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© 2003 International Monetary Fund
September 2003
IMF Country Report No. 03/300
Uganda: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
The attached Joint Staff Assessment (JSA) of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report for Uganda, prepared by the staffs of both the World Bank and IMF, was submitted with the member country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Annual Progress Report to the Executive Boards of the two institutions. A JSA evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of a country’s poverty reduction objectives and strategies, and considers whether the PRSP or IPRSP provides a sound basis for concessional assistance from the Bank and Fund, as well as for debt relief under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative. The Boards then decide whether the poverty reduction strategy merits such support.
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
Prepared by the Staff of the IMF and IDA
Approved by Callisto Madavo and Gobind T. Nankani (IDA), Anupam Basu and Anthony Boote (IMF)
August 13, 2003