Gabon: Background Paper
January 2, 1996
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This paper provides background material to the IMF staff report for the 1995 Article IV Consultation with Gabon. It provides an overview of Gabon’s economic and financial performance since independence, highlighting the five distinct phases and the economic strategies pursued by the authorities. The paper presents an overview of developments in the oil sector, and analyzes the structure of the balance of payments. The paper also reviews the public enterprise sector and its financial performance.
Subject: Commodities, Economic sectors, Oil, Oil prices, Oil sector, Prices, Public enterprises, Public sector
Keywords: CFA franc, coalition government, CR, economic system, equity participation, Gabonese authorities, government oil revenue, government saving, ISCR, net profit, Oil, Oil prices, oil revenue, Oil sector, private sector, Public enterprises, Public sector, Sub-Saharan Africa
Pages:
134
Volume:
1995
DOI:
Issue:
129
Series:
Country Report No. 1995/129
Stock No:
1GABEA0011995
ISBN:
9781451813845
ISSN:
1934-7685
Notes
This report on Gabon was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. As such, the views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Gabon, or the Executive Board of the IMF.
