## Guinea-Bissau: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

_IMF Staff Country Reports, October 1, 2007_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 1, 2007
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451815825.002

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### 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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