Sierra Leone: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation, the Fifth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria and Extension of Arrangement
January 24, 2005
Download PDF
More Formats on IMF eLibrary
Order a Print CopySummary
This paper examines Sierra Leone’s 2004 Article IV Consultation, the Fifth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria. Growth prospects in the medium term are encouraging, largely based on some mining projects coming to fruition, agricultural expansion, and service-related activities. Real growth is projected in the range of between 6 percent and 7 percent in 2005–07, reflecting these activities in the country’s post-conflict phase. Inflation is expected to revert to low single digits, while the current account deficits would narrow, aided by growth in mineral exports.
Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Economic sectors, Education, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Mining sector, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy
Keywords: CR, draft PRSP, Fiscal stance, fund staff, ISCR, Mining sector, Poverty reduction strategy, poverty reduction strategy paper, PRGF loan, PRSP process, staff appraisal, Sub-Saharan Africa
Pages:
112
Volume:
2005
DOI:
Issue:
023
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/023
Stock No:
1SLEEA2005001
ISBN:
9781451834499
ISSN:
1934-7685
