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| Document Date:
| 2009/02/19 |
| Document Type:
| Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) |
| Report Number:
| 47352 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Pakistan ; |
| Doc Name:
| Pakistan - Joint IDA-IMF staff advisory note and the second poverty reduction strategy paper |
| Keywords:
| access to services, Adult literacy, aged, Agricultural Policy, Birth Attendant, capacity building, Child Health, Citizens, Climate Change, commercial banks, Communicable Diseases, Community participation, construction industry, Contraceptive Prevalence, crime, democracy, demographic transition, dependants, development expenditure, development strategies, Diphtheria, Discrimination, Discrimination Against Women, drinking water, Earthquake, economic growth, economic policies, educational attainment, elderly, Elementary Education, Emergency Obstetric Care, Emergency Relief, employment opportunities, energy consumption, Environmental Impact, Environmental Protection, environmental sustainability, equal access, essential commodities, essential health care, families, family planning, family planning methods, Family Welfare, fiscal constraints, food prices, food security, food subsidies, Foreign Direct Investment, formal education, gender disparities, gender equality, gender gap, gender issues, gender mainstreaming, good governance, government policies, Greenhouse Gas, Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, Health Centre, Health facilities, Health Management, health outcomes, Health Sector, health services, HIV, hospital, hospitals, household demographics, household head, Household Income, household size, household surveys, human capital, Human Development, Human Resource Development, Human Rights, Hygiene, Immunization, Immunodeficiency, income distribution, Income Support, Industrial Development, Information System, infrastructure investment, institutional capacity, International Conference on Population, International Cooperation, Labour Force, Labour market, labour markets, land ownership, laws, Living Standards, local governments, local population, macroeconomic stability, malaria, marketing, Millennium Development Goal, Millennium Development Goals, Modernization, Mortality, Mortality Rate, Natal Care, National Action, National Action Plan, National Capacity, national development, national goals, National Plan, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, neonatal health, nutrition, Oil Equivalent, Old Age, participatory process, Policy Development, policy framework, policy makers, policy process, political instability, political turmoil, poor, poor households, poor people, Population and Development, Population Census, Population distribution, population growth, population growth rate, Population Policy, population stabilization, Population Studies, potential contribution, Poverty Alleviation, poverty estimates, poverty headcount rates, poverty impact, poverty line, poverty measurement, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, poverty status, Pregnant women, Primary Education, Primary Health Care, primary health services, progress, public health, public policy, public spending, quality of education, Refugees, remittances, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health Services, rural, rural areas, Rural Development, rural roads, safety net, safety nets, sanitation, savings, Sectoral Policies, security situation, service delivery, service providers, service quality, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Skill Development, skills development, social assistance, social impact, Social Policy, social protection mechanisms, social safety nets, Social Sector, Social Sectors, social security, social service, social services, Social Welfare, STIs, Sustainable Development, targeting, technical capacity, Technical Education, technological capacity, terrorist, tetanus, transportation, Tuberculosis, unemployment, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, universal access, universal subsidies, urban areas, urbanization, victims, vulnerability, vulnerable groups, War, Workers, workforce, working-age population Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Rel. Proj ID:
| PK-Pakistan Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (Prsp2) -- P090691 ; |
| Region:
| South Asia ; |
| Rep Title:
| Pakistan - Joint IDA-IMF staff advisory note and the second poverty reduction strategy paper |
| Topics:
| Health, Nutrition and Population ; Poverty Reduction ; Finance and Financial Sector Development |
| SubTopics:
| Rural Poverty Reduction ; Debt Markets ; Health Monitoring & Evaluation ; ; Population Policies |
| TF No/Name:
| TF091064-SECOND POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER (PRSP2) |
| Unit Owning:
| Econ. Policy & Poverty Sector (SASEP) ; Office of the Regional Vice Pres (SARVP) |
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Abstract
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| This Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) provides the advice of the staffs of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Development Association (IDA) for strengthening the second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP-II) and its implementation. PRSP-I provided a broad policy framework outlining the road map for accelerating economic growth and poverty reduction in Pakistan. Its implementation resulted in steady progress in education and health outcomes, and in access to drinking water. The economy grew at about seven percent a year on average during 2003/04-2006/07, and the poverty headcount decreased from 34.5 percent in 2001/02 to 22.3 percent in 2005/06. However, in 2007/08, large external terms of trade shocks-the sharp rise in international commodity prices-in combination with policy inaction and internal political turmoil, led to rapidly growing macroeconomic imbalances. In the absence of adequate remedial policy measures to address these imbalances, economic activity slowed down and inflation rose sharply-hindering progress in poverty reduction, and balance of payments pressures intensified. To steer Pakistan back on a path of broad-based growth, create jobs, and reduce poverty, a prolonged period of macroeconomic stability, financial discipline and sound policies is required. Government's strategy aims to create adequate employment opportunities, and to improve income distribution and competitiveness through economic liberalization, deregulation and transparent privatization. To mitigate poverty, it aspires for pro-poor growth, with more emphasis than under the previous strategy on agriculture and manufacturing, as well as on services. It also seeks to strengthen the social safety net to protect the poor and vulnerable. The strategy is consistent with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The strategy consists of nine pillars, ranging from macroeconomic stability and real sector growth to social protection and governance. |
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