This web page presents information about the work of the IMF in Gabon, including the activities of the IMF Resident Representative Office. Additional information can be found on the Gabon and IMF country page, including IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Gabon.
News and Highlights
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Gabon: The IMF Requires ”Transparency and Accountability in Public Resource Management”
Press Article from Gabon Media Time (in French)
August 3, 2020
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Covid-19: The IMF Disburses FCFA 85 Million to Gabon
Press article from Gabon Review (in French)
August 1, 2020
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Article from Gabon Media Time (in French)
November 11, 2019
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Gabon: Encouraging Conclusions from the IMF
Article from Gabon Media Time
October 17, 2019
Gabon and the IMF
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June 27, 2022
IMF Executive Board Completes the First and Second Reviews Under the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility with Gabon
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June 24, 2022
Republic of Congo; IMF
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Why We Must Resist Geoeconomic Fragmentation—And How
May 22, 2022
Only international cooperation can address urgent global issues such as fixing shortages of food and other products, eliminating barriers to growth, and saving our climate.
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May 20, 2022
22/163
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March 11, 2022
Series:Country Report No. 2022/075
Regional Economic Outlook
April 28, 2022
The economic recovery in sub-Saharan Africa surprised on the upside in the second half of 2021, prompting a significant upward revision in last year’s estimated growth, from 3.7 to 4.5 percent. This year, however, that progress has been jeopardized by the Russian invasion of Ukraine which has triggered a global economic shock that is hitting the region at a time when countries’ policy space to respond to it is minimal to nonexistent. Most notably, surging oil and food prices are straining the external and fiscal balances of commodity-importing countries and have increased food security concerns in the region.Read the Report
Fraudulent Scam Emails Using the Name of the IMF
We would like to bring to the notice of the general public that several variants of financial scam letters purporting to be sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or authored by high ranking IMF officials are currently in circulation, and may appear on official letterhead containing the IMF logo. The scam letters instruct potential victims to contact the IMF for issuance of a “Certificate of International Capital Transfer” or other forms of approval, to enable them receives large sums of monies as beneficiaries. The contact e-mail information is always BOGUS and unsuspecting individuals are then requested to send their personal banking details which the scammers utilize for their fraudulent activities.For more information please see Fraudulent Scam Emails Using the Name of the IMF