Ghana and the IMF

Republic Of Ghana Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2000 - 2002 Prepared by the Ministry of Finance June 2000

Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (I-PRSPs), prepared by member countries, summarize the current knowledge and assessment of a country's poverty situation, describe the existing poverty reduction strategy, identifies gaps in poverty data, diagnotics, and monitoring capacity, and lay out the process for addressing these gaps and producing a fully developed Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper in a participatory fashion. This country document is being made available on the IMF website by agreement with the member country as a service to users of the IMF website.

Table of Contents

1. Ghana’s Development Strategy and Priorities
   
   Strategic Policy Framework
   Political Developments
   
   
2. Poverty Trends in Ghana in the 1990s
   
   Poverty by Region
   Poverty by Main Economic Activity
   Poverty Measuring and Monitoring
   
3. Medium-term Macroeconomic Framework
   
4. Strategies for Poverty Reduction
   
   The Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF)
   
5. Poverty Reduction Agenda for 2000-2002
   
   
   1. Social Sector Policies and Expenditures
      Social Sector Expenditure
      Education
      Health
      Water
   2. The Accelerated Agriculture Growth And Development   Strategy
   3. Cocoa Sector Strategy
   4. Improving Infrastructure Linkages
   5. Environment
   6. Private Sector and Enterpreneurial Development
   7. Governance, Financial Management and Anti-  Corruption Programmes
      Main Challenges
      Anti-Corruption
      Public Financial Management Reform Programme   (PUFMARP)
      Decentralisation
   
   
6. Next Steps
   
   Consultative Process for the Preparation of
     Ghana - Vision 2020
   National Economic Forum
   Preparation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
   


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