## Guinea: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report

_IMF Staff Country Reports, March 23, 2012_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 23, 2012
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475502534.002

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### Summary
- Guinea’s 2007–10 Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper aims to reestablish strong, sustainable economic growth in a favorable political and institutional context.
- The report highlights developments in health and nutrition indicators and the health infrastructure through 2009.

### Key findings and statistics
- Underweight children under age five: increased from 25.8 percent in 2005 to 26.1 percent in 2008.
- Measles vaccination coverage for children under age one: declined from 85.3 percent in 2007 to 65.4 percent in 2008.
- Number of health centers nationwide: increased from 399 in 2007 to 410 in 2009, but remains unsatisfactory.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Education, Food security, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty
- Keywords: arable land, audit personnel, construction materials, CR, economic situation, Food security, Global, human resources, inflation rate, ISCR, legal system, poverty rate, priority action, standard of living

*International Monetary Fund. "Guinea: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report", IMF Staff Country Reports 2012, 061 (2012).*

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