Title: Tunisia: Financial System Stability Assessment Update
Series: Country Report No. 06/448
Date: December 29, 2006
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Bank regulations | Banking systems | Basel Core Principles | Capital markets | Commercial banks | Combating the financing of terrorism | Economic indicators | Financial sector | Financial soundness indicators | Financial systems | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Financial system stability assessment | Gross domestic product | Insurance regulations | Transparency | Tunisia

Title: Sri Lanka: 2006 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sri Lanka
Series: Country Report No. 06/446
Date: December 21, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Sri Lanka | Public information | Executive Board

Title: The Gambia: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Assessment of Performance Under the Staff-Monitored Program-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for The Gambia
Series: Country Report No. 06/444
Date: December 19, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Economic growth | Economic conditions | Gambia, The | HIPC Initiative | Poverty reduction | Public information | Staff-monitored programs | Staff Reports

Title: Honduras: Debt Sustainability Analysis 2006
Series: Country Report No. 06/442
Date: December 14, 2006
Subject(s): Debt relief | Debt sustainability analysis | Fiscal policy | HIPC Initiative | Honduras | Multilateral debt relief initiative | Public debt

Title: Haiti: Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries - Decision Point Document
Series: Country Report No. 06/440
Date: December 14, 2006
Subject(s): Haiti | HIPC Initiative | Debt sustainability analysis | Poverty

Title: Germany: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Germany
Series: Country Report No. 06/438
Date: December 14, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Economic policy | Economic growth | Employment policy | Germany | Wages | Staff Reports | Public information

Title: Australia: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Technical Note - Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy
Series: Country Report No. 06/437
Date: December 12, 2006
Subject(s): Australia | Governance | Investment | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Transparency

Title: Republic of Armenia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/434
Date: December 11, 2006
Subject(s): Armenia | Balance of payments | Financial systems | Inward remittances | Monetary statistics | Selected issues | Tax reforms | Tax revenues

Title: United States: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 06/432
Date: December 11, 2006
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Combating the financing of terrorism | Financial institutions | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | United States

Title: Malawi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Third Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/339
Date: December 11, 2006
Subject(s): Malawi | Poverty reduction strategy | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Private sector | Staff-monitored programs

Title: Pakistan: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Pakistan
Series: Country Report No. 06/426
Date: December 7, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Public information | Pakistan | Executive Board | Economic policy | Economic conditions | Economic reforms

Title: Russian Federation: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/430
Date: December 6, 2006
Subject(s): Capital flows | Economic indicators | Exports | Fiscal policy | Foreign investment | Government expenditures | Gross domestic product | Imports | Immigration | Investment | Labor mobility | Labor markets | Loans | Oil consumption | Oil exporting countries | Oil prices | Oil producing countries | Oil revenues | Russian Federation | Selected issues | Trade | Workers remittances

Title: Uruguay: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/427
Date: December 6, 2006
Subject(s): Bank credit | Banking systems | Bonds | Competition | Credit demand | Credit risk | Currencies | Current account | Dollarization | Economic growth | Exchange rate depreciation | External debt | External sector | Financial crisis | Gross domestic product | Pensions | Public investment | Real effective exchange rates | Selected issues | Uruguay

Title: Australia: Mutual Evaluation Report - FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 06/424
Date: November 30, 2006
Subject(s): Australia | Financial institutions | Economic conditions | Anti-money laundering | Terrorism

Title: Vietnam: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/422
Date: November 29, 2006

Title: Republic of Estonia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/419
Date: November 29, 2006
Subject(s): Benefits | Competition | Currency boards | Current account | Estonia | Exports | Foreign investment | Gross domestic product | Income | Investment | Minimum wage | Real effective exchange rates | Savings | Selected issues | Unemployment

Title: Costa Rica: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Costa Rica
Series: Country Report No. 06/416
Date: November 29, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Balance of payments | Banking systems | Consumer price indexes | Competition | Costa Rica | Dollarization | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rate policy | Exports | External debt | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Gross domestic product | Imports | Inflation | Monetary policy | Public debt | Public information | Social indicators | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Tax reforms | Trade

Title: Czech Republic, Republic of Estonia, Hungary, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Poland, Slovak Republic, and Republic of Slovenia - Export Structure and Credit Growth
Series: Country Report No. 06/414
Date: November 22, 2006
Subject(s): Credit | Exports | Czech Republic | Estonia | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Poland | Slovak Republic | Slovenia

Title: Australia: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Detailed Assessment of Observance of Standards and Codes
Series: Country Report No. 06/415
Date: November 21, 2006
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Standards and codes | Basel Core Principles | Securities regulations | Australia | Payment systems

Title: Haiti: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 06/411
Date: November 21, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Haiti | Governance | Economic conditions

