Guinea : Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for an Augmentation of Access and Extension of the Current Arrangement.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Monetary Fund. African Department.

Series:

IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/039

IMF Staff Country Reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting--Guinea.

Accounting.

Guinea--Economic conditions.

Guinea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper discusses Guinea’s Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for an Augmentation of Access and Extension of Current Arrangement. Performance under the ECF program has been satisfactory. All quantitative performance criteria have been met. Macroeconomic policies in 2015 will remain supportive to help deal with the Ebola outbreak. The IMF staff supports the completion of the fifth review under the ECF arrangement and financing assurances review and requests for an extension of the current arrangement to end-2015, an augmentation in access, and disbursement of 25 percent of quota as budget support under the 5th review.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION; BOXES; 1. Recent Data on the Ebola Epidemic; FIGURES; 1. 2014 GDP Growth Projections; 2. Economic Overview, 2013-15; 3. Fiscal Sector Developments, 2013-14; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND POLICY DISCUSSIONS FOR 2015; A. Economic Outlook and Risks; B. Fiscal Policy; C. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; D. Structural Reform; E. Poverty Reduction Strategy; 2. First Annual Progress Report on PRSP Implementation; PROGRAM MONITORING, FINANCING, AND RISKS; STAFF APPRAISAL; TABLES; 1. Key Economic and Financial Indicators, 2013-17

2a. Fiscal Operations of the Central Government, 2013-17 (Billions of Guinean Francs)2b. Fiscal Operations of the Central Government, 2013-17 (Percent of GDP); 2c. Fiscal Operations of the Central Government, 2013-15; 3a Central Bank and Deposit Money Banks Accounts, 2013-15; 3b. Monetary Survey, 2013-15; 4. Balance of Payments, 2013-17; 5. Performance Criteria and Indicative Targets, 2014-15; 6. Banking Sector Key Economic and Financial Soundness Indicators, 2010-14; 7. External Financing Requirements and Sources, 2013-15; 8. Indicators of Capacity to Repay the IMF, 2014-25

9a. Original Schedule of Disbursements and Timing of Reviews Under the ECF Arrangement, 2012-159b. Proposed Schedule of Disbursements and Timing of Reviews Under the ECF Arrangement, 2012-15; 10. Risk Assessment Matrix; APPENDIX; I. Letter of Intent; Attachment I. Fifth Supplement to the Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policies; Attachment II. Technical Memorandum of Understanding; CONTENTS; RELATIONS WITH THE FUND; JOINT WORLD BANK-FUND MATRIX; RELATIONS WITH THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, 2011-13; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; STATISTICAL ISSUES

Notes:

"February 2015."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9781484377758

1484377753

9781498385763

1498385761

OCLC:

905997655