Office of the Resident Representative in Guyana


Resident Representative: Saqib Rizavi
Ministry of Finance Building
Main and Urquhart Streets
Georgetown, Guyana
Phone # 592-223-7233
Fax # 592-223-7236
E-mail: imfguy@solutions2000.net

Welcome to the website of the office of the Resident Representative of the IMF in Guyana. This site provides information about the activities of the IMF in this country and about the relations between Guyana and the IMF. For general information about the IMF go to www.imf.org.


IMF Executive Board Concludes 2007 Article IV Consultation with Guyana; Public Information Notice 08/45, April 3, 2008

The Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Presentation by José Fajgenbaum, Ana Lucía Coronel; December 12, 2007

World Economic and Financial Surveys -- Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere, November 2007

May 11, 2007 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2006 Article IV Consultation with Guyana

May 7, 2007 -- The Global Context and Regional Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, presentation by Markus Rodlauer and Max Alier, International Monetary Fund

April 2007 -- Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere

April 2007 -- Guyana: Why Has Growth Stopped? An Empirical Study on the Stagnation of Economic Growth, Working Paper No. 07/86

February 2007 -- Colonial Origins, Institutions and Economic Performance in the Caribbean: Guyana and Barbados, Working Paper No. 07/43

December 5, 2006 --The Global Context and Regional Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, presentation by Christopher Towe, International Monetary Fund

October 26, 2006 -- Guyana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report 2005, Country Report No. 06/364

October 26, 2006 -- Guyana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Second Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff, Advisory Note

September 19, 2006 -- Opening Address by the Chairman, the Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo, Governor of the Fund and the World Bank of Guyana, at the Joint Annual Discussion

September 19, 2006 -- Concluding Remarks by the Chairman, Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo, Governor of the Fund and the World Bank, at the Joint Annual Discussion

September 07, 2006 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth Review of Guyana's PRGF Arrangement

February 01, 2006 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review of Guyana's PRGF Arrangement

December 23, 2005 -- Press Release: IMF to Extend 100 Percent Debt Relief to Guyana Under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative

September 25, 2005 -- Address by the Hon. Saisnarine Kowlessar, Alternate Governor of the World Bank for Guyana, at the Closing Joint Session

September 12, 2005 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review of Guyana Under a PRGF Arrangement

March 11, 2005 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2004 Article IV Consultation with Guyana

January 25, 2005 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Guyana's Third Review Under a PRGF Arrangement and Approves US$14.1 Million Disbursement

December 14, 2004 -- Guyana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report 2004, Country Report No. 04/407

July 28, 2004 -- Press Release: IMF Completes Second Review of Guyana's Performance Under the PRGF Arrangement, Approves Disbursement of US$8.8 Million

May 05, 2004 -- Guyana: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Completion Point Document

December 19, 2003 -- Press Release: IMF and World Bank Support US$334 Million Additional Debt Relief for Guyana

September 23, 2003 -- Statement by the Hon. Saisnarine Kowlessar, Governor of the World Bank for Guyana, at the Joint Annual Discussion

September 05, 2003 -- Press Release: IMF Completes First Review of Guyana's Performance Under the PRGF Arrangement, Grants Waivers, Extends Program Period, and Approves Additional Interim HIPC Assistance

March 19, 2003 -- Guyana: Experience with Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction

January 01, 2003 -- Currency Demand, the Underground Economy, and Tax Evasion: The Case of Guyana