Benin's Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, the Strategie de Croissance pour la Reduction de la Pauvrete (SCRP), provides a good framework for implementing the Government's growth and poverty reduction agenda over the next three years. The SCRP notes that progress under the previous PRSP was mixed. It points out that the fiscal position strengthened during the period, while growth slowed to less than half of the targeted goal. Regarding the mixed results on the social front, the SCRP concludes that the new strategy should improve the institutional framework, budget management, and personn