Sierra Leone: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Waiver for Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sierra Leone

International Monetary Fund

No 2019/217, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Actions by the new government since taking office in April 2018 helped to stabilize macroeconomic conditions, but the situation remains challenging. Overall growth remained subdued. While elevated, inflation is tracking down. Program performance is broadly on track, though progress on structural measures has been slower than anticipated. Healthy revenues and significant underspending resulted in a lower-than-programed fiscal deficit. All quantitative targets were met, except the end-December performance criterion on net domestic assets (NDA) of the central bank and the end-March indicative target on poverty-related spending.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; authority; government's reform agenda; agenda; Medium-Term debt management strategy; headline arrears amount; ECF arrangement; government procurement; Arrears; Fiscal risks; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74
Date: 2019-07-09
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