01977cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005303 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451815368 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Guinea : First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, Augmentation of Access, and Financing Assurances Review; Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (55 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper discusses key findings of the First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for Guinea. All but two quantitative performance criteria (PC) were met. IMF staff supports the authorities' requests for waivers of nonobservance, based on their remedial actions. Progress of structural reforms was broadly satisfactory and all structural PCs and benchmarks for end-December 2007 were met. However, several quantitative indicative targets for end-March 2008 were missed, in part on account of a delayed response to the financial pressures arising from higher fuel prices. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/275 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/275/002.2008.issue-275-en.xml IMF e-Library