Title: Australia: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 06/409
Date: November 20, 2006
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Australia | Combating the financing of terrorism | Financial institutions | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Title: Colombia: 2006 Article IV Consultation and the Third and Final Review Under Stand-By Arrangement - Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia
Series: Country Report No. 06/408
Date: November 16, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Exchange rates | Economic reforms | Fiscal policy | Colombia | Public information | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews

Title: Bangladesh: Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, Extension of the Arrangement, and Rephasing - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/406
Date: November 15, 2006
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Bangladesh | Bank restructuring | Central banks | Commercial banks | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Exchange rate policy | Fiscal policy | Gross domestic product | Millennium Development Goals | Monetary policy | Oil prices | Performance criteria waivers | Post-program monitoring | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Poverty reduction | Press communiques | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Tax reforms

Title: Kingdom of Lesotho: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Kingdom of Lesotho
Series: Country Report No. 06/404
Date: November 14, 2006
Subject(s): Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Fiscal policy | General Data Dissemination System | Lesotho | Monetary unions | Article IV consultation reports | Public information | Staff Reports

Title: Colombia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/401
Date: November 10, 2006
Subject(s): Selected issues | Inflation | Public enterprises | Currencies | Colombia | Exchange rates

Title: Georgia: Fourth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Georgia
Series: Country Report No. 06/395
Date: November 9, 2006
Subject(s): Georgia | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Inflation | Economic policy | Exchange rates | Staff Reports | Announcements

Title: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/398
Date: November 7, 2006
Subject(s): Consumer price indexes | Bank reforms | Economic indicators | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Monetary statistics | Selected issues | Statistical annexes

Title: The Gambia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Second Annual Progress Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/396
Date: November 7, 2006
Subject(s): Agricultural development | Budgetary policy | Central banks | Fiscal policy | Gambia, The | Governance | Government expenditures | Privatization | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Revenues | Social policy

Title: People’s Republic of China: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/394
Date: October 31, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank reforms | Capital markets | Economic reforms | Exchange rate policy | China | Fiscal policy | Income distribution | Monetary policy | Public enterprises | Public information | Statistics | Staff Reports | China, People's Republic of

Title: Republic of Poland: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/392
Date: October 31, 2006
Subject(s): Adjustment process | Consumer price indexes | Credit demand | Financial stability | Globalization | Inflation | Poland | Selected issues

Title: France: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/390
Date: October 31, 2006
Subject(s): Credit demand | Globalization | Liquidity | France | Selected issues

Title: Union of the Comoros: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/385
Date: October 30, 2006
Subject(s): Agricultural production | Balance of payments | Comoros | Economic growth | Education | Employment | Electric power | Exports | External debt | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Gross domestic product | Imports | Income | Payments arrears | Population | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Tax systems | Tourism | Workers remittances

Title: Republic of Serbia: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Post-Program Monitoring Discussions - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Serbia
Series: Country Report No. 06/384
Date: October 27, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Serbia, Republic of | Post-program monitoring | Staff Reports | Public information | Serbia and Montenegro

Title: Gabon: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 06/388
Date: October 26, 2006
Subject(s): Standards and codes | Gabon | Fiscal transparency

Title: Guyana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Second Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/365
Date: October 26, 2006
Subject(s): Guyana | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Economic growth | Debt strategy | Government expenditures | Tax reforms

Title: Hungary: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/379
Date: October 25, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Hungary | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Public information | Monetary policy | Fiscal policy | Financial sector | Public finance | Labor markets | Competition | Exchange rates | Gross domestic product | Inflation | Budget deficits | Banking systems | Employment | Interest rates | External debt | Public debt | Population | Economic indicators | Balance of payments

Title: Republic of Korea: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/381
Date: October 24, 2006
Subject(s): Banking systems | Capital markets | Commercial credit | Economic growth | Employment | Financial sector | Income distribution | Korea, Republic of | Labor productivity | Selected issues | Social policy

Title: Portugal: Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, and Insurance Regulation
Series: Country Report No. 06/378
Date: October 24, 2006
Subject(s): Bank supervision | Debt management | Financial sector | Financial system stability assessment | Insurance regulations | Insurance supervision | Portugal | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Risk management | Securities regulations

Title: Cyprus: Detailed Assessments of Observance of Standards and Codes for Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, and Securities Regulation
Series: Country Report No. 06/376
Date: October 23, 2006
Subject(s): Bank supervision | Basel Core Principles | Central banks | Cyprus | Insurance supervision | Securities regulations | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Title: Australia: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/374
Date: October 23, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Staff Reports | Australia | Public information | Executive Board | Commodity prices | Staff appraisals

Title: Australia: Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Regulation, Securities Regulation, and Payment Systems
Series: Country Report No. 06/372
Date: October 23, 2006
Subject(s): Financial system stability assessment | Standards and codes | Australia | Bank supervision | Insurance regulations | Securities regulations | Payment systems

