Liberia: 2011 Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Extension of the Arrangement, and Augmentation of Access: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Liberia
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 13, 2011
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Bibliographic details
- Published: July 13, 2011
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455298747.002
Growth drivers and outlook
- Investment in iron ore and commercial agriculture identified as important for growth.
- Rebound in rubber prices cited as an important contributor to growth.
- Keywords and themes include "real GDP" and "GDP estimate."
Fiscal, monetary, and financial policy discussion
- Fiscal, monetary, and financial policies are discussed in the staff report.
- IMF staff supports policy measures including a new indicative floor on education and health spending in FY2012.
External debt sustainability
- An update of external debt sustainability confirms the "low risk of debt distress" rating.
Program implementation and conditionality adjustments
- IMF staff supports the new indicative floor on education and health spending in FY2012.
- The performance criterion on the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) payment is discontinued.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Expenditure, External debt, National accounts, Public debt, Revenue administration
- Keywords: CBL staff, CR, ECF arrangement, Executive Board's discussion, GDP estimate, Global, ISCR, real GDP, reform, revenue reform, West Africa