01698cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011270 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463902834 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Burundi : Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (44 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 Burundi's extreme poverty, post-conflict environment, and persistent fragility created considerable risks to program implementation, calling for extensive flexibility in engagement. The program succeeded in establishing some of the key foundations of macroeconomic stability, mobilizing donor resources, and promoting poverty reduction. A successor program should strike the right balance between reforms narrowly aimed at improving the conduct of macroeconomic policies and other macro-critical reforms. Ensuring public debt sustainability should remain a key program objective. Risks to the new program are likely to remain high but manageable. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2011/269 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2011/269/002.2011.issue-269-en.xml IMF e-Library