01730cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015083 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498323789 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Niger : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (72 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 Selected Issues paper presents an external stability assessment on Niger. Niger's current account balance deteriorated in 2013, mostly on account of higher food and capital goods imports. The deficit is expected to widen further in 2014-15, mainly driven by large investment in the extractive industry and basic infrastructure. The current account is projected to gradually improve from 2016 as important projects in infrastructure will come to end, the oil and mining sectors come on stream and public and private savings increase. Although aid and foreign direct investments are the main sources of external financing, external borrowing-mainly on concessional terms-has increased significantly. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/064 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/064/002.2015.issue-064-en.xml IMF e-Library