## Central African Republic: Financial System Stability Assessment

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 19, 2009_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 19, 2009
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451806724.002

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### Key findings
- The liquidity position of the financial sector has improved in recent years.
- Systemic risks presently appear manageable.
- The banking system exhibits important weaknesses.
- Significant structural impediments weigh on the capacity of the financial sector to support development.

### Drivers of improved liquidity
- A more favorable economic environment following the end of hostilities.
- Higher remittance receipts.
- Increased donor financing.
- Weak loan demand.

### Risks and weaknesses identified
- Important weaknesses in the banking system (not specified in detail on the page overview).
- Structural impediments that constrain the financial sector’s ability to support development.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial sector, Financial services, Money, Public debt
- Keywords: banks profit, banks' liquidity position, capital base, cash flow, cash-flow management, commercial bank financing, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, Financial sector, financing, government cash-flow pressure, ISCR, liquidity position

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