Cover -- CONTENTS -- GLOSSARY -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, AND NEAR-TERM OUTLOOK -- POLICY DISCUSSSIONS -- A. Fiscal and Financing Policies for 2014 and 2015 -- B. Crowding in the Private Sector to Sustain High Growth Rates -- C. Strengthening Economic Statistics -- PROGRAM MONITORING, FINANCING AND RISKS -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOXES -- 1. Implementation of a Universal Health Insurance -- 2. The Impact of the Ebola Crisis on Côte d'Ivoire -- 3. Settlement of Domestic Arrears -- FIGURES -- 1. Real and External Sector, 2012-15 -- 2. Fiscal Developments, 2012-15 -- 3. Doing Business and Per-Capita Income in Sub-Saharan African Countries -- 4. Sub-Saharan Africa: Doing Business Indicators -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2012-17 -- 2. Balance of Payments, 2012-17 -- 3a. Fiscal Operations of the Central Government, 2012-17 (Billions of CFA) -- 3b. Fiscal Operations of the Central Government, 2012-17 (Percent of GDP) -- 4. Monetary Survey, 2012-17 -- 5. External Financing Requirements, 2012-16 -- 6. Financial Soundness Indicators for the Banking Sector, 2008-14 -- 7. Indicators of Capacity to Repay the Fund, 2014-25 -- 8. Proposed Schedule of Disbursements and Timing of Reviews Under the ECF Arrangement, 2011-15 -- APPENDIX -- I. Letter of Intent -- Attachment I. Supplement to the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies -- Attachment II. Technical Memorandum of Understanding-Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, 2011-15 -- CONTENTS -- RELATIONS WITH THE FUND -- JOINT BANK-FUND WORK PROGRAM, 2014-15 -- AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.