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  "title": "Benin: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction",
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  "summary": "Benin has been implementing a national poverty reduction strategy for sustainable human development. The government of Benin judiciously stressed the development of the social sector and improved governance to develop human resources and enhance the effectiveness of its actions so as to lay the foun",
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      "content": "- Sectoral strategies and policies growing out of the poverty reduction and growth strategy (SCRP) will be refined and/or readjusted to more clearly delineate the actions planned and thereby facilitate their implementation.\n- Subject areas identified: Education, Environment, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty\n- Keywords listed in the source: civil society, community development, CR, economic growth, fiscal policy, gross domestic product, ISCR, land tenure, natural resource, personnel management, private sector, production system, public expenditure, reform program, West Africa"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451803549.002",
    "Benin has been implementing a national poverty reduction strategy for sustainable human development.",
    "The government of Benin emphasized development of the social sector and improved governance to:",
    "Sectoral strategies and policies growing out of the poverty reduction and growth strategy (SCRP) will be refined and/or readjusted to more clearly delineate the actions planned and thereby facilitate their implementation.",
    "Subject areas identified: Education, Environment, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty",
    "Keywords listed in the source: civil society, community development, CR, economic growth, fiscal policy, gross domestic product, ISCR, land tenure, natural resource, personnel management, private sector, production system, public expenditure, reform program, West Africa",
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