Niger: Request for a New Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger
May 14, 2012
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Summary
Niger’s medium-term fiscal policy aims to support the growth strategy by creating fiscal space for increasing development spending while maintaining external debt sustainability. Economic activity in recent years has been affected by large swings in agricultural production. The authorities’ program is aimed at maintaining macroeconomic stability while increasing resilience to shocks; strengthening public finance and debt management; and supporting private and financial sector development. Medium-term fiscal policy will aim at maintaining debt sustainability while creating room for increased development spending.
Subject: Commodities, Economic and financial statistics, Environment, Expenditure, Government debt management, Government finance statistics, Natural resources, Oil, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration
Keywords: CR, democratically-elected government, government, government cash balance, Government debt management, Government finance statistics, government finances, growth strategy, ISCR, Natural resources, Oil, petroleum resource, policy, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa
Pages:
66
Volume:
2012
DOI:
Issue:
109
Series:
Country Report No. 2012/109
Stock No:
1NEREA2012001
ISBN:
9781475503562
ISSN:
1934-7685





