01922cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005524 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451803594 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Benin : Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Benin. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (76 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 Benin's Fifth Review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and request for waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria are discussed. The main challenge ahead is to limit inflation pressures from higher food and fuel prices while sustaining medium-term fiscal consolidation and accelerating structural reforms to increase the sustainable growth rate. The authorities have taken actions to address the food and fuel crisis and accelerate structural reforms. They have allowed the full pass-through of higher international food and fuel prices and tightened fiscal policy while putting in place measures to protect the poor. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/374 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/374/002.2008.issue-374-en.xml IMF e-Library