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  "title": "Guinea: Request For A Three-Year Arrangement Under The Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea",
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  "summary": "This paper discusses Guinea’s Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The Guinean economy has rebounded from the adverse impact of the Ebola epidemic, and growth is expected to continue to be sustained supported by buoyant mining activity and the scaling-up of",
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      "content": "- Paper discusses Guinea’s Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).\n- The three-year ECF arrangement is intended to help Guinea address a protracted balance of payment need and implement economic policies and reforms to foster higher and broad-based growth."
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      "content": "- The Guinean economy has rebounded from the adverse impact of the Ebola epidemic.\n- Growth is expected to continue to be sustained supported by buoyant mining activity and the scaling-up of infrastructure investments."
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      "content": "- Support addressing a protracted balance of payment need through a three-year ECF arrangement.\n- Implement economic policies and reforms to foster higher and broad-based growth.\n- Play a catalytic role in mobilizing donor financing, notably from the World Bank and the European Union."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Banking, Debt sustainability, Expenditure, External debt, Public financial management (PFM), Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Revenue administration\n- Keywords: Africa, authority, central bank, CR, debt, Debt sustainability, development agenda, ECF arrangement, ECF-supported program, Global, Guinean authorities, ISCR, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), reform effort, Sub-Saharan Africa\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Country Report\n  - Country Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Country Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: December 19, 2017",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484333914.002",
    "Paper discusses Guinea’s Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).",
    "The three-year ECF arrangement is intended to help Guinea address a protracted balance of payment need and implement economic policies and reforms to foster higher and broad-based growth.",
    "The Guinean economy has rebounded from the adverse impact of the Ebola epidemic.",
    "Growth is expected to continue to be sustained supported by buoyant mining activity and the scaling-up of infrastructure investments.",
    "Support addressing a protracted balance of payment need through a three-year ECF arrangement.",
    "Implement economic policies and reforms to foster higher and broad-based growth.",
    "Play a catalytic role in mobilizing donor financing, notably from the World Bank and the European Union.",
    "Subjects: Banking, Debt sustainability, Expenditure, External debt, Public financial management (PFM), Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Revenue administration",
    "Keywords: Africa, authority, central bank, CR, debt, Debt sustainability, development agenda, ECF arrangement, ECF-supported program, Global, Guinean authorities, ISCR, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), reform effort, Sub-Saharan Africa",
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