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  "title": "Sierra Leone: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note",
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  "summary": "This Joint Staff Advisory Note describes the progress made on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in Sierra Leone on the basis of the June 2008 progress report.",
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      "heading": "Overview and purpose",
      "content": "- Document type: Joint Staff Advisory Note based on the June 2008 progress report.\n- Main objective: Describe progress made on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in Sierra Leone.\n- Date on page: July 25, 2008.\n- Core analytical focus: key elements of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS)."
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      "heading": "Key elements analyzed in the progress report",
      "content": "- Macroeconomic performance.\n- Good governance, peace, and security.\n- Pro-poor sustainable growth for food security and job creation.\n- Human resource development.\n- Monitoring and evaluation of the PRS."
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      "content": "- The progress report correctly indicates that implementation of poverty reduction programs suffered setbacks owing to weak revenue performance and delays in external budget support since late 2006."
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      "content": "- Subject: Civil service reform, Food security, Job creation, Labor, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)\n- Keywords (verbatim): Civil service reform, CR, crowding out poverty, expenditure program, Food security, fuel price hike, government, ISCR, Job creation, monetary policy, policy, Poverty reduction strategy, poverty-reducing expenditure, priority poverty-reducing program, PRS objective, revenue, sc"
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    "Published: July 25, 2008",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451834635.002",
    "Document type: Joint Staff Advisory Note based on the June 2008 progress report.",
    "Main objective: Describe progress made on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in Sierra Leone.",
    "Date on page: July 25, 2008.",
    "Core analytical focus: key elements of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS).",
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    "Monitoring and evaluation of the PRS.",
    "The progress report correctly indicates that implementation of poverty reduction programs suffered setbacks owing to weak revenue performance and delays in external budget support since late 2006.",
    "Subject: Civil service reform, Food security, Job creation, Labor, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)",
    "Keywords (verbatim): Civil service reform, CR, crowding out poverty, expenditure program, Food security, fuel price hike, government, ISCR, Job creation, monetary policy, policy, Poverty reduction strategy, poverty-reducing expenditure, priority poverty-reducing program, PRS objective, revenue, sc",
    "Pages: 8",
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    "Stock No: 1SLEEA2008003",
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