Category Archives: PAPERS and REPORTS
Uganda : District creation and decentralisation
The decentralisation process
This paper, District creation and decentralisation in Uganda by Green,E. produced by Crisis States Programme, LSE (2008), looks at the common phenomena in the decentralisation process of creation of new administrative units. This paper should be of interest to people interested in African politics and particular in Ugandan politics.
Within the vast literature on decentralisation, there is little attention on one important aspect of decentralisation – namely the creation of new sub-national administrative units. This despite the fact that governments of developing countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Vietnam, among many others, have created a slew of new units since the 1990s. In an attempt to fill this gap, this paper tries to understand what underlying motives lie behind the creation of new districts in the African country of Uganda and how widely applicable these motives may be in other contexts.
Uganda, alongside large scale economic and political reforms, has witnessed a steep increase in the number of districts, going from 39 to 79 in less than a decade. The paper examines various potential reasons for the creation of these new districts and argues that district creation has been primarily a source of patronage in the ongoing need for President Museveni to win elections. It says the trend is likely to continue as Museveni attempts to cling on for a fourth term.
The paper says that district creation has been more successful than other types of patronage like new cabinet posts and new parliamentary constituencies in maintaining Museveni’s support. Whereas cabinet ministers and MPs can siphon off their salaries for personal reasons, the creation of a district necessarily brings money to the countryside and thereby benefits local at least to some degree
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Suggested Books
Report of the International Conference on African Culture and Development 2009
ICACD 2009 was held in Accra, Ghana November 15th to 18th 2009. on the theme of Culture and the Millennium Development Goals. ICACD 2009 was also hosting focus events on:
- Culture, Governance and Traditional Leadership, and
- Art and Culture as tools for conflict resolution
The final report is accessible at http://www.icacdafrica.org/ICACD-09%20Report.pdf
E-mail: info@icacdafrica.org
Suggested Books (US)
- Tradition, Culture And Development in Africa: Historical Lessons for Modern Development Planning (Heritage, Culture and Identity) (Heritage, Culture and Identity)
- Development for Peace: In Search for Solutions to Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi : Tackling the human resources crisis
Public health services in Malawi
Tackling the human resources crisis in Malawi’s public health system, Debbie Palmer; Department for International Development, UK,  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
Since the late 1990s, Malawi’s public health services have appeared to be heading for collapse due to declining staffing levels. The government launched the Essential Health Package in 2004 to help improve the health of the population, which includes scaling-up HIV and AIDS-related services. The biggest challenge facing the initiative is improving human resource levels.
The Commission for Macroeconomics and Health has highlighted how vital improved health is for economic growth and human development. As a result, the international focus has been on providing more cost-effective funding to improve health services and to strengthen national health systems. The link between staffing levels and improved health has been highlighted as the main ingredient that holds health systems together.
Malawi is one of Africa’s poorest countries. Although its health infrastructure is fairly well developed, this is in very poor condition. The public health sector has battled a rising demand for services caused by population growth and a high HIV and AIDS rate. Yet its health staffing levels, the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa, are not enough to maintain even a minimum level of care.
In 2004 the Malawian government declared the human resources shortage a crisis. The Ministry of Health launched an Essential Health Package initiative to tackle the 11 main causes of death and illness. Donors responded to the crisis by helping the country develop a complementary Emergency Human Resources Programme. A study by the UK Department for International Development’s Malawi office examined this human resources crisis. It assessed progress made within a year of implementation of the programme in April 2005.
The study found that:
- Salary top-ups introduced to improve staff recruitment and retention helped reduce the flow of staff, especially nurses, from the public sector.
- Good progress had been made with the recruitment and re-engagement drive, with 591 staff recruited externally by the end of 2005 and over 1,100 promoted internally.
- The recruitment of stop-gap expatriate support included 19 people in place and the deployment shortly of a further 51 doctors and 15 nurse tutors.
- Of the 1,000 Malawian health professionals who had left the public sector, 700 were willing to return due to top-ups, more flexible deployment and further training.
- However, overseas migration of the most senior and experienced nurses continued in 2005.
