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Countries within the low-income category face pervasive poverty and limited institutional capacity, but have broadly stable governance and public security. These countries generally require a high level of international assistance and have limited resilience to respond to vulnerabilities and external shocks, as well as limited ability to attend to the human development needs of their populations. Programming under this program features long-term engagement on country priorities, primarily to strengthen education and health outcomes for children and youth, address the root causes of food insecurity, foster inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and build the foundations for effective governance to ensure country institutions can sustain the benefits of development programs. CIDA works with other donors, the private sector, civil society organizations and ministries of recipient governments. Engagement is anchored in the partner government's development strategy and program, around which donors coordinate and harmonize their efforts. This may involve the pooling of funds or other forms of program-based approaches designed to better align to country priorities and systems, and ensure coordination amongst donors and harmonization of procedures.
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