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Projected % Change
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2009
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2010
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Real GDP
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2.5
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4
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Consumer Prices
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12
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7.8
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Source: World Economic Outlook (October 2009)
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Kenya and the IMF
Updated October 30, 2009
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The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on September 10, 2008. Listed below are items related to Kenya, in reverse chronological order (you can also view items by category).
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| October 30, 2009 -- Press Release: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Article IV Consultation with Kenya
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| July 29, 2009 -- Kenya: 2004 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Requests for Augmentation of Access, Rephasing of the Arrangement, and Waiver of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 09/225
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| June 19, 2009 -- Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 09/192
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| June 18, 2009 -- Kenya: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 09/191
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| June 12, 2009 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2004 Article IV Consultation with Kenya
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| June 01, 2009 -- Transcript of a Press Conference Call by the International Monetary Fund on "Lending for Africa"
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| May 29, 2009 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Approves US$209 Million Disbursement to Kenya Under the Exogenous Shocks Facility
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| May 15, 2009 -- Kenya -- Letter of Intent, May 15, 2009
PDF File Size: 223Kb
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| May 15, 2009 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes 2006 Article IV Consultation with Kenya
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| May 04, 2009 -- Kenya: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Requests for Extension and Rephasing of the Arrangement, Reduction in Access, and Waiver of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Staff Supplement and Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 09/137
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| April 25, 2009 -- IMFC Statement by H.E. Tito Mboweni, Governor, South African Reserve Bank, South Africa
On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. PDF File Size: 337Kb
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| March 16, 2009 -- Press Release: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission to Kenya
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| March 09, 2009 -- IMF Survey: IMF Pushes on Aid for Africa, Revival of World Trade Talks
The IMF, worried that economic gains in Africa will slip away because of the global downturn, presses advanced countries to honor, and even scale up, aid commitments and calls for a revival of stalled world trade negotiations.
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| January 22, 2009 -- Kenya: Third Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement and Request for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 09/18
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| October 30, 2008 -- Kenya, Uganda, and United Republic of Tanzania: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/353
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| October 17, 2008 -- Kenya: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/337
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| October 17, 2008 -- Kenya: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement
Series: Country Report No. 08/338
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| October 17, 2008 -- Kenya: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 08/339
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| October 11, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by the Honorable Tito Mboweni, Governor, South African Reserve Bank
On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. PDF File Size: 278Kb
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| October 11, 2008 -- Transcript of Press Briefing African Finance Ministers
Transcript of Press Briefing African Finance Ministers
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| October 01, 2008 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2008 Article IV Consultation with Kenya
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| July 02, 2008 -- Press Release: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission to Kenya
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| April 12, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Tito Mboweni, Governor, South African Reserve Bank
On behalf of: Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. PDF File Size: 188Kb
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| March 21, 2008 -- Evaluation of the U.K. DFID-Financed Technical Assistance GDDS Project for Selected Anglophone African Countries (2001-06)
Subject: Andorra | Botswana | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Ghana | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Malawi | Namibia | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Sudan | Swaziland | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Technical assistance programs | General Data Dissemination System
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| March 11, 2008 -- Kenya: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 08/99
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| March 06, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Masood Ahmed, Director, External Relations Department, IMF
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| January 24, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Masood Ahmed, Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund
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| January 03, 2008 -- Press Release: Statement by IMF Managing Director on Kenya
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| December 13, 2007 -- IMF Supportive of Health and Education in Kenya, Letter sent to The Nation, in Nairobi, Kenya
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| November 16, 2007 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Third and Final Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility for Kenya and Approves US$59.3 Million Disbursement
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| October 20, 2007 -- IMFC Statement by Shamsuddeen Usman, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. PDF File Size: 186Kb
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| October 20, 2007 -- Transcript of a Press Conference by African Finance Ministers
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| May 30, 2007 -- Press Release: Statement by the IMF Staff Mission to Kenya
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| May 11, 2007 -- Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report - 2003/2004
Series: Country Report No. 07/158
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| May 10, 2007 -- Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report - 2004/2005
Series: Country Report No. 07/159
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| May 10, 2007 -- Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers - 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 07/160
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| April 11, 2007 -- Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Second Review Under the PRGF Arrangement for Kenya and Approves US$ 56.8 Million Disbursement
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| March 01, 2007 -- Press Release: IMF Approves Two-Month Extension of PRGF Arrangement with Kenya
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| December 01, 2006 -- A VAR Analysis of Kenya's Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism: How Does the Central Bank's REPO Rate Affect the Economy?
Author/Editor: Cheng, Kevin C.
