Bulgaria : Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance and Waiver of Applicability.

This paper assesses Bulgaria's 2002 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), and a Request for Waiver of Non-observance and Waiver of Applicability. The authorities' structural reform program is ambitious, but implementation needs to be stepped up. In par...

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Korporativna značnica: International Monetary Fund
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Serija:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/174
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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