IMF Staff Country Reports

Niger: Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation

December 19, 2011

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Niger: Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

Niger's government has adopted an ambitious development plan, based on the use of oil and mining revenue for public investment in infrastructure, agriculture, health, and education. IMF staff underlined the need to step up efforts to improve the business climate in Niger to attract more jobs, thereby creating private investment in the nonnatural resources sector of the economy. Expanded reliance on revenues from natural resources will increase Niger’s vulnerability to commodity price fluctuations, augmenting the high vulnerability to climatic shocks.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Environment, Expenditure, External debt, Natural resources, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: AFRITAC W, Authorities' intention, Authority, Budget planning and preparation, CFA franc, CR, Fund staff's policy advice, GDP, Global, ISCR, Natural resources, North Africa, Policy discussion, Public finance management, Real GDP, SDR equivalent, Update assessment, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    69

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2011/357

  • Stock No:

    1NEREA2011001

  • ISBN:

    9781463927912

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685