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Cover -- CONTENTS -- BACKGROUND -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- OUTLOOK AND POLICIES -- ROLE OF THE FLEXIBLE CREDIT LINE ARRANGEMENT -- A. Benefits of the FCL -- B. Evolution of Risks -- C. Access Considerations under an Adverse Scenario -- D. Exit Strategy -- E. Review of Qualifications -- F. Impact on Fund Finances, Risks, and Safeguards -- G. Staff Appraisal -- BOXES -- 1. Reserve Adequacy for Commodity Exporters: the Case of Colombia -- 2. External Economic Stress Index -- 3. Illustrative Adverse Scenario -- FIGURES -- 1. Recent Economic Developments -- 2. Macroeconomic Policies -- 3. Recent Macro-Financial Developments -- 4. FCL Qualification Criteria -- 5. Reserve Coverage in an International Perspective -- 6. Colombia and Selected Countries: Comparing Adverse Scenarios -- 7. Indicators of Doing Business and Institutional Quality -- 8. Oil Price Fan Chart -- 9. Public DSA-Composition of Public Debt and Alternative Scenarios -- 10. Colombia: External Debt Sustainability: Bound Test -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators -- 2a. Summary of Balance of Payments -- 2b. Summary Balance of Payments -- 3. External Financing Requirements and Sources -- 4a. Operations of the Central Government -- 4b. Operations of the Central Government -- 5a. Operations of the Combined Public Sector -- 5b. Operations of the Combined Public Sector -- 6. Monetary Indicators -- 7. Medium-Term Outlook -- 8. Financial Soundness Indicators -- 9. Indicators of External Vulnerability -- 10. Public Sector Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA)-Baseline Scenario -- 11. External Debt Sustainability Framework, 2011-20 -- 12. FCL Arrangement for Colombia-Impact of GRA Finances -- 13. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2014-20 -- APPENDIX -- Letter from the Authorities Requesting FCL.