International Monetary FundWorld Bank2014-09-172014-09-172004-07-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20222The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank introduced the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process in 1999 to strengthen the poverty alleviation focus of their assistance to low-income countries. At the IMF, the introduction of the PRSP was accompanied by the transformation of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF), the concessional lending window, into the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), with a view to giving a more central role to poverty reduction and pro-poor growth considerations in the design of IMF-supported programs in low-income countries. The rest of the report is organized as follows. Part two provides background information on poverty incidence in Mozambique, as well as on political and economic developments since the early 1990s. The relevance of the PRSP approach to Mozambique s situation, application of the underlying principles, and preliminary evidence on results, are examined in part three. The effectiveness of IMF assistance, including alignment of the PRGF and technical assistance to PRSP objectives is assessed in part four. Part five considers the effectiveness of World Bank support, also including alignment of that support to the objectives of the PRSP approach. Part six reviews IMF-World Bank collaboration in relation to the PRSP process, and part seven presents the main conclusions and lessons.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABJECT POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING SYSTEMADJUSTMENT LENDINGAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTALLOCATION OF FUNDSANNUAL REPORTANNUAL TARGETSBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBUDGET ALLOCATIONBUDGET EXECUTIONBUDGET FORMULATIONBUDGET FRAMEWORKBUDGET OUTTURNSBUDGET REPORTINGBUDGET RESOURCESBUDGET SUPPORTBUDGET SYSTEMBUDGETARY ALLOCATIONSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY CONSTRAINTSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCIVIL SERVANTSCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SERVICE REFORMCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURESCOMMERCIAL BANKSCONDITIONALITIESCONDITIONALITYCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECOUNTRY PROCUREMENTCOUNTRY PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENTDEBTDEBT RELIEFDEBT SERVICEDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION STRATEGYDIAGNOSTIC WORKDIVISION OF LABORDOMESTIC INVESTMENTDONOR ASSISTANCEDONOR COORDINATIONECONOMIC RECOVERYECONOMIC STABILITYEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT CAPACITYEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMEXPENDITURE PRIORITIESEXPENDITURE TRACKINGEXPENDITURES ON HEALTHEXTERNAL AIDEXTERNAL DEBTFINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL STATISTICSFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSFISCAL DEFICITFISCAL REVENUEFISCAL STANCEFISCAL TARGETSFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN COMPETITIONFOREIGN DEBTFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN FINANCINGGENERAL BUDGET SUPPORTGOVERNMENT BUDGETGOVERNMENT BUDGET PROCESSGOVERNMENT BUDGETSGOVERNMENT EXPENDITUREGOVERNMENT POLICYGOVERNMENT PRIORITIESGOVERNMENT REVENUEGOVERNMENT REVENUESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXILLITERACYIMPORT TARIFFSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINFLATIONINFLATION RATEINTEREST RATESLAND RIGHTSMACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORKMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC POLICYMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMAINTENANCE OF ROADSMARKET ECONOMYMARKET MECHANISMSMEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITUREMEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORKMINISTRY OF FINANCEMONETARY POLICYMULTILATERAL DONORSMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL INCOMENATIONAL POLICIESNATURAL DISASTERSNET LENDINGNET PRESENT VALUEPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTPATTERN OF PUBLIC SPENDINGPERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPETTY CORRUPTIONPOLICY FORMULATIONPOORPOOR RURAL AREASPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY HEADPOVERTY HEAD COUNT INDEXPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INCIDENCE ACROSS REGIONSPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORTPOVERTY-REDUCING EXPENDITURESPRIVATE SECTORPROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONPROGRAMSPROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTPROVINCIAL LEVELPROVINCIAL LEVELSPUBLIC ENTERPRISESPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITURE SYSTEMPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAMPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR REFORMPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRED TAPEREFORM PROGRAMREFORM PROJECTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE FLOWSRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRURALRURAL DEVELOPMENTSANITATIONSECTOR MINISTRIESSECTOR POLICIESSECTORAL BUDGETSECTORAL GOALSSECTORAL PLANSSECTORAL POLICIESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE LEVELSSMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURESMALLHOLDER SECTORSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SERVICESOCIAL SERVICESSTATE BUDGETSTRATEGIC CHOICESSTRATEGIC PLANSSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSTRUCTURAL REFORMSTAX EVASIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETOTAL EXPENDITURETOTAL EXPENDITURESTOTAL SPENDINGTRANSPARENCYUNCERTAINTYWAR10.1596/20222