01893cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019493 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498324885 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Sierra Leone : First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Waiver for Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sierra Leone. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (74 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 Actions by the new government since taking office in April 2018 helped to stabilize macroeconomic conditions, but the situation remains challenging. Overall growth remained subdued. While elevated, inflation is tracking down. Program performance is broadly on track, though progress on structural measures has been slower than anticipated. Healthy revenues and significant underspending resulted in a lower-than-programed fiscal deficit. All quantitative targets were met, except the end-December performance criterion on net domestic assets (NDA) of the central bank and the end-March indicative target on poverty-related spending. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2019/217 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2019/217/002.2019.issue-217-en.xml IMF e-Library