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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July 10, 2023
Series:Country Report No. 2023/251
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Trade Integration in Africa: Unleashing the Continent's Potential in a Changing World
May 5, 2023
Author/Editor:Asmaa A ElGanainy | Shushanik Hakobyan | Fei Liu | Hans Weisfeld | S. M. Ali Abbas | Céline Allard | Hippolyte W. Balima | Celine Bteish | Rahul Giri | Daniel S Kanda | Sergii Meleshchuk | Gustavo Ramirez | Robert Zymek | Vivek B. Arora | Subir Lall | Benjamin R Kett | Megan M Pohl
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Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Permanently Decline if Geopolitical Tensions Escalate
May 1, 2023
Countries will need to build resilience to manage the inevitable shifts in trade and foreign direct investment.
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March 17, 2023
Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement in Yaoundé at the conclusion of his meetings with the Cameroon and with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) authorities on March 15-16, 2023
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March 16, 2023
Against the background of an uncertain global environment, how can we tackle these policy challenges to create a more thriving and resilient CEMAC.
Regional Economic Outlook
April 14, 2023
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline to 3.6 percent this year. Amid a global slowdown, activity is expected to decelerate for a second year in a row. Still, this headline figure masks significant variation across the region. The funding squeeze will also impact the region’s longer-term outlook. A shortage of funding may force countries to reduce resources for critical development sectors like health, education, and infrastructure, weakening the region’s growth potential.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
Departmental Papers on Africa