Title: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/368
Date: October 23, 2006
Subject(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina | Credit expansion | Current account | Current account deficits | Debt sustainability analysis | Fiscal policy | Public debt | Selected issues | Trade | Workers remittances

Title: Solomon Islands: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/362
Date: October 23, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Balance of payments | Banking systems | Central banks | Debt service ratios | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Exchange rate management | External debt | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Governance | Gross domestic product | Investment | Public information | Social indicators | Solomon Islands | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Statistical annexes

Title: Belize: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Belize
Series: Country Report No. 06/369
Date: October 20, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Belize | Economic policy | Public information

Title: Georgia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/361
Date: October 19, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Georgia | Structural adjustment | Economic reforms | Economic growth | Governance | Inflation

Title: Burkina Faso: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria and Augmentation of Access, and Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement - Staff Reports; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burkina Faso
Series: Country Report No. 06/359
Date: October 19, 2006
Subject(s): Burkina Faso | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Poverty reduction | Staff Reports

Title: Burkina Faso: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/357
Date: October 16, 2006
Subject(s): Agriculture | Burkina Faso | Economic growth | Education | Employment | Fisheries | Governance | Gross domestic product | Government expenditures | Health care | HIPC Initiative | HIV and AIDS | Income | Investment | Livestock | Mining sector | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Telephone systems

Title: Philippines: Mid-2006 Post-Program Monitoring Discussions - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Philippines
Series: Country Report No. 06/355
Date: October 12, 2006
Subject(s): Economic growth | Inflation | Philippines | Public information | Staff Reports

Title: Republic of Latvia: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Latvia
Series: Country Report No. 06/353
Date: October 12, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Economic policy | Economic indicators | Labor markets | Latvia | Public information | Staff Reports

Title: Mexico: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/351
Date: October 11, 2006
Subject(s): Economic growth | Labor productivity | Mexico | Selected issues | Workers remittances

Title: Guinea: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Second Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/348
Date: October 11, 2006
Subject(s): Agricultural development | Corruption | Economic conditions | Economic growth | Education | Governance | Guinea | Government expenditures | Health care | Mining sector | Poverty reduction | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

Title: Cyprus: Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, and Securities Regulation
Series: Country Report No. 06/347
Date: October 10, 2006
Subject(s): Bank regulations | Bank supervision | Cyprus | Financial sector | European Economic and Monetary Union | Insurance supervision | Insurance regulations | Securities regulations | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Title: Vietnam: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/337
Date: October 10, 2006
Subject(s): Vietnam | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Economic growth | Governance | Health care | Financial sector

Title: Republic of Croatia: Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Consideration
Series: Country Report No. 06/346
Date: October 6, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Croatia | Current account | Competition | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | External debt | Fiscal policy | Financial sector | Monetary policy | Public debt | Savings | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Structural adjustment

Title: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: 2006 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Series: Country Report No. 06/344
Date: October 5, 2006
Subject(s): Macedonia, FYR | Article IV consultations | Economic policy | Exchange rate policy | Monetary policy | Structural adjustment | Labor market policy | Public information | Trade policy | Staff Reports

Title: Denmark: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/342
Date: October 5, 2006
Subject(s): Denmark | Labor market policy | Social security | Unemployment | Tax policy | Selected issues

Title: Indonesia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 06/330
Date: September 26, 2006
Subject(s): Standards and codes | Fiscal transparency | Budgets | Indonesia | Public information

Title: Cape Verde: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Policy Support Instrument - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Cape Verde
Series: Country Report No. 06/334
Date: September 25, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Cape Verde | Staff Reports | Public information | Press communiques | Executive Board | Executive Directors | Staff appraisals | Economic policy

Title: Cape Verde: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - First Annual Progress Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/332
Date: September 25, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Budgets | Tax reforms | Customs administration | Public finance | Monetary policy | Cape Verde

Title: Chile: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/336
Date: September 22, 2006
Subject(s): Central banks | Economic forecasting | Liquidity | Chile | Public sector | Public debt

Title: South Africa: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/328
Date: September 15, 2006
Subject(s): Selected issues | Economic growth | Exchange rates | South Africa | Budgets | Banks | Bank regulations

Title: St. Lucia: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/326
Date: September 13, 2006
Subject(s): Statistical annexes | St. Lucia | Statistics | Gross domestic product | Saint Lucia

Title: Barbados: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/323
Date: September 13, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Staff Reports | Public information | Executive Board | Fiscal policy | Debt sustainability analysis | Barbados | Monetary policy | Financial sector | Exchange rate guarantees | Exchange rates | Incomes policy

Title: Central African Economic and Monetary Community: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 06/322
Date: August 28, 2006
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Central African Economic and Monetary Community | Combating the financing of terrorism | Financial sector | Financial institutions | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Central African Republic

Title: Republic of Armenia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/320
Date: August 26, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Fiscal management | Infrastructure | Armenia

