01919cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015192 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484343906 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Guinea : Request for Debt Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment Window of the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Staff Report; and Press Release. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (14 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 discusses Guinea's Request for Debt Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Containment and Relief (CCR) Trust. Since early 2014, Guinea has been experiencing an ongoing Ebola epidemic that has spread to several countries in the region. The immediate economic effect of the Ebola epidemic has been a pronounced slowdown in 2014. Performance under the Extended Credit Facility arrangement has been satisfactory, the difficult macroeconomic environment notwithstanding. The IMF staff supports the authorities' request for assistance under the CC window of the CCR Trust given the nature of the public health disaster, and the ensuing financing needs to contain the disease and rehabilitate Guinea's public health system. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/108 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/108/002.2015.issue-108-en.xml IMF e-Library