Niger: Selected Issues

IMF Staff Country Reports, March 11, 2015

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• Published: March 11, 2015
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498323789.002

External stability assessment

• The paper presents an external stability assessment on Niger.
• Aid and foreign direct investments are identified as the main sources of external financing.
• External borrowing—mainly on concessional terms—has increased significantly.

Current account developments

• Niger’s current account balance deteriorated in 2013, mostly on account of higher food and capital goods imports.
• The deficit is expected to widen further in 2014–15, mainly driven by large investment in the extractive industry and basic infrastructure.
• The current account is projected to gradually improve from 2016 as important projects in infrastructure will come to end, the oil and mining sectors come on stream and public and private savings increase.

Key subjects and themes

• Agricultural commodities
• Commodities
• Economic growth
• Environment
• Expenditure
• Food security
• Inclusive growth
• Natural resources
• Poverty
• Public investment spending

Keywords and classification

• A. economic growth
• Africa
• Agricultural commodities
• banking financing
• baseline natural resource GDP scenario
• Brazil economy
• CR
• food
• food crisis
• Food security
• GDP ratio
• Global
• Inclusive growth
• investment
• ISCR
• Natural resources
• Niger
• North Africa
• Public investment spending
• reducing income inequality
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• West Africa

Content in this bundle

• Niger: Selected Issues: IMF Country report No. 15/ 64, December 3, 2014
  • Niger: Selected Issues: IMF Country report No. 15/ 64, December 3, 2014 (Markdown version)
  • Niger: Selected Issues: IMF Country report No. 15/ 64, December 3, 2014 (PDF)