Title: Republic of Belarus: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/315
Date: August 25, 2006
Subject(s): Selected issues | Inflation | Belarus | Economic forecasting | Consumer price indexes | Terms of trade | Economic policy

Title: Indonesia: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Fifth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Indonesia
Series: Country Report No. 06/319
Date: August 23, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Balance of payments | Debt service ratios | Economic indicators | External debt | Exchange rate policy | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Interest rates | Investment | Indonesia | Monetary policy | Post-program monitoring | Public information | Social indicators | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports

Title: Central African Economic and Monetary Community: Staff Report on Common Policies of Member Countries; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Central African Economic and Monetary Community
Series: Country Report No. 06/317
Date: August 22, 2006
Subject(s): Central African Economic and Monetary Community | Competition | Economic indicators | Financial soundness indicators | Fiscal policy | Exchange rates | Monetary policy | Oil revenues | Public information | Staff Reports | Central African Republic

Title: Guinea-Bissau: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/313
Date: August 21, 2006
Subject(s): Agricultural production | Balance of payments | Consumer prices | Employment | Exports | Gross domestic product | Guinea-Bissau | Imports | Investment | Public finance | Public sector | Revenues | Savings | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Tax administration | Tax policy | Tax revenues | Tax rates | Wages

Title: Burundi: 2006 Article IV Consultation, Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, Modification of a Performance Criterion, Extension of the Arrangement, and Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi
Series: Country Report No. 06/311
Date: August 21, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Balance of payments | Burundi | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rate regimes | External financing | External debt | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | HIPC Initiative | Letters of Intent | Millennium Development Goals | Monetary policy | Performance criteria waivers | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility extension | Press communiques | Public information | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Technical assistance | Trade policy

Title: Malta: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module; Response by the Authorities; and Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework
Series: Country Report No. 06/308
Date: August 18, 2006
Subject(s): Standards and codes | Data quality assessment framework | Malta | Balance of payments | Staff appraisals

Title: Republic of Madagascar: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Activation of the Trade Integration Mechanism - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Madagascar
Series: Country Report No. 06/306
Date: August 16, 2006
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Banking systems | Bank soundness | Consumer price indexes | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Economic policy | Economic growth | Exchange rates | Exchange rate policy | External sector | Financial sector | Gross domestic product | Inflation | International monetary reform | Madagascar | Monetary policy | Monetary reserves | Millennium Development Goals | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Press communiques | Private sector | Public finance | Revenue mobilization | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Letters of Intent

Title: Republic of Madagascar: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/304
Date: August 15, 2006
Subject(s): Development plans | Economic growth | Economic policy | Education | Fiscal policy | Governance | Madagascar | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Public sector | Health care

Title: Paraguay: Request for Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Paraguay
Series: Country Report No. 06/302
Date: August 14, 2006
Subject(s): Stand-by arrangements | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Press communiques | Economic conditions | Financial sector | Social safety nets | Debt sustainability analysis | Paraguay | IMF

Title: Tunisia: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module; Response by the Authorities; and Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework
Series: Country Report No. 06/300
Date: August 9, 2006
Subject(s): Standards and codes | Data quality assessment framework | Tunisia

Title: Syrian Arab Republic: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/294
Date: August 9, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Public information | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Economic conditions | Economic recovery | Economic policy | Syrian Arab Republic | Statistics

Title: Bulgaria: 2006 Article IV Consultation, Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, and Request for Rephasing, Waiver of Applicability and Nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Extension of the Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/298
Date: August 8, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bulgaria | Economic reforms | Economic indicators | Gross domestic product | Incomes policy | Labor policy | Performance criteria waivers | Public information | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Stand-by arrangement extension

Title: Iceland: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/296
Date: August 8, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Competition | Current account | Current account deficits | Demand | Economic indicators | Economic growth | Financial sector | Financial soundness indicators | Fiscal policy | Iceland | Monetary policy | Public information

Title: Ireland: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/293
Date: August 7, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Staff Reports | Public information | Staff appraisals | Ireland | Fiscal policy | Wage policy | Financial stability

Title: Dominica: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/290
Date: August 4, 2006
Subject(s): Dominica | Economic growth | Poverty reduction | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Private sector | Private investment | Public sector | Social safety nets | Unemployment

Title: Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/288
Date: August 2, 2006
Subject(s): Euro Area | Inflation | Economic indicators | Monetary policy | Selected issues

Title: Albania: 2006 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Review Under Extended Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Albania
Series: Country Report No. 06/286
Date: August 1, 2006
Subject(s): Albania | Article IV consultations | Bank supervision | Balance of payments | Credit expansion | Debt management | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Energy sector | Electric power | Export performance | Financial soundness indicators | Financial systems | Fiscal policy | Millennium Development Goals | Monetary aggregates | Monetary policy | Performance criteria | Private sector | Press communiques | Public information | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports

