Independent Evaluation Office Reports

The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

April 13, 2007

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The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This independent evaluation of the IMF’s role and performance in the determination and use of aid to low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa is presented at a ground-level view. Country performance has improved in many sub-Saharan Africa countries over the period, and the report details the role of the IMF’s programs, as well as perceptions of that role. The report is an important contribution to following through on the IMF’s commitment to its Poverty Reduction Strategy and makes three main recommendations for improving the coherence—actual and perceived—of the IMF’s policies and actions relating to aid to sub-Saharan Africa going forward.

Subject: Absorptive capacity, Balance of payments, Civil society, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Government debt management, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Absorptive capacity, Africa, Civil society, Core mandate, Fund, Fund staff, Global, Government debt management, IEO, IEO report, IEOR, IMF activity, IMF communications, IMF's instrument, Policy, Policy advice, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF, PRGF program design, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    100

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Independent Evaluation Office Reports

  • Stock No:

    IASSEA

  • ISBN:

    9781589066359

  • ISSN:

    2617-670X