ECO MGT STRNGTHNG OP

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The central objective of the Economic Management Strengthening Operation Project for Bolivia is to support institutional development and specific analytical work that will facilitate the sustained implementation and consolidation of the medium term macro-economic policy introduced in August 1985. Specific project components are designed to: (i) strengthen economic policy making and management; (ii) increase tax revenues through the expansion of the on-going work in tax administration; (iii) assist Government in designing a coherent and well phased strategy for regional planning and management; (iv) raise public sector productivity by supporting the public sector management strengthening program (PSM) in its efforts to rationalize salaries and attract and retain skilled manpower; and (v) implement a living standards measurement study and support the expanded responsibilities of the country's national statistics institute (INE).