Côte d’Ivoire: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 2, 2001
Source details
- Canonical URL
- Côte d’Ivoire: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program
Other formats
Bibliographic details
- Published: October 2, 2001
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807868.002
Summary and context
- The three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) was approved by the Executive Board of the IMF in March 1998 in support of Cote d'Ivoire's adjustment efforts.
- The PRGF arrangement "went off track after the first year."
- In the cocoa and coffee sectors, intended accompanying measures for the liberalization process—specifically the strengthening of producer organizations and the rehabilitation of rural infrastructure—were not fully implemented.
- Executive Directors welcomed the conclusion of discussions on a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP).
Key findings
- Program status:
- Three-year PRGF arrangement approved: March 1998.
- Program outcome: went off track after the first year.
- Sectoral implementation failures:
- Cocoa and coffee sectors: required measures were not fully implemented.
- Specific measures not fully implemented: strengthening of producer organizations; rehabilitation of rural infrastructure.
- Institutional response:
- Executive Directors welcomed conclusion of discussions on a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP).
Thematic coverage and keywords
- Subject areas: Agricultural commodities, Arrears, Commodities, External debt, Public debt, Revenue administration.
- Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Arrears, authority, central bank, CR, debt service, deficit, financial situation, IMF Concludes, IMF staff estimate, IMF surveillance overthe, ISCR, Ivoirien authorities, West Africa.