01851cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006547 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455203352 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Sierra Leone : Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver for Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion, Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, and. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (68 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 The government of Sierra Leone is requesting a successor three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement to support their program to raise economic growth by increasing investment in infrastructure and developing an accessible financial sector. Fiscal policy in 2010 focuses on improving revenue collection to support capital spending while containing pressures on current expenditures. The global economic downturn slowed economic activity in 2009, but achieving single digit inflation remains a challenge. Fiscal policy performance during 2009 was broadly satisfactory. Monetary policy was expansionary toward the end of 2009. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2010/176 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2010/176/002.2010.issue-176-en.xml IMF e-Library