Title: Kingdom of the Netherlands - Netherlands: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/284
Date: July 31, 2006
Subject(s): Selected issues | Economic growth | Tax revenues | Netherlands

Title: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 06/282
Date: July 31, 2006
Subject(s): Fiscal transparency | Budgets | Macedonia, FYR | IMF | Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of

Title: Grenada: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 06/280
Date: July 31, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Economic policy | Economic conditions | Unemployment | Inflation | Structural adjustment | Grenada

Title: United States: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/279
Date: July 28, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Staff Reports | Public information | Monetary policy | United States | Economic growth | Prices | Current account | Fiscal policy | Aging | Budgetary policy | Trade policy | Staff appraisals | IMF

Title: Japan: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/276
Date: July 28, 2006
Subject(s): Selected issues | Productivity | Economic reforms | Fiscal policy | Prices | Inflation | Japan | Banks

Title: Senegal: 2004 Article IV Consultation and Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Requests for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Rephasing of the Arrangement - Staff Report; Press Releases on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Senegal
Series: Country Report No. 06/274
Date: July 26, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Senegal | Phasing of purchases | Performance criteria waivers

Title: Islamic Republic of Mauritania: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Series: Country Report No. 06/272
Date: July 26, 2006
Subject(s): Article XIV consultations | Mauritania | Staff-monitored programs | Multilateral debt relief initiative | Governance | Transparency | Poverty

Title: Bolivia: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bolivia
Series: Country Report No. 06/270
Date: July 26, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bolivia | Economic conditions | Governance | Flexible exchange rates | Flexible exchange rate policy | Staff Reports

Title: Turkey: First and Second Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Rephasing of Purchases - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Turkey
Series: Country Report No. 06/268
Date: July 21, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Balance of payments | Capital account | Central banks | Conditionality | Credit expansion | Banking systems | Debt management | Economic growth | Exchange rate policy | Exports | External debt | External financing | Financial sector | Fiscal reforms | Fiscal policy | Imports | Inflation | Investment | Monetary aggregates | Monetary policy | Money | Performance criteria waivers | Public sector | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Turkey

Title: Cambodia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 06/266
Date: July 20, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty reduction strategy | Economic conditions | Economic policy | Cambodia

Title: Cambodia: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Cambodia
Series: Country Report No. 06/264
Date: July 20, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Staff Reports | Public information | Economic policy | Fiscal policy | Public sector | Monetary policy | Staff appraisals | Cambodia

Title: Republic of Congo: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Rephasing, and Extension of Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director
Series: Country Report No. 06/262
Date: July 18, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Performance criteria waivers | Extended arrangement reviews | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Fiscal policy | Congo, Republic of

Title: Cameroon: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Third Annual Progress Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/260
Date: July 18, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Economic policy | Economic conditions | Governance | Education | Cameroon

Title: Niger: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger
Series: Country Report No. 06/258
Date: July 14, 2006
Subject(s): Niger | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Poverty reduction strategy | Performance criteria waivers | Oil prices | Announcements | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Balance of payments | Current account | Debt service ratios | Debt relief | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Economic growth | External debt | Fiscal policy | Gross domestic product | Investment | Letters of Intent | Millennium Development Goals | Revenues | Risk management | Multilateral debt relief initiative

Title: United Arab Emirates: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/256
Date: July 14, 2006
Subject(s): United Arab Emirates | Statistical annexes | Oil production | Oil prices | Oil exports | Gross domestic product | Agricultural production | Balance of payments | Commercial banks | Consumer price indexes | Direction of Trade Statistics | Exports | Employment | Imports | Interest rates | Government expenditures | Pensions | Public finance | Population | Natural gas | Subsidies | Wages

Title: Republic of Mozambique: Fourth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Mozambique
Series: Country Report No. 06/254
Date: July 11, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Performance criteria | Staff Reports | Press communiques | Economic policy | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Exchange rate policy | Investment | Staff appraisals | Mozambique

Title: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/252
Date: July 11, 2006
Subject(s): Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | Budgetary policy | Development plans | Economic growth | Governance | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Public sector

Title: Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/250
Date: July 10, 2006
Subject(s): Slovenia | Selected issues | Budgets | Aging | Fiscal policy | Early retirement incentives | Pensions | Tax rates | Tax systems | Benefits | Labor markets | Labor productivity | Income | Income taxes | Export competitiveness | Exports

Title: Rwanda: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/246
Date: July 10, 2006
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Rwanda

Title: Islamic Republic of Mauritania: 2005 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Series: Country Report No. 06/247
Date: July 7, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Balance of payments | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Exchange rates | Fiscal management | Foreign exchange | Gross domestic product | Maurtitania | Millennium Development Goals | Oil revenues | Oil production | Oil sector | Poverty reduction | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Public information | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Mauritania

Title: Republic of Kazakhstan: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/244
Date: July 5, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Exchange rate policy | Banking | Economic reforms | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Public information | Economic indicators | External debt | Investment | Staff Reports | Kazakhstan