In the past, donors have been unwilling to contribute to salaries and incentive packages for staff, due to concerns about donor dependency and project sustainability. However, this new approach has been successful in Malawi and has provided a number of lessons:
- After it was shown that insufficient human resources prevented the success of donor-funded projects, two donors agreed to a comprehensive, outcomes-based approach for Malawi that included tackling staffing. Other African countries could also benefit from this approach.
- The improvement of working conditions and management practices is as important as pay when it comes to improving staff morale and retention.
- It is important to combine both short-term and long-term measures to ensure commitment to the programme. Salary top-ups, for instance, had an immediate effect.
This case illustrates the importance of management of industrial relations.
Malawi, and other African countries, will need to produce an excess of nurses to account for the ongoing migration of nurses overseas, and to track these trends.
The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will only be possible if we can successfully strengthen the capacity of health systems in middle and low-income countries.
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Suggested Books
- Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage (Oxford Southern Africa)
- Malawi, 4th: The Bradt Travel Guide
- Malawi in Pictures (Visual Geography. Second Series)
Rwanda : Defending the rights of children
Children’s rights
This paper, Defending children’s rights: the legislative priorities of Rwandan women parliamentarians, Powley,E. produced by: Hunt Alternatives Fund (2008), is an interesting one. The gender difference in the way men and women view legislation is seldom explored. Worth a read.
This report argues that the inclusion of women in national legislatures has positive policy outcomes for children. The report states that global analyses and the Rwanda case in particular, has shown that legislators are more likely than their male colleagues to prioritise children’s rights and family health and welfare.
Women parliamentarians have been vital in promoting children’s interests in Rwanda. Their leadership is demonstrated by three pieces of legislation:a. In 1999, they took the lead in advocating for legislation that established women and girls’ rights to inheritance and succession.
b. In 2001, they helped pass the “Law Relating to the Rights and Protection of the Child against Violence.â€
c. In 2006, they drafted and introduced a genderbased violence bill that places special emphasis on crimes against children.
Download pdf of Defending children’s rights
Suggested Books
- Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War
- Rwandan Genocide (Perspectives on Modern World History)
Agricultural Distortions in Sub-Saharan Africa 1961 to 2004
This paper is a World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5344 (Jun. 2010). Â It analyses trade and welfare effects of agricultural policy distortions to producer and consumer prices over the past half-century in sub-Saharan Africa.
Agricultural Distortions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trade and Welfare Indicators, 1961 to 2004 Johanna Croser and Kym Anderson World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5344 (Jun. 2010) For decades, agricultural price and trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa have hampered farmers’ contributions to economic growth and poverty reduction. Although there has been much policy reform over the past two decades, the injections of agricultural development funding, together with ongoing regional and global trade negotiations, have brought distortionary policies under the spotlight once again. A key question asked of those policies is: How much are they still reducing national economic welfare and trade? Economy-wide models are able to address that question, but they are not available for many poor countries. Even where they are, typically they apply to just one particular previous year and so are unable to provide trends in effects over time. This paper provides a partial-equilibrium alternative to economy-wide modeling, by drawing on a modification of so-called trade restrictiveness indexes to provide theoretically precise indicators of the trade and welfare effects of agricultural policy distortions to producer and consumer prices over the past half-century. The authors generate time series of country-level indexes, as well as Africa-wide aggregates. They also provide annual commodity market indexes for the region, and a sense of the relative importance of the key policy instruments used.
Web:Â http://econ.worldbank.org/research |
Email: research@worldbank.org
Suggested Books (US)
- Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa (World Bank Trade and Development Series)
- African Agriculture and The World Bank: Development or Impoverishment?
