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Guinea-Bissau: Review of Performance Under the Program Supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance and Request for Second Purchase Under Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance-Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

August 1, 2008

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Guinea-Bissau: Review of Performance Under the Program Supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance and Request for Second Purchase Under Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance-Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed December 11, 2024

Summary

This paper reviews the performance of Guinea-Bissau Under the program supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA). Guinea-Bissau has made progress in stabilizing its fiscal situation under difficult circumstances and is moving steadily to implement structural reforms. Four of the six end-March quantitative indicators were met; the other two are expected to be met for the year as a whole. All structural indicators were implemented, albeit with some delay. The authorities recognize the importance of accelerating structural fiscal reforms to further build capacity and improve confidence in the economy.

Subject: Arrears, Emergency assistance, Expenditure, External debt, Food prices, Foreign aid, Inflation, Prices, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: Arrears, Bissau, Bissau-Guinean authorities, CR, Emergency assistance, Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance, EPCA, EPCA-supported program, Food prices, IMF's support, Inflation, ISCR, Policy advice, Policy implementation, Reform agenda, Tariffs

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    48

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2008/266

  • Stock No:

    1GNBEA2008002

  • ISBN:

    9781451815863

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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