Tanzania: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
IMF Staff Country Reports, September 30, 2003
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- Published: September 30, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451838428.002
Summary and Purpose
- Summarizes the Joint Staff Assessment (JSA) on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) of Tanzania.
- Analyzes the second Poverty Reduction Strategy Progress Report.
- Confirms that Tanzania continues to make significant progress in both implementation of the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and in refining the strategy.
- Concludes that, based on this PRSP Progress Report, the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF consider that Tanzania's poverty reduction strategy remains a sound basis for Bank and IMF concessional assistance.
Key Findings and Progress
- Tanzania is making significant progress in implementation of the PRS.
- Tanzania is making significant progress in refining the PRS strategy.
- The Joint Staff Assessment endorses the PRSP Progress Report's portrayal of ongoing reforms and advances.
Policy Implications and Institutional Assessment
- The staffs of the World Bank and the IMF view Tanzania's poverty reduction strategy as a sound basis for concessional assistance from both institutions.
- Implicit policy emphasis: continued implementation and refinement of the PRS to sustain eligibility and effectiveness of concessional support.
Subjects and Keywords
- Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Education, Labor, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy
- Keywords: CR, government, ISCR, policy, Poverty reduction strategy, Progress Report point, PRS goal, PRS program, PRSP policy matrix, PRSP process, PRSP program, PRSP strategy