Burundi: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi

January 23, 2008

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Burundi: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed September 19, 2024

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Summary

Burundi showed commendable performance owing to its prudent macroeconomic policies and ambitious structural reforms under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Executive Directors appreciated its macroeconomic stability, strong fiscal discipline, and prudent monetary policies in support of low inflation objectives. They emphasized the need to reduce poverty, sustain macroeconomic stability, and strengthen implementation of structural reforms in reaching the MDGs. They appreciated the efforts taken to deepen implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), which offers a framework for the diversification of growth and exports, the improvement of public finance management, and the integration of the regional and global economy.

Subject: Debt service, Debt sustainability, External debt, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Anti-money laundering law, CR, Debt service, Debt sustainability, Debt-service payment procedure, Global, ISCR, Monetary policy performance, Petroleum sector, PRGF arrangement, Staff appraisal, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

90
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2008/027
Stock No:

1BDIEA2008001
ISBN:

9781451802955
ISSN:

1934-7685

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