Belarus: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues

November 28, 2000

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Belarus: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed December 12, 2024

Summary

This paper first discusses recent economic developments through the first half of 2000, and then, provides an assessment of vulnerabilities in the Belarusian banking system. Dollarization in Belarus is also discussed. In this paper, the current business environment and the existing obstacles to reach these objectives are described. Agriculture plays a key role in the Belarusian economy. Finally, the lack of progress in agricultural reform, especially with respect to land reform and the development of private sector farming, is described.

Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Currencies, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Money, Prices

Keywords: Banking system, Belarusian authorities, Central and Eastern Europe, Commercial banks, Company, Country, CR, Currencies, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Foreign currency, Government, Inflation, ISCR, Monetary policy, State enterprise, U.S. dollar

Publication Details

Pages:

107
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2000/153
Stock No:

1BLREA0012000
ISBN:

9781451805055
ISSN:

1934-7685

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