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Samoa: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa

February 26, 2010

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Samoa: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed December 22, 2024

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This paper discusses a request from Samoa's authorities for a Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF-RAC). The tsunami that hit Samoa on September 29, 2009 has undercut Samoa’s economic resilience and prospects for a quick recovery from the global recession. Real GDP is likely to contract in 2010. The authorities have requested a disbursement equivalent to 50 percent of quota (SDR 5.8 million) under the IMF’s ESF-RAC. IMF staff supports the request on Samoa’s low public debt and credible commitment to sound macroeconomic policies.

Subject: Banking, Economic sectors, Environment, Government debt management, Imports, Infrastructure, International trade, National accounts, Natural disasters, Public financial management (PFM), Tourism

Keywords: Cost, CR, ESF disbursement, Executive board discussion, Financing, Financing gap, Global, Government debt management, Imports, Infrastructure, ISCR, Natural disasters, Reconstruction needs, Samoa, Spending need, Tourism

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    46

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2010/046

  • Stock No:

    1WSMEA2010001

  • ISBN:

    9781451840773

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685