Sierra Leone: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sierra Leone
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 22, 2017
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 22, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484303832.002
Overview
- Publication date: June 22, 2017
- This paper discusses Sierra Leone’s Request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).
- The IMF staff supports the authorities’ request for the new ECF.
Near-term policies supported by the ECF
- Ending routine foreign exchange auctions.
- Eliminating numerous tax and duty exemptions.
- Increasing infrastructure spending.
- Bolstering the social safety net.
- Catalyzing maintenance of external support.
Medium-term framework and reforms
- Provide the framework for structural progress on:
- Revenue mobilization.
- Public financial management and financial sector reforms.
- Increased reserves.
Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, External debt, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)
- Keywords: authorities' effort, authority, Budget planning and preparation, CR, ECF arrangement, ECF program, Global, IMF Deputy managing director Mr. Tao Zhang, ISCR, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Sierra Leonean authorities
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