Togo: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2009-11)

IMF Staff Country Reports, January 29, 2010

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• Published: January 29, 2010
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836684.002

Summary and main findings

• The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Togo builds on the strategy laid out in the Interim Strategy for Poverty Reduction (I-PRSP).
• Results obtained under implementation of the I-PRSP have been below expectations.
• Adverse external and domestic shocks cited:
  • The hike in oil and food prices.
  • Severe flooding in 2008.
  • The global recession in 2009.
• These shocks "have adversely impacted the performance of the Togolese economy, dragging down growth just as it has been poised to improve in response to the economic program."

Policy focus and thematic coverage

• Subject areas: Education, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy.
• Keywords and technical terms preserved from the document:
  • community development, CR, Global, governance, I-PRSP, I-PRSP structure, ISCR, poverty analysis, poverty determinant, poverty incidence, poverty outcome, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRSP base scenario, PRSP document, reduction expenditure.

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