Title: Tonga: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/242
Date: June 28, 2006
Subject(s): Consumer price indexes | Economic indicators | Government finance statistics | Monetary statistics | Statistical annexes | Tonga | Direction of trade

Title: Dominican Republic: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module, Response by the Authorities, Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF)
Series: Country Report No. 06/240
Date: June 27, 2006
Subject(s): Data quality assessment framework | Dominican Republic | General Data Dissemination System | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Statistics

Title: Republic of Armenia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/239
Date: June 26, 2006
Subject(s): Armenia | Customs administration | Economic reforms | Economic growth | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Social policy | Tax administration

Title: Republic of Equatorial Guinea: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/237
Date: June 23, 2006
Subject(s): Equatorial Guinea | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Oil revenues | Oil prices | Oil producing countries | Oil exporting countries | Commodities | Balance of payments statistics | Direction of Trade Statistics | Budgets | Economic growth | Exchange rates | Gross domestic product | Government expenditures | Exports | Public debt | Revenues | Savings | Special Reserve | Tax systems | Public investment | Fiscal policy | Consumer price indexes

Title: Kyrgyz Republic: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility - Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Consideration
Series: Country Report No. 06/235
Date: June 23, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Kyrgyz Republic | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Labor markets | Debt relief | Economic indicators | Government finance statistics | HIPC Initiative | Inflation | Economic policy | Letters of Intent | Taxes

Title: Gabon: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/232
Date: June 20, 2006
Subject(s): Bank credit | Banks | Budget deficits | Financial intermediation | Fiscal policy | Oil product prices | Gabon | Poverty | Public investment | Selected issues | Oil subsidies

Title: Canada: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/230
Date: June 16, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Canada | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Public information | Monetary policy | Exchange rates | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Energy | Taxes | Trade | Health care | Benefits | Economic growth | Debt | Economic indicators | Balance of payments | Labor | Oil sector

Title: Ghana: Fourth and Fifth Reviews Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion for Ghana
Series: Country Report No. 06/228
Date: June 16, 2006
Subject(s): Ghana | Announcements | Performance criteria waivers | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Fund-supported adjustment programs | Budgets | Balance of payments | Government expenditures | Inflation | Private sector | Revenues | Oil sector | Millennium Development Goals | Letters of Intent | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External debt | Conditionality

Title: Ghana: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/226
Date: June 15, 2006
Subject(s): Ghana | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Poverty reduction | Economic growth | Economic stabilization | Human capital | Employment

Title: Mauritius: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/224
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Current account | Economic indicators | Exchange rates | Monetary policy | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Mauritius | Trade policy

Title: Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Detailed Assessment of the CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations for the Securities Settlement Systems
Series: Country Report No. 06/222
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Spain | Payment systems | Securities regulations

Title: Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Detailed Assessment of Implementation of the IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
Series: Country Report No. 06/220
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Securities regulations | Spain

Title: Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Detailed Assessment of Compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
Series: Country Report No. 06/218
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Spain | Basel Core Principles | Bank supervision

Title: Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Technical Note - Stress Testing Methodology and Results
Series: Country Report No. 06/216
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Banking systems | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Insurance | Interest rates | Loans | Spain

Title: Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Technical Note - Nonfinancial Equity Investments of Spanish Credit Institutions
Series: Country Report No. 06/214
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Banks | Commercial banks | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Investment | Spain

Title: Spain: Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, Securities Supervision, Payment Systems, Securities Settlement Systems, and Financial Policy Transparency
Series: Country Report No. 06/212
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Asset settlement | Bank supervision | Fiscal transparency | Financial system stability assessment | Insurance supervision | Payment systems | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Securities regulations | Spain

Title: Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Technical Note - Housing Prices, Household Debt, and Financial Stability
Series: Country Report No. 06/210
Date: June 14, 2006
Subject(s): Debt | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Prices | Securities markets | Spain

Title: Tunisia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/208
Date: June 12, 2006
Subject(s): Capital account | Business cycles | Economic reforms | Selected issues | Tunisia

Title: Switzerland: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/203
Date: June 12, 2006
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Public debt | Government expenditures | Public sector | Pensions | Switzerland | Selected issues

Title: St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/206
Date: June 9, 2006
Subject(s): Balance of payments statistics | Consumer price indexes | Exports | External debt | Fiscal management | Monetary statistics | Imports | Prices | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Statistical annexes | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Title: Lebanon: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/204
Date: June 9, 2006
Subject(s): Balance of payments statistics | Consumer price indexes | Economic indicators | Exports | Imports | Interest rates | Financial statistics | Monetary statistics | Lebanon | Statistical annexes

Title: Lebanon: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/200
Date: June 9, 2006
Subject(s): Competition | Debt sustainability analysis | Financial statistics | Financial systems | Interest rates | Selected issues | Lebanon

