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ACRONYMS
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific
ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution
ADP Agricultural Diversification Programme
AFHEP Amalia Falls Hydroelectric Project
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AML/CFT Anti Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism
API Annual Production Incentive
ARV Anti-retroviral
ART Anti-retroviral Therapy
BCCP Basic Competency Certificate Programme
BEAMS Basic Education Access & Management Support
BCGI Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated
BNA Basic Needs Approach
BNP Basic Nutrition Program
BNTF Basic Needs Trust Fund
BoG Bank of Guyana
BOOT Build-Owned-Operate-Transfer
BOS Bureau of Statistics
BPRS Budget Preparation and Reporting Systems
BWIs Bretton Woods Institution
BSCP Building Social Cohesion Programme
BSD Bank Supervision Department
CAC Convention Against Corruption
CARICOM Caribbean Community
CAT Convention Against Torture
CBO Community Based Organization
CDB Caribbean Development Bank
CDC Community Development Council
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CH&PA Central Housing & Planning Authority
CIDA Canadian International Development Assistance
CJIA Cheddi Jagan International Airport
CMRs Community Monitoring Reports
CNCDs Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases
COTED Council of Trade and Economic Development
CPCE Cyril Potter College of Education
CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRFM Caribbean Regional Fisheries Management
CSEC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate
CSO Civil Society Organization
CXC Caribbean Examinations Council
D&I Drainage and Irrigation
DAC Development Assistance Committee
DIA Diversification Institutional Arrangement
DFID UK -Department for International Development
DOTS Direct Observed Treatment Short-course
DPP Director for Public Prosecutions
IDA International Development Association
ECE EarlyChildhood Education
EFA – FTI Education for All –Fast Track Initiative
E-HIPC Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPMU Expenditure Programming Management Unit
ERC Ethnic Relations Commission
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FIA Financial Institutions Act
FMAA Fiscal Management and Accountability Act
GBET Guyana Basic Education Teacher Training Programme
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEAP Guyana Education Access Project
GECOM Guyana Elections Commission
GEMP Guyana Economic Management Programme
GGMC Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
GIS Geographic Information System
GIS/SME Geographical Information System/School Mapping Exercise
GLSC Guyana Lands and Survey Commission
GMA Guyana Manufacturing Association
GNBS Guyana National Bureau of Standards
GNCB Guyana National Cooperative Bank
GNI Gross National Income
GOG Government of Guyana
GOINVEST Guyana Office for Investment
GPAS Guyana Protected Area System
GPF Guyana Police Force
GPHC Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation
GPL Guyana Power and Light
GRA Guyana Revenue Authority
GT&T Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company
GUYSUCO Guyana Sugar Corporation
GWI Guyana Water Incorporated
HIES Household Income and Expenditure Survey
HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IACAC Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
IAST Institute of Applied Science & Technology
ICCPR International Convention on Civil and Political Rights
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IDA International Development Association
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IDCE Institute of Distance and Continuing Education
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFMAS Integrated Financial Management Accounting System
IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPED Institute of Private Enterprise Development
IRA Interactive Radio Instruction
ISO International Standards Organization
IT Information Technology
LCDS Low Carbon Development Strategy
LCS Living Conditions Survey
LEAF Linden Economic Advancement Fund
LEAP Linden Economic Advancement Project
LINMINE Linden Mining Company
LIS Low Income Settlement
LSMS Living Standards Measurement Survey
LTR Land Tenure Regularization
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MCH Maternal and Child Health
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MDRI Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
MICS Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey
MIS Management Information System
MLHSS Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security
MoE Ministry of Education
MoF Ministry of Finance
MoH Ministry of Health
MoHW Ministry of Housing and Water
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework
NARI National Agricultural Research Institute
NBS New Building Society
NCERD National Centre for Educational Resources and Development
NDC Neighborhood Development Council
NDDP National Dairy Development Programme
NDIB National Drainage and Irrigation Board
NDS National Development Strategy
NGMC New Guyana Marketing Corporation
NGO Non Governmental Organization
NHP National Health Plan
NIS National Insurance Scheme
NPTA National Procurement and Tender Administration
NPTB National Procurement and Tender Board
NPV Net Present Value
NRW Non Revenue Water
OAP GoG Old Age Pension programme
OAS Organization of American States
OBMI Omai Bauxite Mines Inc.
