At a Glance
- Current IMF membership: 190 countries
- Liberia joined the Fund on March 28, 1962.
- Quota: SDR 258.4 million
- Outstanding loans: RCF Loans SDR 32.30 million; ECF Arrangements SDR 76.03 million
- The latest Article IV consultation was discussed by the Executive Board on May 31, 2019. (Country Report 19/169)
Liberia and the IMF
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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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September 14, 2022
Series:Country Report No. 2022/297
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September 14, 2022
Series:Country Report No. 2022/296
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August 24, 2022
IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Concludes the 2022 Article IV Consultation for Liberia
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Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
May 15, 2022
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
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
The Departmental African Paper Series covers research on sub-Saharan Africa conducted by International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff, particularly on issues of broad regional or cross-country interest. The views expressed in these papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF Management.