## Togo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 23, 2014_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 23, 2014
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498305280.002

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### Overview
- Presents the Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Togo.
- The new Strategy for Boosting Growth and Promoting Employment (SCAPE) is identified as the overarching reference framework for the Government’s development agenda.
- SCAPE reflects the authorities’ aspiration to become, over the next 15–20 years, a middle income country, in which the rule of law and human rights are respected.
- SCAPE draws upon the results of a nationally representative household survey (QUIBB).

### Assessment of SCAPE
- SCAPE is comprehensive but offers less in terms of prioritization.
- In light of persistent capacity constraints and limited financing, the note observes that SCAPE could have:
  - Presented a clearer perspective on the Government’s role in the development process.
  - Articulated a more focused growth and social development strategy.
  - Aligned SCAPE’s implementation mechanisms more closely with existing decision-making mechanisms.

### IMF Staff Suggestions and Analytical Gaps
- IMF staff suggests supplementing SCAPE’s analysis with additional analyses on the impact of SCAPE policies on:
  - Poverty
  - Inequality
  - (Rural) employment

### Key statistics and publication metadata (as reported)
- Pages: 16
- Volume: 2014
- Issue: 225
- Series: Country Report No. 2014/225
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498305280.002
- Stock No: 1TGOEA2014003
- ISBN: 9781498305280
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Publication date on landing page: July 23, 2014

### Subjects and keywords (as provided)
- Subjects: Education, Health, Income inequality, National accounts, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy
- Keywords: authorities' aspiration, budget resource, CR, D. strengthening governance, Global, governance, governance reform, government, government of Togo, government's priority, holding company, Income inequality, ISCR, macroeconomic performance, national budget, Poverty reduction strategy, Togo

*International Monetary Fund. African Dept. "Togo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note", IMF Staff Country Reports 2014, 225 (2014).*

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