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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda: Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, and Request for a Policy Support Instrument: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uganda
International Monetary Fund
This paper discusses Uganda’s Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, and Request for a Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Performance relative to the sixth and final PRGF review was satisfactory. The authorities request waivers for two performance criteria that were not observed by small margins. Corrective measures will be undertaken during 2006. The authorities have also requested a PSI to begin immediately after the current PRGF arrangement expires.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; government; core poverty reduction spending; monetary policy; Medium-term Competitiveness Strategy; PRGF arrangement; PSI framework; year PSI program; Arrears; Poverty reduction; Debt relief; Global
Cover IMF Working Papers
Is Policy Ownership An Operational Concept?
Mr. James M. Boughton
and
Mr. Alex Mourmouras
IMF lending is generally conditional on specified policies and outcomes. These conditions usually are negotiated compromises between policies initially favored by the Fund and by the country's authorities. In some cases the authorities might be satisfied enough with the outcome to take responsibility for it ("own" it) even though it was not their original preference. In other cases, they might accept the outcome only to obtain financing, in which case weak commitment might lead to poor implementation. This paper reviews the theoretical basis for the importance of ownership, summarizes what is known about its empirical effects, and suggests a strategy for strengthening it.
Keywords:
WP; recipient country government; government need; government decision-makers; policy reaction function; ownership; IMF; conditionality; common agency models; State capture; representative government; recipient government; central bank carrying out; government ownership; government failure; country's authorities; Multilateral development institutions; Structural reforms