Resident Representative Office in Guinea

Alvin Hilaire, Resident Representative
1st floor, Training Center
Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée
3 Boulevard du Commerce
B.P. 692
Conakry, Guinea
International telephone (1) 866 627 5636
Local telephone (224) 30 45 51 76

Welcome to the website of the IMF Resident Representative Office in Guinea. This web page provides information on the activities of the Office and relations between Guinea and the IMF. Additional information can be found on the main country page Guinea and the IMF, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Guinea.


Guinea and the International Monetary Fund: A Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility 2007-2010, Presented by Alvin Hilaire, IMF Resident Representative in Guinea and Sierra Leone, at a Press Conference in Conakry, December 24, 2007

IMF Executive Board Approves US$75.2 Million PRGF Arrangement and Additional Interim HIPC Assistance for Guinea, IMF Press Release 07/309, December 21, 2007

Macroeconomic Challenges in Guinea – Presentation by Alvin Hilaire at the International Labor Conference on Sustainable Development in Guinea, May 24, 2007, Conakry

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook—September 2006

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook: Supplement—May 2006

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook: Supplement—October 2005

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook—May 2005

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook—October 2004

Remarks by Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at a Meeting with African Governors of the IMF, October 1, 2004

A Field Trip to Haute Guinée, published in IMF Civil Society Newsletter, August 2004

Interview—By Dennis Jones, IMF Resident Representative, April 28, 2004

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook—March 2004

A Meeting with Guinea's Private Sector, published in IMF Civil Society Newsletter, November 2003

Press Statement—By Dennis Jones, IMF Resident Representative, August 12, 2003

Latest IMF material on Guinea:

October 02, 2008 -- Press Release: Statement by an IMF Mission to the Republic of Guinea
August 08, 2008 -- Guinea: First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, Augmentation of Access, and Financing Assurances Review - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea
Series: Country Report No. 08/275
Notes: Full text also available in French.
July 28, 2008 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes First Review under PRGF Arrangement for Guinea, Increases Financial Assistance to Mitigate Food and Fuels Price Impact, and Approves US$28.7 Million Disbursement
June 27, 2008 -- Guinea -- Letter of Intent and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, June 27, 2008
Also available in French PDF File Size: 272Kb
April 12, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by His Excellency Paul Toungui, Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Finance, Budget, and Privatization, Gabon
On behalf of: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Union of the Comoros, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Madagascar, Mali, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Chad, Togo. PDF File Size: 181Kb