IMF Staff Country Reports

Rwanda: Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation and Requests for a New Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement and for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

Publication Date:

September 25, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper examines Rwanda’s 2002 Article IV Consultation and Requests for a New Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) Arrangement and for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). Rwanda’s performance under the 2001 program under the PRGF was broadly satisfactory. Quantitative performance criteria for end-December 2001 were substantially met. Despite slippages in the structural reform schedule, achievements in structural performance were substantial. The authorities have finalized a poverty reduction strategy paper. The program for 2002–03 supports the poverty reduction strategy formulated in that document.

Series:

Country Report No. 2002/204

Subject:

Commercial banks Expenditure External debt Foreign exchange Monetary base Poverty Poverty reduction Poverty reduction strategy