Cameroon: Review of the Staff-Monitored Program and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and for Additional Interim Assistance under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative
IMF Staff Country Reports, November 18, 2005
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- Published: November 18, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451808155.002
Economic developments and performance
- Fiscal consolidation efforts were sustained.
- Public finances improved markedly in the first half of 2005, exceeding the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) targets.
- IMF staff highlights overall economic developments and performance in the staff report.
Public financial management and reforms
- IMF staff welcomes the improvements made in public financial management.
- The IMF urges the government to persist in its efforts to strengthen public financial management.
SMP implementation and program commitments
- The government encountered some technical difficulties.
- The government was not able to fully implement other SMP commitments.
Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)
- Subjects: Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Expenditure, Oil prices, Oil, gas and mining taxes, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Prices, Taxes
- Keywords: amount, authorities' goal, CR, Debt relief, discussion of the request, gas and mining taxes, Global, government, government entity, government's budget, ISCR, Oil, Oil prices, performance track record, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF-supported program, private sector
Publication facts and identifiers
- Publication date: November 18, 2005
- Pages: 114
- Volume: 2005
- Issue: 413
- Series: Country Report No. 2005/413
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451808155.002
- Stock No: 1CMREA2005004
- ISBN: 9781451808155
- ISSN: 1934-7685
International Monetary Fund. "Cameroon: Review of the Staff-Monitored Program and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and for Additional Interim Assistance under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative", IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 413 (2005).