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Liberia: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program

April 10, 2000

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Liberia: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

Liberia has begun the long process of recovery and rehabilitation after the civil war. The government should expand its focus from near-term relief and reconstruction to a more comprehensive reconstruction and economic reform program. The government remains committed to its economic and financial program monitored by IMF staff. The continuation of an appropriately restrained monetary stance, supported by a tight fiscal position, is important to build confidence in both the central bank and the new currency, and should allow for a gradual increase in international reserves.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Arrears, Banking, Commercial banks, Commodities, Currencies, Expenditure, External debt, Financial institutions

Keywords: Africa, Agricultural commodities, Arrears, Banking system, Civil war, Commercial banks, CR, Expenditure, Expenditure overrun, Financial support, Government, ISCR, Liberian authorities, U.S. dollar

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    69

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2000/052

  • Stock No:

    1LBREA0022000

  • ISBN:

    9781451822823

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

Notes

Included with the Staff Report is the text of Public Information Notice No. 00/30--IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Liberia.