Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth Review of Guyana's PRGF Arrangement

September 7, 2006

Press Release No. 06/192

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 6 completed on a lapse-of-time basis the sixth review of Guyana's economic performance under its SDR 54.55 million (about US$78.7 million) Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement (see Press Release No. 02/42).

Completion of this review makes a disbursement in an amount equivalent to SDR 9.25 million (about US$13.4 million) immediately available to Guyana.

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