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  "title": "Republic of Congo: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, February 11, 2005",
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  "summary": "This paper examines Congo’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP). Congo’s I-PRSP explains the features and causes of poverty in Congo. It provides a short- and medium-term vision of development as well as a strategic orientation for a return to sustainable and equitable growth.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- This paper examines Congo’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP).\n- The I-PRSP explains the features and causes of poverty in Congo.\n- The I-PRSP provides a short- and medium-term vision of development and a strategic orientation for a return to sustainable and equitable growth.\n- The main objective is steady poverty reduction.\n- The choice and implementation of strategic orientations and priority actions in the I-PRSP are consistent with the government’s commitment to rebuilding the economy and in line with:\n  - the Millennium Development Goals,\n  - the New Partnership for Development,\n  - the government’s “nouvelle espérance” program."
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      "heading": "Strategic orientation and objectives",
      "content": "- Short- and medium-term vision of development aimed at returning to sustainable and equitable growth.\n- Priority actions and strategic orientations focused on steady poverty reduction.\n- Alignment with national rebuilding efforts and international development commitments."
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      "content": "- Education\n- Health\n- Infrastructure\n- National accounts\n- Population and demographics\n- Poverty"
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      "content": "- Africa\n- civil society\n- CR\n- economic activity\n- financial support\n- Infrastructure\n- ISCR\n- oil revenue\n- public finance\n- short- term objective\n- standard of living\n- structural adjustment\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Republic of Congo: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report\n  - Republic of Congo: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Republic of Congo: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/republic-of-congo-interim-poverty-reduction-strategy-paper-progress-report-18038"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451808568.002",
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