Sierra Leone: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Staff Report; and Press Release
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 26, 2014
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- Published: June 26, 2014
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498355568.002
Program performance and compliance
- Program performance has been strong.
- All Performance Criteria (PCs) were met with comfortable margins.
- All Indicative Targets (ITs) were met, except:
- The IT on poverty-related spending was missed owing to enhanced monitoring of domestic investment execution and delayed budget support.
Economic outcomes and indicators
- Economic growth momentum continued in 2013, with output expanding by 20 percent.
- Subjects covered in the report include:
- Banking
- Budget planning and preparation
- Economic and financial statistics
- Expenditure
- Fiscal policy
- Fiscal stance
- Monetary statistics
- Public debt
- Public financial management (PFM)
Staff assessment and recommendation
- The IMF staff recommends completion of the first review under the ECF arrangement.
Publication metadata and identifiers
- Publication date: June 26, 2014
- Pages: 64
- Volume: 2014
- Issue: 171
- Series: Country Report No. 2014/171
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498355568.002
- Stock No: 1SLEEA2014001
- ISBN: 9781498355568
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Keywords: Africa; Budget planning and preparation; consumer price inflation; CR; disbursement of an amount equivalent; ECF arrangement; economic growth momentum; financial asset; Fiscal stance; Global; ISCR; Monetary statistics; SDR
International Monetary Fund. Sierra Leone: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Staff Report; and Press Release; June 26, 2014.