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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: 2004 Article IV Consultation and Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility—Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion

January 31, 2005

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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: 2004 Article IV Consultation and Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility—Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed December 26, 2024

Summary

This paper examines Ethiopia’s 2004 Article IV Consultation and Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PRGF program remains on track. All the quantitative performance criteria under the PRGF for end-March 2004, the structural performance criteria for end-June 2004, as well as all the benchmarks for these test dates have been met. In particular, the implementation of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) restructuring plan has progressed as planned. The 2004/05 federal budget requires substantial domestic financing as spending initiatives outpace revenue growth.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Expenditure, External debt, Imports, International trade, Public debt

Keywords: Broad money growth, CR, Debt relief, Food aid requirement, Global, Growth facility arrangement, Imports, ISCR, Nonfood inflation, PRGF loan, Rate, Statement, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    72

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2005/025

  • Stock No:

    1ETHEA2005001

  • ISBN:

    9781451812718

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685