TY - BOOK ED - World Bank. ED - World Bank. TI - Republic of Congo Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review: Implementing Public Financial Management Reforms to Stimulate Growth and Achieve Shared Prosperity T2 - Public Expenditure Review PY - 2015/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - The World Bank KW - Accountability KW - Accounting KW - Burns KW - Children KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Cost-Benefit analysis KW - Debt KW - Debt Management KW - Debt Markets KW - Decision Making KW - Disasters KW - Economic Recovery KW - Educational Attainment KW - Exchange Rates KW - Expenditures KW - Family Planning KW - Feasibility Studies KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Financial Management KW - Financial Sector KW - Fiscal Sustainability KW - Fiscal Year KW - Governance KW - Gross Domestic Product KW - Health KW - Health Monitoring & Evaluation KW - Health Outcomes KW - Health Policy KW - Health, Nutrition and Population KW - Hospitals KW - Income Tax KW - Inflation KW - Knowledge KW - Life Expectancy KW - Marketing KW - Measurement KW - Migration KW - Morbidity KW - Mortality KW - National Governance KW - Natural Resources KW - Nurses KW - Nutrition KW - Pregnancy KW - Prevention KW - Private Sector KW - Public Expenditure, Financial Management and Procurement KW - Public Finance KW - Public Health KW - Public Investment KW - Public Procurement KW - Public Sector Development KW - Public Sector Governance KW - Public Sector Management and Reform KW - Public Spending KW - Quality Control KW - Quality of Life KW - Taxes KW - Transparency KW - Unemployment KW - Violence KW - Waste KW - Weight KW - Workers N2 - The Republic of Congo (Congo) boasts numerous assets that can be harnessed to build a strong and robust economy. These assets are oil, ore such as iron and potash, arable lands, and a young population. Congo is the fourth largest oil producer among West and Central African countries, both in total production (260,000 barrels per day) and production per capita terms. In addition, the country is endowed with substantial iron and potash that are yet to be exploited; it has a vast arable lands that could be useful for agricultural development; and the country boasts a young population, which, if well-educated, could be a dynamic labor force helping to spur economic growth UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/27137 ER -