Kenya: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, January 12, 2005
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- Published: January 12, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451821123.002
Summary
- Title: Kenya: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
- Publication date: January 12, 2005
- Core message: The Joint Staff Assessment (JSA) reviews Kenya’s poverty reduction strategy as presented in the Investment Program for the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (IP-ERS), which the government submitted to the IMF and World Bank.
- Key observation: The poverty diagnosis in the IP-ERS document is based on very limited information.
Major findings
- The IP-ERS is Kenya’s poverty reduction strategy paper.
- The poverty diagnosis relies on very limited information.
- IMF staff welcome government plans to:
- undertake needed financial sector reforms to mobilize funds for investment,
- improve fiscal management,
- strengthen governance.
Policy recommendations and focus areas
- Financial sector reforms to mobilize funds for investment.
- Improvements in fiscal management.
- Strengthening governance.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Education, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)
- Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, CR, East Africa, economic recovery strategy, ERS, government, government policy, government's economic recovery strategy, government's objective, IP-ERS document, IP-ERS priority, IP-ERS program, IP-ERS steering committee, ISCR, policy, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Southern Africa
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