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Burundi: Fifth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of a Performance Criterion

March 21, 2007

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Burundi: Fifth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of a Performance Criterion, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed November 22, 2024

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Summary

This paper discusses key findings of the Fifth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) Arrangement for Burundi. Macroeconomic performance under the PRGF-supported program in 2006 was broadly in line with the program. All end-June and end-September 2006 quantitative performance targets were met with the exception of a temporary accumulation of external arrears. Structural reforms lagged in mid-2006. The structural performance criterion at end-September and the structural benchmarks were missed. The measures covered by the performance criterion and three of the benchmarks were implemented by early 2007.

Subject: Central banks, Expenditure, Poverty, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Africa, Authority, Burundian authorities, CR, Disbursement of SDR, East Africa, Fiscal policy, Global, Government, International reserves, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF loan, PRGF-supported program, Reform agenda, Southern Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    73

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2007/113

  • Stock No:

    1BDIEA2007003

  • ISBN:

    9781451802948

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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