Niger: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion

June 2, 2009

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Niger: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed September 20, 2024

Summary

Niger’s GDP growth is projected to decline in 2009 to 3 percent from 9.5 percent in 2008 when agricultural production reached a record level. The staff report highlights Niger’s second review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria. The country appears relatively protected from the international downturn. Niger’s economic performance has been positive in 2008 with a surge in GDP growth up to 9.5 percent from 3.3 percent in 2007.

Subject: Capital spending, Current spending, Expenditure, Revenue administration, Tax administration core functions, Total expenditures

Keywords: Amount of SDR, Capital spending, CR, Current spending, Growth facility, ISCR, PRGF arrangement, SDR, SDR equivalent, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tax administration core functions, Three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Total expenditures, West Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

54
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2009/172
Stock No:

1NEREA2009003
ISBN:

9781451828849
ISSN:

1934-7685

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