## Niger: 2016 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger

_IMF Staff Country Reports, February 24, 2017_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 24, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475582871.002

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### Summary
- The 2016 Article IV Consultation reviews Niger’s macroeconomic outcomes amid security and humanitarian shocks, weak commodity prices, and reduced trade flows to neighboring countries.
- The medium-term economic outlook is described as favorable but subject to substantial external and domestic risks.

### Macroeconomic outcomes and risks
- Macroeconomic performance continues to be affected by:
  - security and humanitarian shocks,
  - weak commodity prices,
  - reduced trade flows to neighboring countries.
- The outlook is vulnerable to substantial external and domestic risks.

### Growth projections and key statistics
- Growth for 2016 is projected at 4.6 percent.
- Growth recorded in 2015 was 3.5 percent.
- Growth is projected to increase to 5.2 percent in 2017.
- Growth is projected to average 6.0 percent during 2018–21.
- The 2016 growth projection (4.6 percent) is noted as only just above the rate of population growth.

### Drivers of medium-term growth
- The projected strengthening in growth during 2018–21 is mainly attributed to:
  - expansion of the extractive industries sector,
  - an increase in public and private investments.

### Thematic focus areas (as listed)
- Expenditure
- External debt
- Government debt management
- Public debt
- Public financial management (PFM)
- Revenue administration

### Keywords (as listed)
- capital project
- CR
- expenditure net
- government
- Government debt management
- IMF quota
- ISCR
- net
- outlay
- priority spending
- reform agenda
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- West Africa

*International Monetary Fund. African Dept. "Niger: 2016 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger", IMF Staff Country Reports 2017, 059 (2017).*

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