Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper DENARP/PRSP II (2011–2015).

This 2nd Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper DENARP/PRSP II (2011–2015) was prepared in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners. The PRSP describes the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction and major sources of financing. The PRSP II takes into account the lessons learned in the following areas: Gradual adoption of the approach to the poverty reduction strategy based on a holistic vision of national development involving all stakeholders; Taking on Guinea-Bissau’s commitments at all levels regarding strategic choices for poverty reduction and improving the quality of basic social services; Reduction in disparities between men and women and elimination of inequalities and forms of discrimination against women (pag. 7). Strong link between the PRSP II priorities and the state budget through the MTEF and program budgets in agriculture and social sectors (pag. 8). This strong and durable growth should be more pro-poor and calls for two complementary approaches, with particular attention to vulnerable groups, among which women. The first step is to involve poor farmers, particularly to create more wealth. One of the main avenues is to establish or strengthen promising activities or sectors, while ensuring food security and diversification of production bases in connection with the development of SMI/SME that can serve as intermediate networks for exports of cashew nuts (pag. 71).
1.3.5 Gender inequality: structural inequalities and setbacks in the progress towards equality between men and women. For each dimension of the human resources policy, gender equality should be systematically observed to ensure greater social justice in order to fully exploit the potential of women’s skills to improve public management and service delivery to the population (pag. 62). Implementing community projects and taking into account gender issues in developing eco-tourism activities (pag 78). With regard to gender issues specifically, PRSP II will intervene through seven (7) priority actions: (i) pay special attention to girls so that their enrollment, retention and course completion rate targets will be achieved at every level; (ii) ensure that girls register for school and remain in the education system during the legal age; (iii) at every level, create the administrative, social and legal conditions to protect female and male pupils and students from sexual harassment; (iv) facilitate and promote the enrollment and retention of women in the literacy facilities and support them in post-literacy; (vi) strike a gender balance in retaining and hiring teachers; and (vii) include gender issues in cross-cutting training programs for teachers and students starting at the primary level (pag. 91).
The main objective of the PRSP II is to significantly reduce poverty in all its dimensions creating greater opportunities for income generation, employment, and improved access to quality basic public services. The specific objectives of the PRSP II include: i. Reduction in the incidence of poverty at the national level from 69.3% in 2010 to 59% in 2015 and of extreme poverty from 33% to 20% for the same period, taking into account the disparity between men and women; ii. Reduction in the food insecurity index from 32% to 16% in 2015; iii. An economic growth rate that averages 5% per annum between 2011 and 2015; iv. Stabilization of security in the country through the harmonized reform of the defense and security forces; v. Minimization of structural inequalities between men and women (pag. 8). Access to a social protection system is quite limited and reserved for a minority of the population (about 2%), consisting of civil servants and a few private sector employees in banks, insurance companies, etc. (pag. 99).
Recovery of pro-poor economic growth and diversification of productive bases through a combination of measures in the areas of agriculture and livestock, fisheries, and development of processing activities and marketing (pag. 10). 5. Integrating climate change into policy, planning and investment decisions in growth-generating sectors to increase their resilience to climate change. Taking climate risks into account will allow for the development of agriculture, housing, tourism and coastal areas and the designing of road and communication infrastructure that is able to face climate-related disasters. The integration of climate change will also cover aspects related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thus allowing, among other things, greater attention to energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in all policy and investment decisions, as well as in strategies on the energy issue (pag. 73).