The National Assembly, in its session Wednesday chaired by the Speaker Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Tahir, has passed a report of the Emergency Committee on the Study of the Document Interim Strategy for alleviation of poverty in Sudan, presented by the Chairman of the Committee Al-Zubair Ahmed Al-Hassan. The report explained that the document came in the general framework responsive to all needs to combat poverty in Sudan. The report explained that the interim strategy document for poverty reduction represents the first step in the development of comprehensive and coordinated approach to poverty reduction in Sudan which is one of the requirements of the international financial institutions for debt relief and extension of concessional assistance to the developing countries, pointing out that it is the most detailed document of previous working papers and research prepared for this purpose, stating that it is the first document of its kind in Sudan which gained wide national and international proliferation. It contains detailed information about Sudan and its conditions which will later be used as a basis for preparation of the country strategy for poverty reduction . The report exposed sections of the document, which presented background on the economic situation in Sudan and the level of poverty, analysis of roots and it various dimensions besides the vision of Sudan to the development process and the key elements and pillars of the interim strategy in order to achieve growth and poverty reduction over the medium term.