## St. Lucia: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for St. Lucia.

_IMF Staff Country Reports, August 18, 2009_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 18, 2009
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451823295.002

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### Executive summary and key findings
- The paper discusses key findings of the Sixth Review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility for Benin.
- Benin’s macroeconomic outlook is weaker for 2009–10, reflecting the impact of the crisis.
- The implementation of structural reforms needs to be accelerated to enhance the competitiveness of Benin’s economy and increase its resilience to exogenous shocks.
- The adoption of a comprehensive strategy for the cotton sector and the implementation of the public finance management action plan are welcome steps.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Credit, Debt service, External debt, Money, Public debt, Revenue administration
- Keywords: authorities of St Lucia, balance of payments pressure, Caribbean, CR, creating FDI flow, Credit, debt, Debt service, executive board discussion, expenditure side, Global, ISCR, real GDP

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- The page includes a repeated "Summary" section that reiterates the key findings listed above.

*International Monetary Fund. St. Lucia: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for St. Lucia. IMF Staff Country Reports 2009, 257 (2009).*

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