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Update on Implementation of Action Plans to Strengthen Capacity of HIPCs to Track Poverty-Reducing Public Spending

Prepared by the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department and the World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
March 7, 2003

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Contents

          Acronyms

          Executive Summary

  1. Introduction


  2. Methodology


  3. Status of Implementation of Action Plans
    1. Implementation Experience
    2. Progress Towards Meeting the Benchmarks
  4. Progress in Reporting Poverty-Reducing Public Spending

  5. Integrating Action Plans in PRSPs and Bank- and Fund-supported Programs
    1. Action Plans and PRSPs
    2. Action Plans in Fund- and Bank-supported Programs

  6. Next Steps

Boxes
Box 1. Chad: Implementation Status of Actions to Strengthen Tracking of Poverty-Reducing Public Spending
Box 2. Malawi: Selected PEM Measures in PRSP

Figures
Figure 1. Measures Fully Implemented or Initiated by Country
Figure 2. Status of Measures by Duration
Figure 3. Status of Measures by Type of PEM Reform
Figure 4. Status of Measures by Relative Need to Upgrade the PEM System
Figure 5a. Poverty-Reducing Spending in Selected Decision Point HIPCs (in percent of GDP)
Figure 5b. Poverty-Reducing Spending in Selected Decision Point HIPCs (in percent of total government expenditure)