Guinea : fifth review under the three-year arrangement under the extended credit facility, financing assurances review, and requests for an augmentation of access and extension of the current arrangement-staff report : press release : and statement by the

In the context of the Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for an Augmentation of Access and Extension of the Current Arrangement, the following documents have been released and are included in this package:  The Staff Report prepared by a staff team of the IMF for the Executive Board's consideration on February 11, 2015, following discussions that ended on November 14, 2014, with the officials of Guinea on economic developments and policies underpinning the IMF arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility. Based on information available at the time of these discussions, the staff report was completed on This paper discusses Guinea's Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for an Augmentation of Access and Extension of Current Arrangement. Performance under the ECF program has been satisfactory. All quantitative performance criteria have been met. Macroeconomic policies in 2015 will remain supportive to help deal with the Ebola outbreak. The IMF staff supports the completion of the fifth review under the ECF arrangement and financing assurances review and requests for an extension of the current arrangement to end-2015, an augmentation in access, and disbursement of 25 percent of quota as budget support under the 5th review.