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  "title": "Kingdom of Lesotho: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the National Strategic Development Plan",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, December 12, 2012",
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  "summary": "Lesotho’s National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) serves as an implementation strategy for the national vision. It recognizes the significant challenges Lesotho faces in reducing poverty and making growth more broad-based.",
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      "content": "- Lesotho’s National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) serves as an implementation strategy for the national vision.\n- The NSDP recognizes significant challenges in reducing poverty and making growth more broad-based.\n- The NSDP presents a coherent analysis and offers an appropriate path forward to sustained poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth.\n- Executive Directors find that a well-designed implementation and monitoring framework is necessary.\n- Implementation of the NSDP will be a key challenge."
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      "content": "- The NSDP identifies poverty reduction and broadening the base of growth as central objectives.\n- The plan offers a coherent analytical framework and an appropriate strategic pathway toward sustained poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth.\n- The effectiveness of the NSDP hinges on implementation capacity and monitoring arrangements."
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      "heading": "Implementation and monitoring considerations",
      "content": "- A well-designed implementation framework is necessary, according to Executive Directors.\n- Monitoring arrangements must be robust to ensure the NSDP’s objectives are met.\n- Implementation is highlighted as the principal challenge for translating the NSDP into outcomes."
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      "heading": "Thematic coverage",
      "content": "- Subject areas identified: Education, Environment, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy.\n- Keywords present: Africa, CR, ISCR, NSDP government, NSDP implementation, NSDP pillar, NSDP program, NSDP secretariat, NSDP target, Poverty reduction strategy.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr12331\n  - cr12331 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr12331 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: December 12, 2012",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475547689.002",
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    "The NSDP recognizes significant challenges in reducing poverty and making growth more broad-based.",
    "The NSDP presents a coherent analysis and offers an appropriate path forward to sustained poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth.",
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    "The plan offers a coherent analytical framework and an appropriate strategic pathway toward sustained poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth.",
    "The effectiveness of the NSDP hinges on implementation capacity and monitoring arrangements.",
    "A well-designed implementation framework is necessary, according to Executive Directors.",
    "Monitoring arrangements must be robust to ensure the NSDP’s objectives are met.",
    "Implementation is highlighted as the principal challenge for translating the NSDP into outcomes.",
    "Subject areas identified: Education, Environment, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy.",
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