Burkina Faso: Priority Action Program to Implement the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2004: 2006

IMF Staff Country Reports, September 15, 2005

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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on Burkina Faso focus on recapitulation of major long-term development.
To improve identification and targeting of major public actions that contribute to combating poverty, the government decided to prepare a Priority Action Program (PAP).
Strengthening the National Statistical Coordination Council (CNCS) and supplementing its efforts with specialized commissions is necessary to bring together the major producers of statistical information.

The PRSP recapitulates major long-term development priorities for Burkina Faso.
The PAP is intended to refine and prioritize public actions that directly contribute to poverty reduction.
Statistical coordination and enhanced data production are central to improving targeting and monitoring of poverty-reduction interventions.

Prepare and implement a Priority Action Program (PAP) to better identify and target public actions that combat poverty.
Enhance the dynamism of the National Statistical Coordination Council (CNCS).
Establish or mobilize specialized commissions to supplement CNCS efforts and to bring together major producers of statistical information.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Education, Health, Labor, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy
Keywords: Agricultural commodities, basic education, civil society, company, CR, Global, government, investment strategy, ISCR, job creation, Poverty reduction strategy, private sector, public expenditure, sectoral policy, staff training