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  "title": "Georgia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, October 19, 2006",
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  "summary": "The implementation of Georgia’s poverty reduction strategy has proceeded well, with impressive achievements in curbing corruption, improving the business climate, and continued improvement in public finances.",
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      "heading": "Summary of implementation and findings",
      "content": "- The implementation of Georgia’s poverty reduction strategy has proceeded well.\n- Impressive achievements in curbing corruption.\n- Improvements in the business climate have been realized.\n- Continued improvement in public finances.\n- Particular emphasis should be given to:\n  - enhancing macroeconomic management,\n  - implementing the new legislative framework,\n  - improving the effectiveness of public expenditure policies,\n  - enhancing the efficiency of infrastructure spending,\n  - supplementing pro-growth policies with an effective social safety net.\n- Broadening improvements in governance by judicial reform is required.\n- Fostering participation of civil society in all dimensions of the reform strategy is also required."
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      "content": "- Enhance macroeconomic management.\n- Implement the new legislative framework.\n- Improve effectiveness of public expenditure policies.\n- Increase efficiency of infrastructure spending.\n- Supplement pro-growth policies with an effective social safety net.\n- Advance judicial reform to broaden governance improvements.\n- Foster participation of civil society across the reform agenda."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Budget planning and preparation; Expenditure; Poverty; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction strategy; Public financial management (PFM)\n- 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\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Georgia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2006, 361 (2006).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr06361\n  - cr06361 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr06361 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451814637.002",
    "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:",
    "Broadening improvements in governance by judicial reform is required.",
    "Fostering participation of civil society in all dimensions of the reform strategy is also required.",
    "Enhance macroeconomic management.",
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    "Foster participation of civil society across the reform agenda.",
    "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",
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