## Poverty and Social Impact Analysis in PRGF-Supported Programs

_IMF Policy Discussion Papers, December 1, 2002_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Gabriela Inchauste
- Published: December 1, 2002
- Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451969856.003

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### Aim and scope
- This paper aims to inform on the status of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in IMF-supported programs, detailing the results presented in the recent review of PRGF-supported programs.
- The review showed that more needs to be done both in undertaking PSIA when necessary, and in reporting the policy tradeoffs in program documents.
- Policy design should be continuously informed by the results of PSIA.

### Key findings from the PRGF review
- More needs to be done in undertaking PSIA when necessary.
- More needs to be done in reporting the policy tradeoffs in program documents.
- PSIA results should continuously inform policy design.

### Thematic coverage and subjects
- Civil service reform
- Countervailing duties
- Environment
- Expenditure
- International trade
- Labor
- Natural disasters
- Poverty reduction strategy
- Social assistance spending
- Trade policy

### Keywords and focus areas
- Africa
- Civil service reform
- Countervailing duties
- IMF policy advice
- IMF programs
- IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
- Natural disasters
- PDP
- Poverty
- PRGF country
- PRGF review
- PRGF-supported program
- program document
- PSIA framework
- PSIA pilot study
- Social assistance spending
- Social Impact
- Trade policy
- underestimating PSIA

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