Resident Representative Office -- News Archive
Sierra Leone and the International Monetary Fund-the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility 2006–2010
July 9,2009
IMF Executive Directors completed the second review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement with Sierra Leone, extending the program, initially due to end in mid-2009, for another year. This note sketches the salient features of the current program between Sierra Leone and the International Monetary Fund 
IMF Survey: Sound Policies, Support Can Help Africa Ride Crisis
February 20,2009
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn says Africa will not be spared the consequences of the global crisis and that the significant gains many countries have made in recent years in the fight against poverty are now at risk 
The World Must Not Forget Africa During This Crisis
February 10,2009
A Commentary by Dominique Strauss-Khan, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund 
IMF to Assist Africa Hit Hard by Global Downturn
February 3,2009
Despite weaker financial linkages with the rest of the world than many other regions, Africa is likely to be hard hit by the global economic downturn, putting at risk the progress made across the continent in recent years, the IMF says. 





