This web page provides information in on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between The Gambia and the IMF. Additional information can be found on The Gambia and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English and French that deal with The Gambia.
At a Glance
- Current membership: 188 countries
- The Gambia joined the Fund in September 21, 1967. The Gambia accepted the obligations under Article VIII, Sections 2(a), 3, and 4, of the Fund’s Articles of Agreements on January 21, 1993. It maintains an exchange system that is free of restrictions on the making of payments and transfers for current international transactions.
- Total Quotas: SDR 31.10 Million (As of July 31, 2008)
- Loans outstanding: PRGF Arrangements SDR 6.00 Million
- Last Article IV Consultation: The 2015 Article IV consultation staff report was discussed by the Executive Board on September 18, 2015 (Country Report No. 15/272, September 28, 2015)
Office Activities
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A Newsletter of the IMF on Low-income countries; November 2012
November 7, 2012
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Private Sector Gains Ground in Africa
The growing role of the private sector in Africa has been credited by the head of the IMF's African Department for sustaining foreign investment during the recent global slump. In an interview, Antoinette Sayeh says Africa has demonstrated a new openness.
March 4, 2010
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Stronger Policies Helped Africa Through Global Crisis
Stronger monetary and budget policies, together with structural reforms in many countries, helped Africa come through the global financial crisis better than in the past, IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky said.
February 18, 2010
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IMF Builds Statistical Capacity in Africa
The IMF is helping 22 sub-Saharan African countries improve the quality, coverage, and dissemination of key statistics.
August 11, 2009
IMF's Work on Gambia
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The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Size and Determinants
July 10, 2017
Author/Editor:Leandro Medina | Andrew W Jonelis | Mehmet Cangul
Series:Working Paper No. 17/156 -
July 3, 2017
Author/Editor:International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Series:Country Report No. 17/179 -
June 26, 2017
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June 9, 2017
PDF File Size: 611Kb
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IMF Staff Concludes Visit to The Gambia
April 13, 2017
Regional Economic Outlook
Growth momentum in sub-Saharan Africa remains fragile, marking a break from the rapid expansion witnessed since the turn of the millennium. 2016 was a difficult year for many countries, with regional growth dipping to 1.4 percent—the lowest level of growth in more than two decades. Most oil exporters were in recession, and conditions in other resource-intensive countries remained difficult. Other nonresource-intensive countries however, continued to grow robustly. A modest recovery in growth of about 2.6 percent is expected in 2017, but this falls short of past trends and is too low to put sub-Saharan Africa back on a path of rising living standards. While sub-Saharan Africa remains a region with tremendous growth potential, the deterioration in the overall outlook partly reflects insufficient policy adjustment. In that context, and to reap this potential, strong and sound domestic policy measures are needed to restart the growth engine. Read the report
Departmental Papers on Africa
IMF Opens Africa Training Institute in Mauritius