Series: Working Paper No. 06/300
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| September 17, 2006 -- IMFC Statement by Hon. Nenadi E. Usman, Minister of Finance of Nigeria
On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. PDF File Size: 271Kb
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| September 17, 2006 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing of African Finance Ministers
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| July 04, 2006 -- Transcript of IMF/Royal African Society Joint Economic Forum
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| May 24, 2006 -- Press Release: Statement by the IMF Staff Mission to Kenya
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| May 01, 2006 -- HIV/AIDS: The Impact on Poverty and Inequality
Author/Editor: Salinas, Gonzalo | Haacker, Markus
Series: Working Paper No. 06/126
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| March 28, 2006 -- Press Release: Statement by IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato After Meeting with Kenya's Minister of Finance, Mr. Amos Kimunya
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| February 24, 2006 -- Selected African Countries: IMF Technical Assistance Evaluation - Public Expenditure Management Reform
Series: Country Report No. 06/67
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| October 31, 2005 -- Kenya: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module, Response by the Authorities, Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework
Series: Country Report No. 05/388
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| October 28, 2005 -- Press Release: Statement by IMF Staff Mission to Kenya
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| September 24, 2005 -- Transcript of the African Finance Ministers Press Briefing
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| July 01, 2005 -- Trade Integration in the East African Community: An Assessment for Kenya
Author/Editor: McIntyre, Meredith A.
Series: Working Paper No. 05/143
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| January 12, 2005 -- Kenya: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 05/10
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| January 12, 2005 -- Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 05/11
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| December 20, 2004 -- Corrected Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes First Review Under Kenya's PRGF Arrangement and Approves US$76.9 Million Disbursement
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| December 06, 2004 -- Kenya -- Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, December 6, 2004
This Letter of Intent of the government of Kenya describes the policies that Kenya intends to implement in the context of its request for financial support from the IMF.
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| September 27, 2004 -- Press Release: Statement by an IMF Staff Mission in Kenya
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| September 23, 2004 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, Director, External Relations Department, IMF
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| May 11, 2004 -- Press Release: IMF Welcomes Kenya's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
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| April 24, 2004 -- IMFC Statement by Mr. Tito Mboweni, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. PDF File Size: 606Kb
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| January 08, 2004 -- Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Preparation Status Report
Series: Country Report No. 03/394
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| January 08, 2004 -- Kenya: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Preparation Status Report
Series: Country Report No. 03/397
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| January 08, 2004 -- Kenya: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 03/399
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| January 08, 2004 -- Kenya: Debt Sustainability Analysis
Series: Country Report No. 03/400
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| December 15, 2003 -- IMF Survey:
Rajan on role of IMF research; China-India conference; IMF annual research conference; Economic forum on capital flows; Krueger on Kenyan reforms; Environmental accounting; Military expenditure. PDF File Size: 585Kb
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| December 04, 2003 -- Press Release: First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger's Statement at the Conclusion of a Visit to Kenya
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| December 04, 2003 -- The Challenge of Poverty: How the IMF Can Help Africa, Speech by Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Keynote Address to the African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi
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| November 21, 2003 -- Press Release: IMF Approves US$252.75 Million PRGF Arrangement for Kenya
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| September 21, 2003 -- Statement by Mr. Jose Pedro de Morais Junior Minister of Finance of Angola, Given on the Occasion of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting, September 21, 2003
Representing Africa Group I Constituency comprising the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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| July 24, 2003 -- Africa: Recent Economic Developments and IMF Activities -- An IMF Issues Brief
This Issues Brief was written for the IMF Managing Director's Sixth Trip to Africa, July 6-11, 2003.
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| July 11, 2003 -- Press Release: IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler Visits Four African Countries and Addresses the African Union Heads of State Meeting in Maputo
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| July 09, 2003 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes 2003 Article IV Consultation with Kenya
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| July 09, 2003 -- Press Release: Managing Director's Visit to Kenya
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| July 09, 2003 -- Kenya: 2003 Article IV Consultation--Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 03/199
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| July 07, 2003 -- Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 03/200
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| July 02, 2003 -- Press Release: IMF Managing Director to Visit Four African Countries and Address the African Union Heads of State Meeting in Maputo
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| January 21, 2003 -- Press Release: IMF Statement on Kenya
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| October 24, 2002 -- East AFRITAC Inauguration Ceremony, Keynote Speech by Eduardo Aninat, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
This is an important day for Africa, the International Monetary Fund, the international community, and for all who truly care about Africa and her future.
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| September 28, 2002 -- Statement by Mr. Julio Marcelino Bessa, Minister of Finance of Angola, Representing Africa Group I Constituency comprising the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, IMFC Meeting of the IMF Board of Governors, September 27, 2002
The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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| April 19, 2002 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes 2001 Article IV Consultation with Kenya
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| April 19, 2002 -- Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 02/84
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| April 19, 2002 -- Kenya: 2001 Article IV Consultation--Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 02/85
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| March 15, 2002 -- Transcript of an Economic Forum -- New Ideas for Reducing Poverty
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| November 17, 2001 -- Statement by Ms. Linah K. Mohohlo, Governor of the Bank of Botswana, at the International Monetary and Financial Committee, Ottawa, November 17, 2001
The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, The Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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| March 07, 2001 -- Transcript of a Press Conference on the Outcomes of the Recent Köhler/Wolfensohn Trip to Africa by IMF African Department Director, G.G. Gondwe and World Bank Vice-President, African Region, Callisto Madavo
What's new from this trip is that, for the first time, I think we have the African leaders in a sense taking ownership of what they want to do in Africa, what is their vision, what are their programs, what are their constraints, on one side, and, therefore, what are the responsibilities that they need to discharge, and then asking the Bank and the Fund, given the backdrop of those objectives, to help.
