IMF Staff Country Reports

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Quantitative Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review -Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo

July 16, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. African Dept. "Democratic Republic of the Congo: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Quantitative Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review -Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo", IMF Staff Country Reports 2025, 195 (2025), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229017817.002

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Summary

The DRC’s economy has been resilient in a challenging environment amid the
escalation of the armed conflict in the eastern part of the country, which placed
significant strains on the budget. The authorities have made good progress on the
structural reform’s agenda, but a few quantitative targets were missed.

Subject: Arrears, Budget planning and preparation, External debt, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: action program, Arrears, authorities' priority, Budget planning and preparation, Congolese authorities, DRC's economy, Fiscal stance, Global, governments of the DRC, IMF's transparency policy, implementation framework