Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

IMF Staff Country Reports, August 11, 2011

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Bibliographic details

• Published: August 11, 2011
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462324422.002

Executive summary

• The poverty reduction strategy paper is based on a broadly participatory process and serves as the policy framework for the country’s economic and social policies.
• Central objective: accelerate economic growth and stabilize the macroeconomic framework, which benefits the poor.
• Complementary objectives: ensure the development of human resources and expansion of basic services, and improve governance and build capacity.
• Revision emphasis: strengthen leadership, monitoring, evaluation, and coordination.
• Overarching note: Mauritania has to take up major challenges to achieve the objectives established at the outset.

Strategic priorities and policy focus

• Accelerate economic growth.
• Stabilize the macroeconomic framework to deliver benefits to the poor.
• Develop human resources.
• Expand basic services.
• Improve governance.
• Build institutional capacity.

Revision priorities

• Strengthen leadership.
• Strengthen monitoring.
• Strengthen evaluation.
• Strengthen coordination.

Implementation challenges

• The document states that Mauritania must confront major challenges to meet the strategy’s objectives (no further specification provided in the source text).

Thematic subjects and keywords

• Subjects: Education, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction.
• Keywords: civil society, CR, economic development, economic growth, Global, government authority, human resources, ISCR, Poverty reduction, private sector, trade balance.

International Monetary Fund. Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. August 11, 2011.

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