Niger: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

January 12, 2001

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Niger: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Niger has experienced a significant program interruption. Executive Directors supported the efforts to resume the economic and structural reform program interrupted, and restore budgetary transparency, improve governance, and accelerate structural reforms. They welcomed the efforts to resume financial relations with development partners, maintain social and political stability, and stressed the need for fiscal consolidation and monitoring of banks' compliance with prudential regulations. They urged the authorities to continue efforts to improve quality and timeliness, inclusive of social data.

Subject: Arrears, Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Expenditure, External debt, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Structural reforms

Keywords: Arrears, Authority, CR, Debt relief, Equivalent, Expenditure priority, Government, IMF Deputy managing director, ISCR, Payments arrears, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Privatization program, Program, Reform program, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

59
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/015
Stock No:

1NEREA0012001
ISBN:

9781451828535
ISSN:

1934-7685

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