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Addressing Population in Poverty Reduction Strategies

  • This report also in French, Spanish, and Arabic.

(November 2007) Poverty reduction strategies form the basis of World Bank and International Monetary Fund assistance in the poorest developing countries. The detailed guidelines, “poverty reduction strategy papers,” are prepared in the host country and influence the investments made in most sectors of development. But because family planning is receiving less attention and dedicated funding since the advent of PRSPs, those who support continued investments in family planning need to understand PRSPs and stay engaged in order to ensure that funding for family planning is sustained.

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