Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Staff Monitored Program

IMF Staff Country Reports, July 13, 2006

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Bibliographic details

• Published: July 13, 2006
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827583.002

Summary and reform objectives

• The Mauritanian transition authorities embarked on a path toward democracy, rule of law, and good governance.
• The transition authorities initiated a wide range of structural reforms based on the priorities that emerged from consultations with civil society and political parties, and emphasizing the need to improve transparency and governance.
• Discussions on fiscal and monetary policies and on structural reforms aimed at consolidating recent progress toward macroeconomic stabilization, good governance, and transparency.

Fiscal, monetary, and structural policy focus

• Fiscal and monetary policy discussions targeted consolidation of recent progress toward macroeconomic stabilization.
• Structural reforms emphasized transparency and governance improvements following consultations with civil society and political parties.
• Specific thematic areas identified in the source content include:
  • Central banks
  • Commodities
  • Financial regulation and supervision
  • Fiscal policy
  • Fiscal stance
  • International reserves
  • Oil
  • Oil, gas and mining taxes
  • Operational risk
  • Taxes

Technical assistance and cooperation

• Mauritania will benefit from considerable technical assistance (TA) from the IMF.
• The IMF engagement is framed within IMF Staff Country Reports and interactions between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the IMF.

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• BCM
• CR
• current account
• exchange rate
• expenditure
• financing policy
• Fiscal stance
• foreign exchange
• gas and mining taxes
• government
• International reserves
• ISCR
• net
• Oil
• oil revenue
• Operational risk
• transition authorities

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• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Staff Monitored Program; IMF Country Report 06/255; March 15, 2006
  • Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Staff Monitored Program; IMF Country Report 06/255; March 15, 2006 (Markdown version)
  • Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Staff Monitored Program; IMF Country Report 06/255; March 15, 2006 (PDF)