Title: United Republic of Tanzania: Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement
Series: Country Report No. 06/198
Date: June 5, 2006
Subject(s): Conditionality | Economic assistance | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Fiscal management | Fund-supported adjustment programs | Monetary policy | Poverty reduction | Private sector | Tanzania

Title: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Summary Report
Series: Country Report No. 06/195
Date: June 1, 2006
Subject(s): Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | Economic growth | Corruption | Governance | Investment | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Millennium Development Goals

Title: Republic of Armenia: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion - Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Consideration
Series: Country Report No. 06/196
Date: May 31, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Armenia | Economic reforms | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rate policy | Financial soundness indicators | Fiscal policy | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Annual reviews | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Performance criteria waivers | Staff Reports

Title: Union of the Comoros: Second Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program
Series: Country Report No. 06/192
Date: May 26, 2006
Subject(s): Comoros | Economic conditions | Poverty | Political economy | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Staff appraisals | Staff-monitored programs

Title: Cameroon: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative - Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)
Series: Country Report No. 06/190
Date: May 26, 2006
Subject(s): Cameroon | Debt relief | Debt management | Debt service ratios | Debt sustainability analysis | External debt | Governance | HIPC Initiative | Multilateral debt relief initiative | Poverty reduction strategy | Social policy

Title: Republic of Moldova: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/187
Date: May 26, 2006
Subject(s): Agricultural production | Consumer prices | Direction of Trade Statistics | Employment | Exchange rates | External debt | Government expenditures | Gross domestic product | Industrial production | Import tariffs | Moldova | Revenues | Social indicators | Wages | Statistical annexes

Title: Republic of Moldova: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Evaluation Report 2005
Series: Country Report No. 06/185
Date: May 26, 2006
Subject(s): Moldova | Millennium Development Goals | Poverty | Poverty reduction strategy | Economic growth | Education | Energy | Government expenditures | Gross domestic product | Revenues | Financial systems | Fiscal policy | Industry | Agriculture | Health care | Labor markets | Social policy | Consumption

Title: Sierra Leone: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sierra Leone
Series: Country Report No. 06/183
Date: May 24, 2006
Subject(s): Sierra Leone | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Announcements | Balance of payments | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Exchange rates | External financing | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Poverty reduction strategy | Multilateral debt relief initiative | Letters of Intent | Inflation | Heavily indebted poor countries

Title: Philippines: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/181
Date: May 22, 2006
Subject(s): Philippines | Population | Selected issues | Economic policy | Economic growth | Debt | Fiscal policy | Gross domestic product | Governance | Government expenditures | Inflation | Oil prices | Bonds | Currencies | Tax revenues

Title: Republic of Belarus: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Technical Note - Deposit Insurance
Series: Country Report No. 06/179
Date: May 18, 2006
Subject(s): Belarus | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Deposit insurance

Title: Republic of Belarus: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Detailed Assessment of Observance of CPSS Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems - Belarus Interbank Settlement System - BISS: RTGS Service
Series: Country Report No. 06/177
Date: May 18, 2006
Subject(s): Banking | Belarus | Financial Sector Assessment Program

Title: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria, and Extension of Repurchase Expectations - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussions; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Series: Country Report No. 06/188
Date: May 16, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Balance of payments | Banking | Economic indicators | Employment | External sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Financial sector | Gross domestic product | Health care | Letters of Intent | Macedonia, FYR | Monetary policy | Performance criteria waivers | Privatization | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Repurchase obligations | Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of

Title: Nicaragua: 2005 Article IV Consultation, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Reviews Under the Three Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Requests for Rephasing and Waiver of Performance Criteria, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Extension of the Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nicaragua
Series: Country Report No. 06/174
Date: May 16, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Announcements | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Extended arrangement reviews | Exchange rate policy | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Nicaragua | Performance criteria waivers | Public information | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility extension | Staff Reports

Title: Nicaragua: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/172
Date: May 16, 2006
Subject(s): Development planning | Economic growth | Economic reforms | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Nicaragua | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

Title: Georgia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/170
Date: May 16, 2006
Subject(s): Competition | Corruption | Development financing | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Financial sector | Financial soundness indicators | Georgia | Selected issues

Title: Romania: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Romania
Series: Country Report No. 06/168
Date: May 9, 2006
Subject(s): Romania | Article IV consultations | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Public information | Public debt | Financial stability | Financial soundness indicators | Fiscal policy | Current account | External debt | Economic indicators | Balance of payments statistics | Gross domestic product | Inflation | Monetary policy | Wage policy

Title: Liberia: 2006 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities of Liberia
Series: Country Report No. 06/166
Date: May 8, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic policy | Exchange rate policy | Economic reforms | Fiscal policy | Liberia | Governance | Monetary policy | Public debt | Public information | Staff-monitored programs | Trade policy

