01821cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019483 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498324304 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Ecuador : First Review under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement, Requests for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release and Staff Report. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (80 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 A 36-month EFF with access of SDR 3.035 billion (435 percent of quota or about USD 4.204 billion) was approved on March 11, 2019. Economic activity is projected to decelerate further in 2019 as fiscal consolidation and a slowdown in credit growth weigh on economic growth. However, external financing conditions have improved on the back of rising oil prices and the approval of the IMF program, with sovereign bond spreads falling by 250 basis points since January 1, 2019. Mode of access: Internet Debt Management imf Debt imf Sovereign Debt imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2019/210 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2019/210/002.2019.issue-210-en.xml IMF e-Library