Benin: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 27, 2011
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Bibliographic details
- Published: October 27, 2011
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781463922689.002
Executive summary and assessment
- Benin’s program furthers the objectives elaborated in the previous report.
- The strategy is the result of a broad participative process that engaged all levels of government, the private sector, civil society, and donor partners.
- Executive Directors commend the program as it provides an adequate framework for poverty reduction.
- The strategy addresses the critical constraints and challenges facing Benin and builds on its comparative advantages.
- The strategy lacks the specificity required to ensure results.
- Recommendation: Improving alignment of necessary actions and activities in support of the objectives with realistically available resources will help.
Key themes and focus areas
- Poverty reduction strategy design and implementation
- Environment
- Infrastructure
- National accounts
- Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords (as provided)
- CR
- development objective
- Global
- government
- growth projection
- III
- implementation proceeds
- Infrastructure
- infrastructure development
- ISCR
- land reform
- Poverty reduction strategy
- PRSP
- PRSP III
- resource allocation
- transit trade
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