## Gabon : demande dun achat au titre de linstrument de financement rapide; Rapport du FMI n° 20/109; 3 avril 2020

_IMF Staff Country Reports, April 16, 2020_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 16, 2020
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513540832.002

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### Contexte et objectif
- Met en lumière la Request for a Purchase Under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) de la République gabonaise.
- Situation conjoncturelle :
  - La pandémie de coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) et l’effondrement concomitant des prix du pétrole.
  - Contexte de marges financières limitées.

### Effets attendus des chocs macroéconomiques
- Prévisions qualitatives :
  - Economic activity will slow.
  - The fiscal and external positions will weaken.
  - Significant additional financing needs will emerge.
- Implications sectorielles et budgétaires :
  - La baisse des prix du pétrole nécessitera faster fiscal adjustment and economic diversification.

### Mesures immédiates et rôle du RFI
- Mesures de court terme prises par les autorités :
  - Containment measures including border closures and curfews.
  - Strengthening health policy responses and support for households and firms.
- Rôle attendu du RFI :
  - Help create fiscal space for essential COVID19-related expenditure.
  - Catalyze donor support.

### Incertitudes et suivi
- La taille et l’impact des chocs sont subject to a considerable margin of uncertainty.
- The IMF continues to monitor Gabon’s situation closely and stands ready to provide policy advice and further financial support if needed, in collaboration with other donors.
- Recommandation opérationnelle : Les autorités should stand ready to suspend all emergency measures once the crisis subsides.

### Priorités à moyen terme
- Public debt needs to be put back on a firmly downward path.
- The decline in oil prices will necessitate faster fiscal adjustment and economic diversification.

### Métadonnées clés et thèmes
- Date de publication sur la page : April 16, 2020
- Pages: 41
- Volume: 2020
- Issue: 109
- Series: Country Report No. 2020/109
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513540832.002
- Stock No: 1GABEA2020001
- ISBN: 9781513540832
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Subject: Arrears, COVID-19, Currencies, External debt, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Health, Money, Oil prices, Prices, Public debt
- Keywords: Arrears, COVID-19, CR, Currencies, Executive Board discussion, expenditure regulation mechanism, financing, financing gap, Fiscal stance, Global, IMF staff estimate, ISCR, Oil prices, RFI fund

*International Monetary Fund. Gabon: Request for a Purchase Under the Rapid Financing Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Gabon, April 16, 2020.*

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