Djibouti: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 9, 2009
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Bibliographic details
- Published: July 9, 2009
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451810707.002
Overview and purpose
- Focus: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Djibouti.
- Core document assessed: Djibouti’s National Initiative for Social Development (“Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Social”—INDS).
- Date: July 9, 2009.
- Pages: 11.
Main findings and assessment
- The INDS provides a comprehensive vision for economic growth and poverty reduction.
- Notwithstanding some important achievements of the PRSP-I, overall progress in achieving its objectives has been limited.
- IMF staff commends the government for a well-designed and ambitious poverty reduction strategy.
Analysis of implementation and lessons
- IMF staff considers that the INDS benefits from better prioritization.
- The INDS draws lessons from the shortcomings in the implementation of the PRSP-I.
- Identified implementation gap: achievements from PRSP-I were important but insufficient to meet overall objectives.
Policy implications and recommendations
- Prioritization: Strengthen prioritization within the INDS to focus resources and implementation capacity on highest-impact interventions.
- Learning from PRSP-I: Apply lessons from PRSP-I shortcomings to improve implementation arrangements, monitoring, and outcome focus under the INDS.
Subject tags and keywords (as provided)
- Subjects: Food security, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy.
- Keywords: CR, financing, Food security, government, ind, inds benefit, inds document, inds hinge, inds note, inds process, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy.
International Monetary Fund. "Djibouti: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper", IMF Staff Country Reports 2009, 204 (2009), July 9, 2009, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451810707.002.
Content in this bundle
- Djibouti’s National Initiative for Social Development