IMF Staff Country Reports

Nepal: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

November 21, 2003

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International Monetary Fund. "Nepal: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper", IMF Staff Country Reports 2003, 361 (2003), accessed 12/24/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451829990.002

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Summary

The Joint Staff Assessment on Nepal’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) highlights the PRSP process aimed to provide sustainable macroeconomic framework, improving governance and the overall policy environment. It reviews the execution of the envisaged programs, expenditure planning, public expenditure management system, and the effectiveness of the monitoring system. It also identifies some shortcomings of the PRSP that could be addressed over time and reflected in the annual progress reports to ensure that the strategy is fully effective and operational.

Subject: Economic sectors, Education, Expenditure, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Public sector

Keywords: CR, Global, government school, growth target, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, preparation process, PRSP agenda, PRSP benchmark, PRSP policy, PRSP process, PRSP reform, PRSP scenario, PRSP strategy, Public sector, The PRSP reform, The PRSP scenario