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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Bangladesh: Fifth Review Under the Three–Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, Extension of the Arrangement, and Rephasing—Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund
Bangladesh is reducing poverty and making headway toward meeting its MDGs. However, political considerations are exerting an increasing influence on economic policy decisions. The overall fiscal balance has been kept below budget and program targets, notwithstanding sizable revenue slippages. Monetary policy has been gradually tightened, and the exchange rate has stabilized in recent months, but further monetary tightening is needed. Quantitative performance criteria for the fifth review were met with the exception of that for revenue collection.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; PRGF arrangement; growth; revenue mobilization effort; remittance receipt; growth momentum; PRGF loan; oil price shock; GDP ratio; Oil prices; International reserves; Price adjustments; Inflation; Credit; Global; South Asia
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda: Ex Post Assessment of Performance Under Fund-Supported Programs and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion.
International Monetary Fund
This paper discusses Uganda’s Ex Post Assessment of Performance Under IMF-Supported Programs. Uganda’s annual average growth rate of about 6½ percent over the past decade was exceptional. Uganda was broadly successful in containing annual inflation to 5 percent during the program period under review. A market-based exchange rate system has provided flexibility in the face of fluctuating coffee prices and large donor inflows. Public expenditure management (PEM) reforms have taken time, but have led to important achievements in the building of budgetary institutions.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; IMF executive board reviews Uganda's performance; assessment; ratio; executive board assessment; ambitious reform program; revenue projection; NPV ratio; Fund assistance; macroeconomic performance; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction and development; Africa