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  "title": "Republic of South Sudan: Staff-Monitored Program and Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of South Sudan",
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  "summary": "South Sudan is a very fragile post-conflict country. After five years of civil conflict, the warring parties came to an agreement for power-sharing in September 2018 and formed a unity government in February 2020.",
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      "content": "- South Sudan is described as a \"very fragile post-conflict country.\"\n- After five years of civil conflict, the warring parties reached a power-sharing agreement in September 2018 and formed a unity government in February 2020.\n- Peace remains fragile amid difficult humanitarian and economic conditions."
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      "heading": "Humanitarian conditions and shocks",
      "content": "- Severe flooding in recent months described as \"the worst in 60 years.\"\n- Flood impacts:\n  - Killed livestock.\n  - Destroyed food stocks.\n  - Damaged crops ahead of the main harvest season.\n- Already very high levels of poverty and food insecurity have been exacerbated by the floods."
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      "content": "- South Sudan’s economy has been hit hard by lower international oil prices following the COVID-19 pandemic."
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      "content": "- Pages: 74\n- Volume: 2021\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513576459.002\n- Issue: 070\n- Series: Country Report No. 2021/070\n- Stock No: 1SSDEA2021001\n- ISBN: 9781513576459\n- ISSN: 1934-7685"
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