IMF Office in Guinea-Bissau

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Babacar Sarr
Resident Representative

Current IMF membership: 191 countries
Guinea-Bissau joined the Fund in March 24, 1977.
Total Quotas: SDR 28.4 Million
Last Article IV Consultation: The 2017 Article IV consultation staff report was discussed by the Executive Board on June 17, 2022. (Country Report No. 2022/196), June 27, 2022)

Resident Representative: Babacar Sarr
Position listed: Economist
Deadline to apply: February 14, 2026
The Office provides information on the activities of the Office, views of IMF staff, and the relations between Guinea-Bissau and the IMF.
Additional information available on Guinea-Bissau and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Guinea-Bissau.

World Economic Outlook — Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology — July 8, 2026
Global Financial Stability Report — Global Financial Markets Confront the War in the Middle East and Amplification Risks — April 14, 2026
Fiscal Monitor — Fiscal Policy under Pressure: High Debt, Rising Risks — April 15, 2026
Regional Economic Outlook — Asia and Pacific; Europe; Middle East and Central Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Hemisphere
Annual Report of the Executive Board — Getting to Growth in an Age of Uncertainty — September 24, 2025

After a strong 2025 with growth at 4.5%, Sub-Saharan Africa entered 2026 reaping the benefits of hard-won stabilization gains.
The war in the Middle East has clouded the outlook.
Regional growth is expected to decline by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3 percent in 2026.

Several variants of financial scam letters purporting to be sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or authored by high ranking IMF officials are currently in circulation.
Scam letters may appear on official letterhead containing the IMF logo and instruct potential victims to contact the IMF for issuance of a “Certificate of International Capital Transfer” or other forms of approval to enable them receives large sums of monies as beneficiaries.
The contact e-mail information is always BOGUS and unsuspecting individuals are then requested to send personal banking details which the scammers utilize for fraudulent activities.
For more information please see Fraudulent Scam Emails Using the Name of the IMF.

The Departmental African Paper Series covers research on sub-Saharan Africa conducted by International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff, particularly on issues of broad regional or cross-country interest.
The views expressed in these papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF Management.

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