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  "title": "Ghana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report",
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      "content": "- Explains macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction.\n- Describes associated external financing needs and major sources of financing.\n- The Annual Progress Report (APR) provides a framework for the systematic review of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) programs and projects implementation and their impacts on the socioeconomic development of the country.\n- Given the significant resources required to fund the GPRS, the government has prioritized the GPRS through the Medium-Term Priorities (MTPs), which have been used to inform the budget."
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      "content": "- Emphasis on linking macroeconomic, structural, and social policies to poverty reduction outcomes.\n- Identification of external financing needs and major sources of financing necessary to support GPRS implementation.\n- Use of the APR as a tool for monitoring program and project implementation and assessing socioeconomic impacts."
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      "content": "- Annual Progress Report (APR) functions as the systematic review framework for the GPRS.\n- Medium-Term Priorities (MTPs) are used to prioritize the GPRS within the government budget process."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Education, Expenditure, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy\n- Keywords: civil society, CR, development programme, economic planning, financial support, Global, ISCR, local government, management system, monetary policy, Poverty reduction strategy, private sector, public expenditure\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Ghana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report\n  - Ghana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Ghana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 16, 2004",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451814835.002",
    "Explains macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction.",
    "Describes associated external financing needs and major sources of financing.",
    "The Annual Progress Report (APR) provides a framework for the systematic review of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) programs and projects implementation and their impacts on the socioeconomic development of the country.",
    "Given the significant resources required to fund the GPRS, the government has prioritized the GPRS through the Medium-Term Priorities (MTPs), which have been used to inform the budget.",
    "Emphasis on linking macroeconomic, structural, and social policies to poverty reduction outcomes.",
    "Identification of external financing needs and major sources of financing necessary to support GPRS implementation.",
    "Use of the APR as a tool for monitoring program and project implementation and assessing socioeconomic impacts.",
    "Annual Progress Report (APR) functions as the systematic review framework for the GPRS.",
    "Medium-Term Priorities (MTPs) are used to prioritize the GPRS within the government budget process.",
    "Subjects: Education, Expenditure, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy",
    "Keywords: civil society, CR, development programme, economic planning, financial support, Global, ISCR, local government, management system, monetary policy, Poverty reduction strategy, private sector, public expenditure",
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