## Liberia: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Preliminary Document

_IMF Staff Country Reports, February 1, 2008_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 1, 2008
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451822953.002

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### Preliminary assessment and purpose
- Presents a preliminary assessment of the eligibility of Liberia for assistance under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative.
- Describes recent economic progress and the situation of Liberia.
- Discusses Liberia's medium- to long-term macroeconomic framework and poverty reduction strategy.
- Summarizes the preliminary Debt Relief Analysis (DRA).
- Presents the size of possible Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), and MDRI-type assistance, including arrears clearance.
- Suggests a timeline for preparing the decision point document.
- Outlines reforms that could serve as completion point triggers.

### Economic situation and recent progress
- Describes recent economic progress and the situation of Liberia (detailed diagnostic in the full paper).

### Medium- to long-term macroeconomic framework and poverty reduction strategy
- Discusses medium- to long-term macroeconomic framework.
- Discusses poverty reduction strategy and associated reform measures.

### Debt Relief Analysis (DRA) and assistance sizing
- Summarizes the preliminary Debt Relief Analysis (DRA).
- Presents the size of possible:
  - Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) assistance,
  - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) assistance,
  - MDRI-type assistance,
  - including arrears clearance.

### Timeline and completion point triggers
- Suggests a timeline for preparing the decision point document.
- Outlines reforms that could serve as completion point triggers.

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- **Liberia: Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2004–08**
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