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Republic of Tajikistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

August 25, 2004

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Republic of Tajikistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 26, 2024

Summary

This paper reviews Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Progress Report. There are positive signs in the initial implementation stages of the Poverty Reduction Strategy process. The revenue performance has improved, and expenditures are managed with tight fiscal discipline. The expenditures in the social sectors were almost 43 percent of the budget in 2003. Cash compensations, increased public sector salaries and increased pensions have targeted social sector spending better. The cash compensations totaled 12 million Sm. in the 2003 budget.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Education, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, Central Asia, CR, Economic growth, Enterprise privatization, Family practice, Farm enterprise worker, Financial support, Global, Inflation rate, ISCR, Management system, Planned economy, Poverty reduction strategy, Private sector, Privatized enterprise, State budget

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    72

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2004/280

  • Stock No:

    1TJKEA0042004

  • ISBN:

    9781451949070

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685