TY - BOOK ID - 84545520 TI - Republic of Congo : Staff-Monitored Program. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2008 SN - 1462386792 1452738483 1280920505 9786613742681 1452724652 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Congo (Brazzaville) -- Economic conditions. KW - Congo (Brazzaville) -- Economic policy. KW - Fiscal policy -- Congo (Brazzaville). KW - International monetary fund -- Congo (Brazzaville). KW - Investments: Energy KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - Statistics KW - Industries: Energy KW - Energy: General KW - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology KW - Computer Programs: Other KW - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General KW - Energy: Demand and Supply KW - Prices KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Current Account Adjustment KW - Short-term Capital Movements KW - Econometrics & economic statistics KW - Investment & securities KW - Petroleum, oil & gas industries KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Oil KW - Oil sector KW - Oil prices KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Fiscal stance KW - Economic sectors KW - Commodities KW - Balance of payments statistics KW - Economic and financial statistics KW - Monetary statistics KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Finance, Public KW - Finance KW - Fiscal policy KW - Balance of payments KW - Economic indicators KW - Congo, Democratic Republic of the UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84545520 AB - Social and political stability has improved in Congo, but the security situation is fragile. Executive Directors welcomed the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP), which was designed to safeguard fiscal and external stability. They stressed the need for stabilizing the economy and pursuing structural reforms with a view for achieving sustainable growth, reducing poverty, diversifying the economy, and benefiting from enhanced HIPC Initiative debt relief. As a sign of their renewed commitment to reengagement with the IMF, authorities established a new organizational structure for better monitoring and implementation of the economic and financial program. ER -