Reform of the Fund's Policy on Poverty Reduction Strategies in Fund Engagement with Low-Income Countries : Proposals.
Poverty reduction strategies (PRS) are central to Fund-supported economic and financial programs in low-income countries (LICs). The joint IMF-World Bank's Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative introduced the PRS approach and established documentation requirements centered on the Pove...
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| Format: | Czasopismo |
| Język: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2015.
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| Seria: | Policy Papers; Policy Paper ;
No. 2015/026 |
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| Dostęp online: | Full text available on IMF |
| Streszczenie: | Poverty reduction strategies (PRS) are central to Fund-supported economic and financial programs in low-income countries (LICs). The joint IMF-World Bank's Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative introduced the PRS approach and established documentation requirements centered on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The PRS approach has also been a cornerstone for the Fund's concessional financing, currently the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), and has been extended to the Policy Support Instruments (PSI), the non-financing instrument for LICs, with PRS documentation serving as the operational framework for development of strategies to promote growth and reduce poverty under Fund-supported programs. |
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| Opis fizyczny: | 1 online resource (66 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 2663-3493 |
| Ograniczenie dostępu: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |