Following a series of shocks in recent years, Togo continues to face persistent
challenges to food security and terrorist attacks, while broader development needs
remain acute. Fiscal expansion implemented in response to the shocks has helped
preserve robust economic growth but has also pushed up public debt, reversing the debt
reduction achieved during the 2017–20 ECF-arrangement, eroding fiscal space and
buffers to absorb shocks, and contributing to regional vulnerabilities in the West African
Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). In response to these challenges, the Fund
approved the authorities’ request for a new ECF-arrangement in March 2024.