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International Monetary Fund
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of Grenada outline the issues raised in the Joint Staff Assessment. In the area of poverty diagnostics, a more detailed discussion of poverty based on updated poverty data is provided. The PRSP will describe the links between poverty, growth, and unemployment and the economic growth required to advance the social agenda. In the area of costing of initiatives, the full costs of social policies and programs, their relationship to the budgetary envelope, and identity of associated recurrent costs will be evaluated.
International Monetary Fund
This paper reviews the joint advice of the staffs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP). This I-PRSP outlines the main areas envisaged to reduce poverty and the measures for the implementation of the full Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The full PRSP could improve on the I-PRSP by building on its strength of inclusiveness, strengthening its policy focus, including the link between policy and resource use, and elaborating a clear framework for the coordination and monitoring of the strategy.
International Monetary Fund
This paper discusses the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) of Grenada for poverty reduction in the interim period. It describes the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing. It reviews the National Poverty Eradication Strategy and analyzes the monitoring indicators, risks and costing of the strategy. It assesses the national development plan aimed at attaining the Millennium Development Goals.