Niger: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation, the Second Review and Second Annual Program Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement, and Request for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
March 1, 2002
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This paper evaluates Niger’s 2001 Article IV Consultation, the Second Review and Second Annual Program Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) Arrangement, and a Request for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). The corrective measures taken by the authorities since June 2001 have been successful in bringing the program back on track. All end-September 2001 quantitative performance criteria and benchmarks were met, except for a small and temporary accumulation of external payments arrears, for which the authorities are requesting a waiver.
Subject: Arrears, Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, External debt, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords: Arrears, Budget planning and preparation, CR, development partner, expenditure process, government, ISCR, payments arrears, petroleum product pricing system, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF arrangement, pricing system, West Africa
Pages:
78
Volume:
2002
DOI:
Issue:
035
Series:
Country Report No. 2002/035
Stock No:
1NEREA0012002
ISBN:
9781451828542
ISSN:
1934-7685