OB/ SPS Office of the Budget / State Planning Secretariat
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PCMS Project Cycle Management System
PCPMU Policy Coordinationand Programme Management Unit
PCU Project Cycle Unit
PEMs Public Expenditure Management
PEPFAR President Emergency Plan for AIDS relief
PETR Poverty Expenditure Tracking Report
PEU Project Execution Unit
PLWHA Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
PMTCT Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
PPC Public Procurement Commission
PPP Priority Poverty Programme / Project
PPPs Public Private Partnerships
PPGHS Package of Publicly Guaranteed Health Services
PRGF Poverty Reduction Growth Facility
PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy
PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSCES Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services
PSM Public Service Ministry
REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
RDC Regional Democratic Councils
RHA Regional Health Authority
RUSAL Russian Aluminum Company
SIMAP Social Impact Amelioration Program
SIP School Improvement Plans
SMIS School Management Information System
SPAP Single Parent Assistance Programme
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Systems
SSRP Secondary Schools Reform Programme
STI Sexually Transmitted Infections
SWAPs Sector wide Approaches
SWTT Single Windows for trade transactions
TB Tuberculosis
TIN Tax Identification Number
TRAP Tax Reform Action Plan
TRIPS Total Revenue Integrated Processing System
TTPDB Trade Transactions Public Private Dialogue Body
TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UAEP Unserved Areas Electrification Programme
UDP Urban Development Programme
UG University of Guyana
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
VAT Value Added Tax
VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing
WB World Bank
WHO World Health Organization
WOW Women of Worth microcredit facility
WWF World Wildlife Fund
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Executive Summary ……………………………. i
A CHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION ……………………………. 1
CHAPTER 2:POVERTY ANALYSIS ……………………………. 5
The Consumption Approach toMeasuring Poverty using the HIES ……………………………. 6
B
The Methodological Context ……………………………. 6
Definition of Poverty ……………………………. 6
L Extreme & Moderate Poverty Lines ……………………………. 7
Results of the 2006 Poverty Survey & Poverty Trends in Guyana ……………………………. 7
Headcount index ……………………………. 7
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Urban-Rural Poverty ……………………………. 8
Poverty Gaps & Poverty Severity ……………………………. 8
Demographic Poverty Profile ……………………………. 9
Ethnic Poverty Profile ……………………………. 9
Poverty Propensities ……………………………. 10
O
Inequality in Consumption ……………………………. 10
Coping Strategies ……………………………. 13
F
Basic Needs Approach in Measuring Poverty ……………………………. 13
Home Ownership ……………………………. 13
Access to Water ……………………………. 13
Access to Electricity ……………………………. 13
Access to Education ……………………………. 14
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Access to Health Care ……………………………. 15
Meeting the MDG Goal to Eradicate Poverty in Guyana ……………………………. 16
O Summary ……………………………. 17
CHAPTER 3: REVIEW OF GOVERNANCE,REGULATORY REFORMS &
……………………………. 18
ECONOMIC POLICIES,2001-2010
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Introduction ……………………………. 18
Review of Governance Reforms ……………………………. 18
T Inclusive Governance ……………………………. 18
Public Accountability ……………………………. 20
Rule of Law including the Administration of Justice ……………………………. 22
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Local Government ……………………………. 23
International Agreements & Treaty Obligations ……………………………. 23
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Review of Economic Policies …………………………… 24
Maintaining Macroeconomic Stability …………………………… 24
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Fiscal Policy ……………………………. 25
Tax Reform ……………………………. 26
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Expenditure Policy Reforms ……………………………. 27
Monetary Exchange Rates & Price Performance ……………………………. 27
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Evaluation of Policies to Support Private Sector Growth ……………………………. 28
Export Investment Promotion & Development of Small
……………………………. 28
A Businesses
Restructuring & Modernizing the Traditional Sector ……………………………. 29
CHAPTER 4: INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT GROWTH ……………………………. 30
B
Roads & Bridges ……………………………. 30
Air Transport ……………………………. 31
L River Transport ……………………………. 31
Drainage &Irrigation ……………………………. 31
Sea Defenses ……………………………. 32
E
Power Generation & Supplies ……………………………. 32
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL SECTOR PROGRAMMESAND POLICIES ……………………………. 33
Education ……………………………. 35
Health Sector ……………………………. 35
Social Safety Nets ……………………………. 37
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Water ……………………………. 38
Housing ……………………………. 39
F CHAPTER 6: PRSP CONSULTATIONS ……………………………. 41
Thematic Group Consultations ……………………………. 41
Issues and Recommendations Arising from Consultations ……………………………. 41
CHAPTER 7: OVERVIEW OF THENATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAGENDA: …………………………….
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2011-2015
C Introduction ……………………………. 47
The Context of the PRSP ……………………………. 47
Challenges ……………………………. 48
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Financing ……………………………. 49
Human Resource ……………………………. 49
N Information & Communication Technology ……………………………. 49
Global Uncertainties ……………………………. 49
T Climate Change ……………………………. 50
Opportunities ……………………………. 50
Geography & Language ……………………………. 50
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Cross Cutting Issues ……………………………. 50
Disaster Risk Management ……………………………. 51
N Mainstreaming of Environmental Sustainability ……………………………. 51
Role of Other Stakeholders ……………………………. 51
CHAPTER8: MEDIUM TERM POLICIESTO SUPPORT GROWTH ……………………………. 52
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Maintaining a Sound Macroeconomic Framework ……………………………. 52
Maintaining Fiscal Sustainability ……………………………. 52
S Tax Administration ……………………………. 52
Expenditure Management & Controls ……………………………. 53
Monetary Policies, Exchange Rate & Price Stability ……………………………. 53
Debt Sustainability ……………………………. 54