Georgia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 19, 2006
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- Published: October 19, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451814637.002
Summary of implementation and findings
- The implementation of Georgia’s poverty reduction strategy has proceeded well.
- Impressive achievements in curbing corruption.
- Improvements in the business climate have been realized.
- Continued improvement in public finances.
- Particular emphasis should be given to:
- enhancing macroeconomic management,
- implementing the new legislative framework,
- improving the effectiveness of public expenditure policies,
- enhancing the efficiency of infrastructure spending,
- supplementing pro-growth policies with an effective social safety net.
- Broadening improvements in governance by judicial reform is required.
- Fostering participation of civil society in all dimensions of the reform strategy is also required.
Policy recommendations and priorities
- Enhance macroeconomic management.
- Implement the new legislative framework.
- Improve effectiveness of public expenditure policies.
- Increase efficiency of infrastructure spending.
- Supplement pro-growth policies with an effective social safety net.
- Advance judicial reform to broaden governance improvements.
- Foster participation of civil society across the reform agenda.
Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Budget planning and preparation; Expenditure; Poverty; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction strategy; Public financial management (PFM)
- Keywords: APR note; APR report; Budget planning and preparation; Central Asia; CR; government; government monitoring; government to the PRSP objective; government's activity; ISCR; poverty measurement methodology; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction strategy; student financing system
International Monetary Fund. "Georgia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note", IMF Staff Country Reports 2006, 361 (2006).