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Burundi: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi

November 12, 2021

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Burundi: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

Burundi is a fragile state with a history of political tensions and weak institutions. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Burundi was recovering from an economic recession triggered by the 2015 political crisis stemming from the late President Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term. Real GDP growth was positive, at 1.8 percent in 2019, but difficult policy challenges persisted.

Subject: COVID-19, Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Health, Imports, International organization, International trade, Monetary policy, Public debt

Keywords: Africa, Article IV consultation report, Audit mechanism, COVID-19, Debt sustainability analysis, Financing gap, Global, Imports, Pandemic response, Response plan, SDR equivalent, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    81

  • Volume:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2021/242

  • Stock No:

    1BDIEA2021001

  • ISBN:

    9781557755476

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685