LR-Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit I

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The objectives of the First Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit Project for Liberia are to sustain and deepen government-owned efforts to reform governance and civil service, and to support the broadening of reforms to include economic transformation and human development in the context of the implementation of the government's second Poverty Reduction Strategy - the Agenda for Transformation. The main policy areas supported by this operation include enhancing economic governance and civil service and supporting economic transformation and human development. More specifically, the reforms focus on: (i) transparency and accountability; (ii) improving budget execution and oversight; (iii) civil service reform; and (iv) improving land administration to reduce conflicts and enhance the investment climate.