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  "title": "Guinea-Bissau: 2010 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, May 14, 2010",
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  "summary": "Guinea-Bissau’s 2010 Article IV Consultation and request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility are discussed.",
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      "content": "- Program supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance.\n- In 2009, Guinea-Bissau made progress in stabilizing its economy through the Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance-supported program.\n- Real GDP growth reached 3 percent in 2009.\n- Growth drivers cited:\n  - A favorable cashew harvest.\n  - A pickup in construction activity."
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      "heading": "Main risks and vulnerabilities",
      "content": "- Identified key risks:\n  - Political instability.\n  - Vulnerability to external shocks.\n  - Possibility of inadequate donor support."
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      "heading": "Policy implications and requests",
      "content": "- The publication discusses a request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).\n- The publication discusses a request for additional interim assistance under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr10117\n  - cr10117 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr10117 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: May 14, 2010",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455203246.002",
    "Program supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance.",
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