Bangladesh: 2007 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh

July 10, 2007

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Bangladesh: 2007 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

The staff report for the 2007 Article IV Consultation on Bangladesh highlights recent developments and policy discussions. Bangladesh’s growth outlook and external position remain robust, but inflation has picked up. Overall macroeconomic stability has been maintained, but fiscal performance continues to suffer from structural weaknesses. Executive Directors welcomed the planned reforms in the area of public financial management and the adoption by major ministries of the medium-term budget framework. They supported the recent reforms to promote transparency, fair elections, and the prevention of money laundering.

Subject: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, Money, Multilateral development institutions, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Administration reform, April inflation, Authority, Budget planning and preparation, Budget speech, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, Foreign banks, FY08, Global, Government, Import tariff regime, ISCR, Poverty reduction strategy, Reform, South Asia, System reform

Publication Details

Pages:

61
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2007/234
Stock No:

1BGDEA2007003
ISBN:

9781451804249
ISSN:

1934-7685

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