Republic of Mozambique: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

IMF Staff Country Reports, February 2, 2007

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• Published: February 2, 2007
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827293.002

Overview and Purpose

• Reviews the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction.
• Assesses external financing needs and major sources of financing.
• Emphasizes the need to guarantee that mechanisms of democratization are present within political parties and to develop participative democracy.
• Stresses monitoring and evaluation as a means of keeping abreast of government actions, organizations in civil society, the Mozambican legislature, and cooperation partners.

Key Thematic Areas

• Education
• Health
• HIV and AIDS
• Population and demographics
• Poverty

Principal Findings and Policy Implications

• Policy focus on aligning macroeconomic, structural, and social policies to support economic growth and poverty reduction.
• Democratization and participative democracy within political parties are essential for effective policy implementation and accountability.
• Monitoring and evaluation systems are critical for oversight by government, civil society, the legislature, and cooperation partners.

Keywords and Cross-Cutting Issues

• absolute poverty
• Africa
• civil society
• CR
• economic growth
• Global
• HIV and AIDS
• ISCR
• job creation
• PARPA II
• private sector
• Southern Africa
• State budget

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• Republic of Mozambique: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper; IMF Country Report 07/37; May 2, 2006
  • Republic of Mozambique: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper; IMF Country Report 07/37; May 2, 2006 (Markdown version)
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