Pakistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 2, 2010
Source details
- Canonical URL
- Pakistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note
Other formats
Bibliographic details
- Published: July 2, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455205219.002
Overview
- The government of Pakistan completed its second full Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP-II) in December 2008.
- PRSP-II builds on the first Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP-I), which was adopted in December 2003, but is shaped by recent political and economic developments.
- PRSP-II focuses on regaining macroeconomic stability and the growth momentum of 5–7 percent a year, while protecting the poor and vulnerable.
- The objectives of PRSP-II are supported by the IMF’s Stand-By Arrangement and the World Bank’s proposed Poverty Reduction and Economic Support Operation.
Key findings and priorities
- Regain macroeconomic stability.
- Restore and sustain growth momentum of 5–7 percent a year.
- Protect the poor and vulnerable while pursuing stabilization and growth.
Analytical context and external support
- PRSP-II is explicitly linked to IMF and World Bank programs:
- Supported by the IMF’s Stand-By Arrangement.
- Supported by the World Bank’s proposed Poverty Reduction and Economic Support Operation.
- The strategy is shaped by recent political and economic developments relative to PRSP-I.
Subjects and keywords (as presented)
- Subjects: Expenditure, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Social assistance spending.
- Keywords: cash management, CR, district governments' capability, Global, government, government of Pakistan, government's strategy, headcount rate, ISCR, Pakistan, poverty diagnostic, poverty headcount, poverty measurement, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, poverty scorecard, Social assistance spending.