Actions by the new government since taking office in April 2018 helped to stabilize macroeconomic conditions, but the situation remains challenging. Overall growth remained subdued. While elevated, inflation is tracking down. Program performance is broadly on track, though progress on structural...

This paper presents Sierra Leone's Eight Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review. Successive shocks and policy slippages contributed to a build-up in macroeconomic imbalances in...

This paper presents Sierra Leone's Sixth and Seventh Reviews under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Extension of the Arrangement, Rephasing of Disbursements, and Financing Assurances Review. The IMF Executive Board completed the...

This Selected Issues paper focuses on mainstreaming adaptation in Sierra Leone. The strong linkage between climate vulnerability and development calls for mainstreaming adaptation into national development agenda, while macro vulnerability requires fiscal policies to balance the needs of climate...

This paper presents Sierra Leone's 2022 Article IV Consultation and Fifth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement, Requests for Waivers, of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modifications of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurance Review. The economic recovery from...

This paper discusses Sierra Leone's First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria (PC), and Financing Assurances Review. Program performance has been strong. All PCs were met with comfortable margins, and all indicative...