Africa IMF Reports : Benin 2010
House in the interior of Benin
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IMF reports for Benin 2010
Press Release
Concluding Statement by IMF Review Mission to Benin
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10377.htmWorking Paper No. 10/191
A Macro Model of the Credit Channel in a Currency Union Member: The Case of Benin
Author/Editor: Samaké, Issouf
Summary: This paper applies and extends a theoretical model built by Agénor and Montiel (2007) by exploring the effectiveness of government bonds and monetary policy in a small, open, credit-based economy with a fixed exchange rate. The model is applied to Benin, a member of a currency union, using a general equilibrium model with stochastic simulation. Model calibration replicates the historical pattern for 1996-2009. Policy experiments simulated an increase in government securities in Benin’s regional market and a cut in the reserve requirement. Simulations produced mixed results. It appears that, among other factors, excess bank liquidity lowers the effectiveness of monetary policy instruments through the credit channel and that government bonds can help mop up excess bank liquidity.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24157.0Country Report No. 10/195 Benin
2010 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility – Staff Report; Staff Supplements and Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Benin.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24020.0Public Information Notice
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Benin
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2010/pn1078.htmCountry’s Policy Intentions Documents — Benin
Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, May 27, 2010
http://www.imf.org/External/NP/LOI/2010/ben/052710.pdfPress Release: IMF Executive Board Approves US$109 Million ECF for Benin
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10243.htmIMF Survey: IMF Approves $109 Million Loan to Back Benin Policy Agenda
The IMF Executive Board approves Benin’s request for a new arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility. The package will support the West African state’s economic and financial program over the next three years with policy advice, technical assistance, and financial support.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/car061410a.htmExpenditure Composition and Economic Development in Benin — African Departmental Paper No. 10/02
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23898.0IMF Policy Paper: Benin – Assessment Letter for the World Bank
Summary: This letter provides an assessment of recent macroeconomic developments in Benin and an update on the discussions of Fund staff with the Beninese authorities on macroeconomic policies and structural reforms that could form the basis for the authorities’ request for a new arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). An earlier assessment letter to donors was issued in December 2009 and is available at http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4449
Press Release: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Benin
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10116.htm
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Suggested Books (US)
- Africa and IMF Conditionality: The Unevenness of Compliance, 1983-2000 (African Studies)
- Benin: The Bradt Travel Guide
Africa IMF Reports : Botswana 2010
Gabarone Botswana
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IMF Reports for Botswana 2010
Country Report No. 10/280: Botswana: 2010
Article IV Consultation – Staff Report and Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24192.0Public Information Notice
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Botswana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2010/pn10119.htmPress Release
Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Botswana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10239.htmPress Release
IMF and Botswana’s Financial Regulator Work Together to Improve Breadth and Quality of Macroeconomic Statistical Data
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1078.htmPublic Information Notice
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2009 Article IV Consultation with Botswana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2010/pn1068.htm
All information from http://www.imf.org
Suggested Books (US)
- Political Economy of Botswana Public Sector Management: from imperialism to neoliberalism
- Why Botswana Prospered
Free Resource : web dossier on Football in Africa
To mark the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by an African nation - South Africa – from 11 June to 11 July 2010, the Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on Football in Africa. The dossier contains titles published since 2004 on football and sport in Africa in general and South Africa in particular, as well as a selection of web resources. All titles are available in the ASC library. Each title links directly to the corresponding record in the library’s online catalogue, which provides further details and, in many cases, an abstract.
The dossier can be found on the Library website at:Â http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/Football.aspx
Suggested Books (US)
- South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid and Beyond (Sport in the Global Society Contemporary Perspectives)
- Africa’s Football Legends
Africa IMF Reports : Zimbabwe 2010
Harare Zimbabwe
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IMF reports for Zimbabwe 2010
Press Release: Statement of the IMF’s Mission to Zimbabwe
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10420.htmTranscript of a Press Briefing by Caroline Atkinson, Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund (includes Zimbabwe)
http://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2010/tr110410a.htmIMF Policy Paper: Review of the Fund’s Strategy on Overdue Financial Obligations
Summary: This paper reviews progress under the Fund’s strengthened cooperative strategy on overdue financial obligations. Since the last review, total arrears to the Fund declined by SDR 17.5 million to SDR 1,309.5 million. Payments to the Fund by Sudan and Zimbabwe were in excess of new obligations falling due, and a decrease in Somalia’s arrears resulted from the full settlement of its overdue obligations to the SDR Department in the context of the general SDR allocation in August 2009.
http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4475Country Report No. 10/186: Zimbabwe: 2010 Article IV Consultation – Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Zimbabwe
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24009.0Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2010/pn1062.htmPress Release: Statement at the Conclusion of the 2010 Article IV Consultation Mission to Zimbabwe
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10107.htmTranscript of a Press Briefing by David Hawley, Senior Advisor, External Relations Department
http://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2010/tr021810.htmPress Release: IMF Executive Board Restores Zimbabwe’s Voting Rights and Takes Steps Towards Unfreezing Access to the General Resource Account
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1053.htm
All information via http://www.imf.org. Reports will be added as they are published.
