Sri Lanka: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

April 22, 2003

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Sri Lanka: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed November 22, 2024

Summary

The paper presents key findings of the Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Sri Lanka. Despite the country’s substantial achievements in human development and the economy’s external openness, several factors have impeded Sri Lanka’s ability to realize its growth potential. The IMF staff considers that Sri Lanka’s poverty reduction strategy constitutes an adequate policy framework to increase growth and reduce poverty. However, its successful implementation will require more work in key areas.

Subject: Education, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Contingency policy, CR, Global, Government, Government plan, ISCR, Labor market, Middle East, Policy, Policy recommendation, Poverty diagnostic, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Private sector, PRSP progress report, PRSP reform agenda, Public expenditure

Publication Details

Pages:

14
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2003/106
Stock No:

1LKAEA0012003
ISBN:

9781451823424
ISSN:

1934-7685

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