02023cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018172 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484335697 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Gabon : First Review of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for a Waiver for Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Modifications of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Gabon. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (76 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 Gabon's First Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Requests for a Waiver for Nonobservance of Performance Criterion (PCs) and Modifications of PCs, and Financing Assurances Review. The short-term outlook remains challenging. Although a growth rebound in 2018 is expected given recent developments in foreign direct investment inflows and better-than-previously projected activity in the oil and mining sectors, weaknesses in non-oil revenue collections and tight short-term liquidity conditions are sources of fiscal risk. The IMF staff supports the authorities' request for the completion of the first review, and modification of PCs for end-December 2017. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2017/408 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2017/408/002.2017.issue-408-en.xml IMF e-Library