Republic of Congo: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

August 14, 2012

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Republic of Congo: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This note reviews the Republic of Congo’s Poverty Reduction, Growth and Employment Strategy Paper (PRSP). PRSP outlines a comprehensive framework for the reduction of poverty and emphasizes diversifying the economy to generate employment, provide social services and reduce the vulnerability of its citizens, and strengthen good governance. It can be further strengthened by setting clear, realistic targets, prioritizing and sequencing goals and plans to achieve those goals, and creating systems for monitoring and evaluating the specific projects undertaken.

Subject: Education, Health, Infrastructure, National accounts, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: Africa, Central Africa, CR, Government, Infrastructure, ISCR, Management framework, Natural resource, Poverty comparison, Poverty diagnostic, Poverty reduction strategy, Poverty report, Poverty trends assessment, PRSP-2, Staff, Staffs caution, Sub-Saharan Africa, Trends assessment

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Pages:

16
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2012/243
Stock No:

1COGEA2012002
ISBN:

9781475505993
ISSN:

1934-7685

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