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  "title": "Niger: Request for a New Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger",
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      "content": "- Subjects: Commodities; Economic and financial statistics; Environment; Expenditure; Government debt management; Government finance statistics; Natural resources; Oil; Public financial management (PFM); Revenue administration.\n- Keywords: CR; democratically-elected government; government; government cash balance; Government debt management; Government finance statistics; government finances; growth strategy; ISCR; Natural resources; Oil; petroleum resource; policy; Sub-Saharan Africa; West Africa.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr12109 — Executive Summary\n  - cr12109 — Executive Summary (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr12109 — Executive Summary (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- cr12109f\n  - cr12109f (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr12109f (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
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