Lao People's Democratic Republic: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

December 8, 2004

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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed December 22, 2024

Summary

The Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) reviews the strengths and weaknesses of poverty reduction objectives and strategies. The Lao PDR National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES) is the first full poverty reduction strategy prepared by the government. The NGPES describes the participatory process underpinning the development of the strategy. Capacity constraints, weak governance, and a difficulty translating strategic objectives into concrete actions are the main obstacles to the reform process.

Subject: Environment, Expenditure, Natural resources, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: CR, Donor resource, East Asia, Global, Government, ISCR, Laos, Natural resources, NGPES, NGPES goal, NGPES implementation, NGPES indicator, NGPES policy, NGPES priority sector, NGPES process, NGPES proposal, Poverty, Poverty diagnosis, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Reform program

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Pages:

14
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2004/394
Stock No:

1LAOEA0022004
ISBN:

9781451822489
ISSN:

1934-7685

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