Suggested Books
- The Economic Decline of Zimbabwe: Neither Growth Nor Equity (Studies on the African Economies)
- Zimbabwe (Bradt Travel Guide)
Africa IMF Reports : Senegal 2010
IMF reports for Senegal 2010
Country Report No. 10/368: Senegal
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24516.0Country Report No. 10/362: Senegal
Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument, Request for a Three-Year Policy Support Instrument and Cancellation of Current Policy Support Instrument-Staff Report; Debt Sustainability Analysis; Press Release; Executive Director Statement
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24502.0IMF Survey: IMF Renews Support for Senegal’s Economic Reforms
The IMF extends its support for Senegal’s economic and financial policies by approving a new Policy Support Instrument to back the West African country’s economic program. The policies endorsed by the IMF focus on accelerating Senegal’s economic growth and improving its resilience to shocks.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/car120310a.htmCountry’s Policy Intentions Documents — Senegal
Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, November 10, 2010
http://www.imf.org/External/NP/LOI/2010/sen/111010.pdfPress Release:
IMF Executive Board Completes Final Review Under PSI with Senegal and Approves New Three-Year PSI
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10469.htmPress Release: Statement by an IMF Mission to Senegal
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10368.htm
Press Release: IMF Mission Concludes Staff Visit to Senegal
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10279.htmPress Release: IMF Completes Third and Final Review under Senegal’s ESF Arrangement, Approves US$47.7 Million Disbursement and Completes Fifth Review under PSI
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10212.htmCountry’s Policy Intentions Documents — Senegal: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, May 7, 2010
http://www.imf.org/External/NP/LOI/2010/sen/050710.pdfPublic Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Senegal
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2010/pn1065.htmIMF Survey: Senegal Well Positioned to Regain Growth Momentum
With the right policies and quicker structural reforms, Senegal should be well positioned to regain its growth momentum. In its regular review of Senegal’s economy, the IMF says it will be critical for the authorities to fully normalize relations with the private sector.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/car052610a.htm
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For tracking globalization and its impact on individual economies, please see the new IMF Survey magazine online at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx News, views, and analysis from the IMF.
Suggested Books
- Senegals Groundnut Economy under Structural Adjustment: Liberalization at Risk of Failure
- Culture and Customs of Senegal (Culture and Customs of Africa)
- Africa and IMF Conditionality: The Unevenness of Compliance, 1983-2000 (African Studies)
Africa IMF Reports : Ghana 2010
Mole National Park, Ghana
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IMF reports for Ghana 2010
Press Release
Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Ghana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10372.htmCountry’s Policy Intentions Documents — Ghana
Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, May 13, 2010
http://www.imf.org/External/NP/LOI/2010/gha/051310.pdfCountry Report No. 10/178: Ghana
Combined First and Second Reviews Under the Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria and Rephasing of Disbursements – Staff Report; Staff Statement and Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ghana.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23987.0Press Release
IMF Executive Board Completes First and Second Reviews Under Ghana’s ECF Arrangement and Approves US$119 Million Disbursement
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10235.htmWorking Paper No. 10/116: Oil Windfalls in Ghana: A DSGE Approach
Author/Editor: Dagher, Jihad; Gottschalk, Jan; Portillo, Rafael
Summary: We use a calibrated multi-sector DSGE model to analyze the likely impact of oil windfalls on the Ghanaian economy, under alternative fiscal and monetary policy responses. We distinguish between the short-run impact, associated with demand-related pressures, and the medium run impact on competitiveness and growth. The impact on inflation and the real exchange rate could be moderate, especially if the fiscal authorities smooth oil-related spending or increase public spending’s import content. However, a policy mix that results in both a fiscal expansion and the simultaneous accumulation of the foreign currency proceeds from oil as international reserves-to offset the real appreciation-would raise demand pressures and crowd-out the private sector. In the medium term, the negative impact on competitiveness-resulting from “Dutch Disease” effects-could be small, provided public spending increases the stock of productive public capital. These findings highlight the role of different policy responses, and their interaction, for the macroeconomic impact of oil proceeds.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23830.0Press Release
Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Ghana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10117.htmWhat the IMF Is Doing for its African Members Such As Ghana
Opening Address by John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund at the Meeting with the Parliament Ghana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2010/021710.htmPress Release
