## Gabon: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 3, 2002_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 3, 2002
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451813906.002

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### Executive summary and program context
- Fiscal and structural reform efforts in Gabon continued during 2001 under the government’s program supported by an 18-month Stand-by Arrangement, approved on October 23, 2000.
- Publication date: May 3, 2002.
- Series and identifiers:
  - Pages: 82
  - Volume: 2002
  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451813906.002
  - Issue: 095
  - Series: Country Report No. 2002/095
  - Stock No: 1GABEA0022002
  - ISBN: 9781451813906
  - ISSN: 1934-7685

### Economic performance and sectoral contributions
- Non-oil economic activity:
  - Rose by 4 percent in 2001.
  - Followed a severe contraction in 1999 and a moderate recovery in 2000.
- Main sectors contributing to growth:
  - Services
  - Agriculture
  - Wood processing

### Private sector and public debt dynamics
- Private investment picked up as confidence strengthened further.
- Improvement in investor confidence was helped by substantial repayments of government domestic debt.

### Subject areas and keywords (as provided)
- Subject: Expenditure, External debt, Public debt, Taxes
- Keywords: Africa, Arrears, authority, consumer price inflation, corruption law, CR, gas and mining taxes, government indebtedness, government use, ISCR, Oil, payments arrears, petroleum audit, staff appraisal, Sub-Saharan Africa

*Source: Gabon: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation (May 3, 2002), IMF; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451813906.002*

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