Guinea: First Review of the Arrangement Under the Three-Year Extended Credit Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Modification and for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea

July 20, 2018

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Guinea: First Review of the Arrangement Under the Three-Year Extended Credit Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Modification and for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed November 22, 2024

Summary

The Guinean economy is growing at a faster than anticipated pace on the back of buoyant mining activity. The growth momentum is expected to continue, with real growth at about 6 percent in 2018 and over the medium term. However, risks of instability are heightened by the current electoral cycle.

Subject: Banking, External debt, National accounts, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, CR, Debt, Domestically-financed capital expenditures, ECF arrangement, Europe, Global, Government, ISCR, Middle East, Net government repayment, Private sector development, Sovereign expenditure, West Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

136
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2018/234
Stock No:

1GINEA2018001
ISBN:

9781484369913
ISSN:

1934-7685

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