Peru: Request for a Stand-By Arrangement

This paper assesses Peru's Request for a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The authorities' program for 2002–03 seeks to set the basis for sustained high growth of output and employment and a steady reduction in poverty. The authorities are requesting IMF support for their program through an SBA to emphasize their commitment to sound policies. The IMF staff is of the view that the authorities' program is consistent with the objective of creating the conditions for sustained high rates of economic growth that would support a steady reduction in poverty.
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Volume/Issue: Volume 2002 Issue 027
Publication date: February 2002
ISBN: 9781451830972
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Business and Economics , Banks and Banking , Exports and Imports , Economics- Macroeconomics , Money and Monetary Policy , Public Finance , ISCR , CR , sovereign bond issue , investor participation rates , cash flow saving , deficit , investor , inflation targeting framework , expenditure restraint , International reserves , Public sector , Privatization , Global

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This paper assesses Peru’s Request for a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The authorities’ program for 2002–03 seeks to set the basis for sustained high growth of output and employment and a steady reduction in poverty. The authorities are requesting IMF support for their program through an SBA to emphasize their commitment to sound policies. The IMF staff is of the view that the authorities’ program is consistent with the objective of creating the conditions for sustained high rates of economic growth that would support a steady reduction in poverty.