TY - BOOK ID - 84543435 TI - Guyana : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report 2004. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2004 SN - 1455244031 1452710279 1280924470 9786613743923 1452792216 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Social Services and Welfare KW - Government Policy KW - Provision and Effects of Welfare Program KW - Education: General KW - Health: General KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Education KW - Health economics KW - Health KW - Poverty reduction and development KW - Poverty reduction strategy KW - Poverty reduction KW - Poverty KW - Guyana UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84543435 AB - This paper reviews Guyana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Progress Report 2004. In spite of many challenges, the government made progress in implementing its Poverty Reduction Program. In particular, it pursued prudent macroeconomic policies, which improved economic fundamentals and created the framework for sustainable growth. Priority attention was also given to implementing reforms to improve the institutional and regulatory frameworks, public accountability, confidence building in the judicial and political systems, local government reforms, and the protection of fundamental human rights. ER -