## Dominica: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

_IMF Staff Country Reports, January 14, 2004_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 14, 2004
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451810844.002

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### Summary findings
- Poverty in Dominica exhibits the following: poor households tend to be larger than nonpoor households.
- Poor households contain proportionately fewer persons of working age.
- There is no significant difference in the gender distribution of poverty in the country.

### Challenges and strategy objectives
- Foster growth and private sector employment.
- Achieve fiscal and broader economic stability.
- Build a dynamic, accountable, and effective public service to provide a strong basis for the sustainable and integrated political, social, and economic development of Dominica.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Education, Expenditure, Fiscal stance, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy
- Keywords: budget constraint, Caribbean, country, CR, Dominica, government, government initiative, government of Dominica, government rate, government's position, income support, indigence, indigence line, ISCR, poverty line, Poverty reduction strategy, private sector

*Source: Dominica: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (IMF Staff Country Reports, 2004).*

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