IMF Executive Board Approves 3-Month Extension of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Liberia | WPN World People News

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on October 14, 2015—the decision was taken without an Executive Board meeting1—a 3 month-extension of Liberia’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement to February 18, 2016.

The extension will help to provide the Liberian authorities with more time to implement actions on the fiscal and structural fronts—public financial management, public sector debt, and strengthening international reserves—that are required for the completion of the fourth review under the ECF and the related disbursement.

The ECF arrangement2 for Liberia in the amount equivalent to SDR 51.68 million (about US$71.8 million or 40 percent of quota) was approved by the IMF’s Executive Board on November 19, 2012. In September 2014, as part of the response in the fight against Ebola, the Board approved an augmentation of access of the equivalent of SDR 32.3 million (about US$44.9 million or 25 percent of quota) under the ECF arrangement for Liberia.

Source: International Monetary Fund