## Liberia: Third Review of Performance Under the Staff-Monitored Program: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Liberia

_IMF Staff Country Reports, November 6, 2007_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: November 6, 2007
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451822946.002

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### Summary and Purpose
- The staff report covers the Third Review of Performance Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) on Liberia and explains recent economic developments.
- The report documents policy intentions of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) and progress on statistical capacity rebuilding.

### Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Management
- The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) will:
  - continue to use the exchange rate to gauge domestic monetary conditions; and
  - manage Liberian dollar liquidity to maintain broad exchange rate stability.

### Statistical Capacity and Data Needs
- Progress has been made in rebuilding Liberia’s statistical capacity.
- Further action is required to:
  - establish the database required for policy formulation and monitoring.

### Fiscal and Public Debt Topics Covered
- Subjects listed in the report include:
  - Arrears
  - Budget planning and preparation
  - Domestic debt
  - External debt
  - Foreign exchange
  - Monetary base
  - Money
  - Public debt
  - Public financial management (PFM)

### Keywords Highlighted
- Arrears
- Budget planning and preparation
- CR
- Domestic debt
- financing package
- Global
- government
- ISCR
- Liberia dollar
- Monetary base
- program
- program informational annex
- staff appraisal
- U.S. dollar government spending

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