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Cameroon: Second Reviews Under The Extended Credit Facility And The Extended Fund Facility Arrangements, And Requests For Waivers For Performance Criteria Applicability And Modification Of Performance Criterion—Press Release; Staff Report; And Statement By The Executive Director For Cameroon

August 4, 2022

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Cameroon: Second Reviews Under The Extended Credit Facility And The Extended Fund Facility Arrangements, And Requests For Waivers For Performance Criteria Applicability And Modification Of Performance Criterion—Press Release; Staff Report; And Statement By The Executive Director For Cameroon, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed December 9, 2024

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Summary

Following two years of COVID-19 challenges, Cameroon, the largest economy in the Central African Economic and Monetary Union (CEMAC), is facing a new policy environment. The nascent economic recovery from mid-2021, supported by higher oil prices and non-oil production, is now subject to greater uncertainties with spillovers from the war in Ukraine, high inflationary pressures, especially on food and fuel prices, and a tightening of global financial conditions. Low vaccination rates also leave the country vulnerable to further COVID-19 waves. In July 2021, the IMF’s Executive Board approved three-year arrangements under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for SDR 483 million (about US$689.5 million, or 175 percent of Cameroon’s quota) to support the country’s economic and financial reform program.

Subject: Energy subsidies, Expenditure, External debt, Fuel prices, International organization, Monetary policy, Oil prices, Prices, Public debt

Keywords: Authorities' goal, Cameroon staff team, Capacity development strategy note update, Commitment plan, Energy subsidies, Fuel prices, Global, Oil prices, State asset management company

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    127

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2022/268

  • Stock No:

    1CMREA2022003

  • ISBN:

    9798400217388

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685