Sierra Leone: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Preparation Status Report
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 23, 2003
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- Published: June 23, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451834482.002
Overview
- This paper presents the Joint Staff Assessment of Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Preparation Status Report.
- Progress in the preparation of the PRSP has been slow.
- The original completion date of end-December 2002 envisaged in the interim poverty reduction strategy paper (I-PRSP) was not attained.
- The new target completion date is end-December 2003.
Key findings
- Progress in PRSP preparation has been slow.
- The delay in completing the PRSP is attributed to specific operational and contextual factors (listed below).
Causes of delay
- Slow pace in implementing the disarmament exercise.
- The conduct of general elections.
- Administrative and financing difficulties.
Timeline and targets
- Original completion target: end-December 2002.
- Revised completion target: end-December 2003.
Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Expenditure, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Public expenditure review
- Keywords: CR, government, interim poverty reduction strategy paper, ISCR, poverty analysis, poverty baseline survey, Poverty reduction strategy, progress, PRSP, PRSP preparation, Public expenditure review, status report
Source: Sierra Leone: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Preparation Status Report, June 23, 2003