## Togo: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2009-11)

_IMF Staff Country Reports, January 29, 2010_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 29, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836684.002

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### Summary and main findings
- The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Togo builds on the strategy laid out in the Interim Strategy for Poverty Reduction (I-PRSP).
- Results obtained under implementation of the I-PRSP have been below expectations.
- Adverse external and domestic shocks cited:
  - The hike in oil and food prices.
  - Severe flooding in 2008.
  - The global recession in 2009.
- These shocks "have adversely impacted the performance of the Togolese economy, dragging down growth just as it has been poised to improve in response to the economic program."

### Policy focus and thematic coverage
- Subject areas: Education, Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy.
- Keywords and technical terms preserved from the document:
  - community development, CR, Global, governance, I-PRSP, I-PRSP structure, ISCR, poverty analysis, poverty determinant, poverty incidence, poverty outcome, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRSP base scenario, PRSP document, reduction expenditure.

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