## Republic of Congo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report

_IMF Staff Country Reports, March 24, 2010_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 24, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451982305.002

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### Executive summary and main findings
- Reviews the first annual progress report (APR) on implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in the Republic of Congo.
- Notes that a number of stages in PRS implementation have already been completed.
- Observes that the PRS is being implemented in an international economic context marked by a severe economic and financial crisis.
- At the national level, favorable circumstances have enabled Congo to maintain a high level of economic growth averaging nearly 6 percent a year from 2005 to 2009.

### Analytical context
- International environment: implementation occurs amid a severe economic and financial crisis.
- National environment: favorable circumstances supported sustained growth.
- Implementation status: several stages of the PRS implementation process have been completed (specific stages not enumerated in the source summary).

### Thematic coverage (subjects identified)
- Education
- Health
- Health care
- Labor
- National accounts
- Transportation

### Keywords and focus areas
- Central Africa
- civil society
- CR
- development program
- feasibility study
- General secretariat
- Global
- Health care
- housing objective
- ISCR
- liberalization policy
- private sector
- production capacity
- public finance
- Transportation

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