Cape Verde: Second Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 31, 2003
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Bibliographic details
- Published: July 31, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451809350.002
Executive summary and assessment
- "Executive Directors commend the government for their continued commitment to restore macroeconomic stability and implement structural reforms to establish the foundation for high rates of economic growth and poverty reduction."
- "The medium-term economic strategy is appropriate."
- "The risks to the program are acceptable."
Fiscal and tax implementation
- "The implementation of the value-added tax and the new customs tariffs have been subject to repeated delays."
Public enterprises and state-owned firms
- "The measures to stem the losses of wholly state-owned public enterprises have been commended."
Statistical capacity
- "Cape Verde's statistical system remains weak, but is improving."
Subject tags and keywords (as listed)
- Subject: Central banks, External debt, Money, Poverty
- Keywords: Africa, Arrears, authority, broad money growth, CR, Credit, end-period basis, Global, International reserves, ISCR, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF arrangement, PRGF loan, staff appraisal