Guinea-Bissau: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note

IMF Staff Country Reports, October 15, 2007

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Reviews the first full Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared by the government of Guinea-Bissau.
PRSP prepared within a participatory process and builds on grassroots consultations at the national level that involved all segments of society.
PRSP highlights broad areas of intervention for each strategic pillar but lacks a clear prioritization of activities and programs.
IMF staff concurs with the PRSP’s emphasis that high unemployment rates and heavy reliance on agriculture as the main source of employment are major concerns for poverty reduction.

Participatory process: PRSP development included grassroots consultations at the national level involving all segments of society.
Strategic content: PRSP sets out broad areas of intervention across strategic pillars.
Implementation gap: PRSP lacks clear prioritization of activities and programs necessary for operational delivery.
Poverty drivers emphasized: High unemployment rates and heavy reliance on agriculture as the main source of employment are identified as major concerns for poverty reduction.

Subject areas listed in the document: Education, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy.
Keywords associated with the PRSP and advisory note include: authorities' PRSP, CR, draft PRSP, government, ISCR, poverty profile, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, private sector, PRSP financing, PRSP monitoring and evaluation, PRSP objective, PRSP program, West Africa.

Source: Guinea-Bissau: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note (IMF Staff Country Report No. 2007/340), October 15, 2007.

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