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Niger: Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Request for a New Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger

July 2, 2008

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Niger: Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Request for a New Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

This paper examines Niger’s sixth review under the three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). A successor PRGF-supported program would support the authorities’ efforts to move toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) while preserving economic stability. Among the risks to the new program are adverse climatic shocks, higher food and international oil prices, and the insurgency in the North. IMF staff supports the requests for the waivers for nonobservance of two performance criteria, and the request for a new PRGF arrangement.

Subject: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Current spending, Education, Expenditure, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Authority, Budget planning and preparation, CR, Current spending, ISCR, Oil price projection, Priority development expenditure, Revenue shortfall, SDR, September-October harvest, Sub-Saharan Africa, Successor SDR, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    90

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2008/211

  • Stock No:

    1NEREA2008003

  • ISBN:

    9781451828818

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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