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  "title": "Zambia: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries—Completion Point Document",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, April 19, 2005",
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  "summary": "This paper examines Zambia’s progress under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. Zambia has met all but three of the completion point conditions, as specified in the decision point document.",
  "publishDate": "2005-04-19",
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      "heading": "Progress under the Enhanced Initiative",
      "content": "- Zambia has met all but three of the completion point conditions, as specified in the decision point document.\n- The country made satisfactory progress in implementing and monitoring its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for at least one year.\n- Satisfactory performance was maintained under a program supported by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility."
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      "heading": "Macroeconomic environment",
      "content": "- Maintained a stable macroeconomic environment, as evidenced by satisfactory performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-supported program."
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      "heading": "Social sectors and structural reforms",
      "content": "- Zambia has met the completion point targets in the social sectors.\n- The country has undertaken important structural reforms."
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      "content": "- Public expenditure management was strengthened as part of the completion point process."
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      "content": "- Met all but three completion point conditions.\n- Implemented and monitored the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for at least one year.\n- Satisfactory macroeconomic performance under a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-supported program.\n- Completion point targets achieved in the social sectors.\n- Important structural reforms undertaken.\n- Strengthened public expenditure management.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Zambia: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries—Completion Point Document\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 137 (2005).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr05137\n  - cr05137 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr05137 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/zambia-enhanced-initiative-for-heavily-indebted-poor-countries-completion-point-document-18206"
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