01893cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005930 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451808698 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Republic of Congo : First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Modification of Performance Criteria; Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Congo. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 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 focuses on the First Review for the Republic of Congo under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Policy implementation under the authorities' PRGF arrangement through 2008 and the early part of 2009 was broadly satisfactory. The quantitative target on the non-oil primary fiscal balance was observed, but the authorities contracted new nonconcessional external debt. The authorities have also made progress in implementing many of the floating completion point triggers under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/217 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2009/217/002.2009.issue-217-en.xml IMF e-Library