Guinea-Bissau: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

IMF Staff Country Reports, October 1, 2007

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• Published: October 1, 2007
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451815825.002

Overview

• Presents an overview of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (NPRSP) for Guinea-Bissau.
• Discusses the phenomenon of poverty: its dimensions, extent, and distribution by category and region.
• Provides a background analysis of developments in poverty based on the diagnostic of past economic policies.
• Articulates priority goals in the fight against poverty through a long-term and medium-term vision and strategic actions.
• Presents the operational strategies and strategic actions of the NPRSP.

Poverty analysis and diagnostics

• Examines poverty dimensions and extent across categories and regions.
• Reviews distributional patterns of poverty.
• Diagnoses the role of past economic policies in shaping poverty developments.

Strategic goals and vision

• Sets out a long-term vision for poverty reduction.
• Defines a medium-term vision aligned with the long-term objectives.
• Identifies priority goals to guide policy and program design.

Operational strategies and strategic actions

• Details operational strategies to implement the NPRSP.
• Specifies strategic actions intended to achieve the priority goals.
• Emphasizes linkages between diagnostics and chosen interventions.

Thematic focus areas and keywords

• Subject areas: Education, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction.
• Keywords included in the paper: absolute poverty, CR, delegate authority, development program, government hope, government's intention, ISCR, job creation, poverty rate, Poverty reduction, real gross domestic product, Sahelian country, State apparatus, tax authorities, West Africa.

International Monetary Fund. "Guinea-Bissau: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper", IMF Staff Country Reports (October 1, 2007).

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