Uganda: Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Extension of Arrangement: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uganda
August 31, 2005
Summary
This paper focuses on Uganda’s Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Extension of Arrangement. Performance relative to the program performance criteria and benchmarks has generally been satisfactory. All quantitative performance criteria for December 2004, with the exception of that on the accumulation of domestic arrears, were observed. The structural performance criterion and two of the four benchmarks through March 2005 were also met.
Subject: Expenditure, External debt, Foreign exchange, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Value added tax
Keywords: anti-corruption strategy, authorities' effort, authorities' resolve, CR, East Africa, Global, government, IMF executive board Completes Fifth Review, ISCR, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF arrangement, Southern Africa
Pages:
74
Volume:
2005
DOI:
Issue:
306
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/306
Stock No:
1UGAEA2005003
ISBN:
9781451838763
ISSN:
1934-7685






