Guinea-Bissau Resident Representative Site

Resident Representative Office in Guinea-Bissau

March 2010

This web page provides information in on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Guinea-Bissau and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Guinea-Bissau and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Guinea-Bissau.

News and Highlights

NewsLIC

A Newsletter of the IMF on Low-income countries; November 2012 

2010 – A Banner Year for Debt Relief to Africa

The IMF’s African Department is the hub of the institution’s engagement with low-income member countries. Over the past year, 13 new programs were approved under the IMF’s Policy Support Instrument, and Extended Credit Facility, more flexible policies were implemented to allow for flexible financing of infrastructure investment, and policy advice focused on restoring “macroeconomic buffers” that enabled effective policy responses to mitigate the worst of the impact of the 2009 global economic crisis. 

Africa Faces Twin Challenges After Global Crisis

With world recovery under way, Africa faces the twin challenges of reviving strong growth and reinforcing resilience to the economic shocks that regularly batter the continent, IMF officials say as Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn embarks on a three-country visit to the region. 

Guinea-Bissau and The IMF

Press Release: IMF Concludes Article IV Mission to Guinea-Bissau

May 9, 2013

Press Release: IMF's West African Regional Technical Assistance Center Sees Significant Increase in Activities in Coming Year

April 29, 2013

Press Release: IMF Concludes Fourth ECF Review Mission to Guinea-Bissau

March 12, 2012

Guinea-Bissau: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

December 14, 2011
Series: Country Report No. 11/352
Notes: Also Available in Portuguese 

Guinea-Bissau: Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

December 14, 2011
Series: Country Report No. 11/353
Notes: Also Available in Portuguese 

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Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa

Economic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa have remained generally robust despite a sluggish global economy. The near-term outlook for the region remains broadly positive, and growth is projected at 5¼ percent a year in 2012–13. Most low-income countries are projected to continue to grow strongly, supported by domestic demand, including from investment. The outlook is less favorable for many of the middle-income countries, especially South Africa, that are more closely linked to European markets and thus experience a more noticeable drag from the external environment. The main risks to the outlook are an intensification of financial stresses in the euro zone and a sharp fiscal adjustment in the US–the so called fiscal cliff.