IMF Staff Country Reports

Benin: Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

May 10, 2004

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International Monetary Fund. "Benin: Sixth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility", IMF Staff Country Reports 2004, 118 (2004), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451803372.002

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Summary

This report reviews developments in Benin during 2003 in the context of the Sixth and Final Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement. The report sets forth the policies and measures the government intends to implement during 2004 in the context of its poverty reduction strategy. It assesses the country’s economic and financial progress since 2000, when the current arrangement was approved by the IMF. The report highlights that Benin’s macroeconomic performance was broadly in line with the program objectives in 2003.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Debt service, Expenditure, External debt, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: Africa, appreciation to the fund, Beninese authorities, CR, Debt relief, Debt service, government, government plan, ISCR, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF arrangement, PRGF loan, priority, priority expenditure, priority outlay, strategy, West Africa