while ensuring that the composition of expenditure identifies policy weaknesses related to governance and public service delivery, and sets out appropriate policy responses. Linking policies and poverty-reduction strategies to policy targets and outcome indicators is suggested by Executive Directors.

Mali: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report

Mali: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report PDF

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781451826340

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This paper reviews Mali's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Annual Progress Report. At the level of public finances and indebtedness, in recognition of the significant progress made by the government in implementing reforms, Mali has become the 7th country to reach the completion point under the reinforced Initiative for very indebted poor countries after Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda. The restructuring and public enterprise privatization program, involving the cotton, transportation, and telecommunications sectors is now well advanced.

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