Senegal: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Third Annual Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria

International Monetary Fund

No 2001/186, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Faced with a tight liquidity situation at the treasury, the government of Senegal has implemented a tight spending regime to avoid a substantial drawing on the statutory advances at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). Weaknesses in accounting for public funds, as well as the delays in structural reforms, have had fiscal repercussions. Credit growth has reflected the financing needs of the agricultural sector and the buildup of arrears in the energy sector. Recent developments have exacerbated the risk concentration problem in the loan portfolio of the local banking system.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; PRGF arrangement; groundnut company; sound PRSP; audit report; financial situation; Agricultural commodities; Credit; Fiscal stance; Bank credit; West Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 85
Date: 2001-10-24
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