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  "title": "Cameroon: Staff Report for the 2009 Article IV Consultation and Request for disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, November 23, 2009",
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  "summary": "This paper discusses a request from Cameroon for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (RAC-ESF). Despite improvements, the economy of Cameroon remains vulnerable to commodity shocks, especially from oil; and reducing poverty is a challenge.",
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      "content": "- The economy of Cameroon remains vulnerable to commodity shocks, especially from oil.\n- Reducing poverty is a continuing challenge.\n- The authorities are eager to set the economy on a higher-growth path that can lower poverty.\n- IMF staff welcomes the accelerated implementation of structural measures to increase the economy’s resilience to shocks.\n- IMF staff supports the authorities’ request for the rapid-access component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (RAC-ESF)."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and IMF position",
      "content": "- Support for disbursement under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (RAC-ESF) to address vulnerability from external shocks.\n- Continued implementation of structural measures to enhance shock resilience and promote higher, poverty-reducing growth."
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