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| October 18, 2000 -- News Brief: IMF Augments Kenya Access to Resources Under PRGF Program
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| September 27, 2000 -- Kenya Letter of Intent and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, September 27, 2000
This Letter of Intent of the government of Kenya describes the policies that Kenya intends to implement in the context of its request for financial support from the IMF.
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| September 16, 2000 -- Lending to Kenya, A Letter to the Editor
By G. E. Gondwe, Director, African Department, IMF, published in The Economist
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| August 07, 2000 -- News Brief: IMF Approval of Kenya PRGF Credit Takes Effect
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| July 28, 2000 -- CORRECTED AND REVISED Press Release: IMF Approves Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Loan for Kenya
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| July 13, 2000 -- Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper -- Kenya, July 13, 2000
Summarizes the current knowledge and analysis of a country's poverty situation, describes the existing poverty reduction strategy, and lays out the process for producing a fully developed PRSP in a participatory fashion.
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| July 12, 2000 -- Assessment of the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of a country's poverty reduction objectives and strategies, and in it the staffs of the IMF and World Bank make recommendations about whether the PRSP or IPRSP provides a sound basis for concessional assistance from the Bank and Fund, as well as for debt relief under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative. PDF File Size: 344Kb
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| July 12, 2000 -- Kenya Letter of Intent and Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies of the Government of Kenya, 2000-03, July 12, 2000
This Letter of Intent of the government of Kenya describes the policies that Kenya intends to implement in the context of its request for financial support from the IMF.
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| April 16, 2000 -- Statement by Mr. Trevor A. Manuel, Minister of South Africa, International Monetary and Financial Committee, April 16, 2000
The International Monetary and Financial Committee member for the constituency consisting of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, The Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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| January 05, 2000 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Kenya
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.
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| September 29, 1999 -- Statement by the Hon. Tantely Andrianarivo, Governor of the IMF for Madagascar, on behalf of the African Governors, at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 14Kb
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| July 14, 1999 -- The Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa
The Initiative comprises a common policy framework aims to facilitate cross-border economic activity by eliminating barriers to the flow of goods, services, labor, and capital, and to help integrate markets by coordinating reform programs in several key structural areas, supported by appropriate macroeconomic policies.
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| July 01, 1999 -- A Dynamic Model of Inflation for Kenya, 1974-1996
Author/Editor: Durevall, Dick | Ndung'u, Njuguna S.
Series: Working Paper No. 99/97
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| July 01, 1999 -- Adjustment Costs, Irreversibility, and Investment Patterns in African Manufacturing
Author/Editor: Bigsten, Arne
Series: Working Paper No. 99/99
Notes: This paper was written by multiple authors (12).
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| October 01, 1998 -- Purchasing Power Parities in Five East African Countries - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
Author/Editor: Krichene, Noureddine
Series: Working Paper No. 98/148
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| September 04, 1998 -- Kenya - Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 98/66
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| May 20, 1997 -- Kenya-Statistical Appendix
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 97/38
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| April 26, 1996 -- Press Release: IMF Approves Three-Year Loan for Kenya Under the ESAF
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| February 16, 1996 -- Policy Framework Papers -- Kenya -- Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Policy Framework Paper, 1996-1998 - Table of Contents
Prepared by the government of Kenya in collaboration with the staffs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
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| January 01, 1996 -- Implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya
Author/Editor: Chandha, Rupa
Series: Working Paper No. 96/8
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| December 15, 1995 -- Kenya - Recent Economic Developments
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 95/133
Notes: This report on recent economic developments in Kenya was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. As such, the views expressed in this document are those of the staff team amd do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Kenya, or the Executive Board of the IMF.
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| December 01, 1995 -- Financial Sector Reforms in Eight Countries: Issues and Results
Author/Editor: Galbis, Vicente
Series: Working Paper No. 95/141
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| August 01, 1995 -- Exchange Market Reform, Inflation, and Fiscal Deficits
Author/Editor: Agénor, Pierre-Richard | Ucer, E. Murat
Series: Working Paper No. 95/78
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| February 01, 1995 -- Regional Integration in Eastern and Southern Africa: The Cross-Border Initiative and its Fiscal Implications
Author/Editor: Bakoup, Ferdinand | Bessaha, Abdelrahmi | Errico, Luca
Series: Working Paper No. 95/23
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| April 01, 1994 -- Operational Issues Related to the Functioning of Interbank Foreign Exchange Markets in Selected African Countries
Author/Editor: McDonald, Calvin A. | Lum, Yin-Fun
Series: Working Paper No. 94/48
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| December 01, 1991 -- Interest Rate Liberalization: Some Lessons from Africa
Author/Editor: Turtelboom, Bart
Series: Working Paper No. 91/121
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| March 15, 1986 -- Africa and the International Monetary Fund: Papers Presented at a Symposium Held in Nairobi, Kenya, May 13-15, 1985
Author/Editor: Helleiner, Gerald
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| September 15, 1985 -- Financial Policy Workshops: The Case of Kenya
Author/Editor: IMF Institute
Notes: Reprinted 1985.
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