IMF Staff Country Reports

Republic of Congo: Selected Issues

June 18, 2007

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International Monetary Fund. "Republic of Congo: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2007, 206 (2007), accessed November 7, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451808636.002

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This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Congo analyzes the challenges of sustainable growth in the Republic of Congo. The paper highlights that it is paramount for the authorities to avoid repeating the experience of the 1980s, particularly in light of the projected decline in oil production over the next decade. It proposes a macroeconomic policy strategy that takes advantage of this unique opportunity to foster higher sustainable growth. The paper also provides a summary of various recent assessments of the quality of the Congo's public financial management system.

Subject: Corruption, Crime, Economic sectors, Exports, Financial Sector, Imports, International trade, Tariffs, Taxes, Trade policy

Keywords: Africa, Authority, Central Africa, Congo, Congo river, Congo's experience, Congo's fiscal-policy option, Corruption, CR, Financial sector, Fiscal policy, Government effectiveness, Imports, ISCR, Management in Congo, Nonoil GDP, Oil revenue management, PFM system, Regime, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs, Trade policy

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