Statement by IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky at the Conclusion of His Visit to Ghana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1046.htmIMF Survey: Oil Offers Hope of Middle-Income Status for Ghana
In the next few years Ghana will become an oil producer. If the country uses its new-found oil wealth wisely, it could achieve middle-income status within 10 years, IMF projections show. IMF mission chief for Ghana Peter Allum talks in an interview about Ghana’s prospects.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/int021710a.htmPress Release
IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky to Visit Liberia and Ghana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1028.htmWorking Paper No. 10/25: A Model for Full-Fledged Inflation Targeting and Application to Ghana
Author/Editor: Alichi, Ali; Clinton, Kevin; Dagher, Jihad; Kamenik, Ondra; Laxton, Douglas; Mills, Marshall
Summary: A model in which monetary policy pursues full-fledged inflation targeting adapts well to Ghana. Model features include: endogenous policy credibility; non-linearities in the inflation process; and a policy loss function that aims to minimize the variability of output and the interest rate, as well as deviations of inflation from the long-term low-inflation target. The optimal approach from initial high inflation to the ultimate target is gradual; and transitional inflation-reduction objectives are flexible. Over time, as policy earns credibility, expectations of inflation converge towards the long-run target, the output-inflation variability tradeoff improves, and optimal policy responses to shocks moderate.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23574.0
All information from http://www.imf.org. Reports will be added as they are published.
Suggested Books (US)
- IMF – World Bank and Labor’s Burdens in Africa: Ghana’s Experience
- The History of Ghana (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)
- Ghana, 4th (Bradt Travel Guide)
Africa IMF Reports : Liberia 2010
IMF reports for Liberia 2010
Country Report No. 10/373: Liberia: 2010
Article IV Consultation and Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24521.0Country’s Policy Intentions Documents — Liberia
Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, November 19, 2010
http://www.imf.org/External/NP/LOI/2010/lbr/111910.pdfPublic Information Notice
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2010/pn10157.htmPress Release
IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under Extended Credit Facility for Liberia and Approves US$6.82 Million Disbursement
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10479.htmPress Release
Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission to Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10370.htmCountry Report No. 10/199
Liberia: Fourth Review Under the Three – Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review – Staff Report; Informational Annex; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24024.0Country Report No. 10/194
Liberia: Poverty Reduction Strategy – Annual Progress Report
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24017.0Country Report No. 10/193
Liberia: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the First Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of the Liberia Poverty Reduction Strategy (LPRS)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24016.0Country Report No. 10/192
Liberia: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries-Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=24015.0Press Release
IMF and World Bank Announce US$4.6 Billion Debt Relief for Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10267.htmLiberia: Life after Debt, Speech by John Lipsky, IMF First Deputy Managing Director
http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2010/063010.htmIMF Survey: Liberia Wins $4.6 Billion in Debt Relief from IMF, World Bank
The IMF and the World Bank decide to support the final stage of debt relief for Liberia that in total amounts to $4.6 billion in nominal terms. The move comes after the west African country reaches the final step under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/car062910a.htmCountry’s Policy Intentions Documents
Liberia: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, June 7, 2010
http://www.imf.org/External/NP/LOI/2010/lbr/060710.pdfPress Release:
IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review Under Liberia’s ECF Arrangement and Approves US$6.55 Million Disbursement
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10254.htmPress Release: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMFMission to Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10157.htmCountry Report No. 10/91
Liberia: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative Request for Additional Interim Assistance; and Press Release
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23785.0
Press Release
IMF Executive Board Approved Additional Interim Assistance Request Under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative for Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10100.htmPress Release
Statement by IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky at the Conclusion of His Visit to Liberia
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1039.htmPress Release
IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky to Visit Liberia and Ghana
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1028.htm
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Suggested Book
Culture and Customs of Liberia (Culture and Customs of Africa)