IMF Staff Country Reports

Republic of Congo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report

Publication Date:

March 24, 2010

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper reviews the first annual progress report (APR) on implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in the Republic of Congo. The paper discusses that a number of stages in PRS implementation have already been completed. The PRS is being implemented in an international economic context marked by a severe economic and financial crisis. At the national level, favorable circumstances have enabled Congo to maintain a high level of economic growth averaging nearly 6 percent a year from 2005 to 2009.

Series:

Country Report No. 2010/069

Subject:

Education Health Health care Labor National accounts Transportation

Notes:

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