Title: Luxembourg: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Luxembourg
Series: Country Report No. 06/164
Date: May 8, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Financial sector | Financial soundness indicators | Labor policy | Luxembourg | Fiscal policy | Public information | Staff Reports

Title: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/122
Date: May 5, 2006
Subject(s): Ethiopia | Economic indicators | Education | Exports | Fiscal policy | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Reserves | Revenues | Millennium Development Goals | Gross domestic product | Agricultural production | Agriculture | Balance of payments statistics | Health care | Imports | Private sector | Tax systems

Title: Republic of Lithuania: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/162
Date: May 4, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Public finance | Euro | Public information | Staff Reports

Title: New Zealand: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice; and Statement by the Executive Director for New Zealand on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/160
Date: May 4, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic indicators | Budgetary policy | External debt | New Zealand | Staff Reports | Statistical annexes | Public information

Title: Singapore: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 06/151
Date: May 4, 2006
Subject(s): Singapore | Selected issues | Savings | Investment | Labor markets | Consumption | Competition | Current account

Title: Jamaica: 2005 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/158
Date: May 1, 2006
Subject(s): Jamaica | Article IV consultations | Staff appraisals | Staff Reports | Public information | Public debt | Fiscal policy | Financial sector | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Monetary policy | Exchange rate policy | External debt | Economic indicators | Inflation

Title: Jamaica: Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision, the CPSS Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems, and IMF Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency Codes
Series: Country Report No. 06/156
Date: May 1, 2006
Subject(s): Jamaica | Interest rates | Financial system stability assessment | Financial sector | Financial systems | Financial soundness indicators | Financial institutions | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Banking systems | Bank supervision | Basel Core Principles | Anti-money laundering | Credit risk | Economic conditions | Gross domestic product | Pensions | Public debt | Payment systems | Monetary policy | Transparency

Title: Namibia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/153
Date: April 28, 2006
Subject(s): Namibia | Selected issues | Social policy | Statistical annexes | Unemployment | Poverty | Population | Pensions | Education | Exports | Exchange rate developments | Imports | Health care | Monetary unions | Millennium Development Goals | Income | Gross domestic product | Consumer price indexes | Interest rates | Fisheries | Financial soundness indicators | Balance of payments statistics | Mining sector | Stock markets | Tax systems

Title: Islamic Republic of Iran: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/129
Date: April 28, 2006
Subject(s): Iran, Islamic Republic of | Statistical annexes | Gross domestic product | Economic indicators | Balance of payments statistics | Natural gas | Oil consumption | Oil exports | Oil production | Agricultural prices | Wage indexation | Population | Banking systems | Employment | Exchange rate developments | Exports | External debt | Imports

Title: Kingdom of Lesotho: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Prioritization, and Cost Matrix
Series: Country Report No. 06/143
Date: April 27, 2006
Subject(s): Lesotho | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Social policy | Monetary policy | Fiscal policy | Employment policy | Infrastructure

Title: Serbia and Montenegro: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Progress Reports
Series: Country Report No. 06/141
Date: April 26, 2006
Subject(s): Economic growth | Economic stabilization | Economic reforms | Employment | Education | Health care | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Private sector | Serbia and Montenegro | Social policy

Title: United Republic of Tanzania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 06/144
Date: April 25, 2006
Subject(s): Development planning | Governance | Income distribution | Millennium Development Goals | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Tanzania

Title: United Republic of Tanzania: Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the United Republic of Tanzania
Series: Country Report No. 06/138
Date: April 25, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Economic reforms | Economic indicators | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Multilateral debt relief initiative | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Staff Reports | Tanzania

Title: Antigua and Barbuda: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/146
Date: April 22, 2006
Subject(s): Antigua and Barbuda | Statistical annexes | Gross domestic product | Government expenditures | Consumer prices | Commercial banks | Central banks | Balance of payments statistics | Interest rates | External debt statistics | Exchange rate indexes | Economic indicators | Social indicators | Tax systems | Tourism

Title: Thailand: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module, Response by the Authorities, Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF)
Series: Country Report No. 06/140
Date: April 20, 2006
Subject(s): Thailand | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Data quality assessment framework | Fiscal policy | Government finance statistics | Monetary statistics | National accounts | Special Data Dissemination Standard | Balance of payments statistics | Central banks

Title: The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: 2005 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/136
Date: April 10, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic reforms | Financial systems | Fiscal reforms | Fiscal policy | Libya | Monetary policy | Maurtitania | Public information | Staff Reports | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Title: Suriname: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/134
Date: April 10, 2006
Subject(s): Balance of payments statistics | Gross domestic product | Economic indicators | Government finance statistics | Statistical annexes | Suriname

Title: Kuwait: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kuwait
Series: Country Report No. 06/132
Date: April 7, 2006
Subject(s): Kuwait | Article IV consultations | Staff Reports | Staff appraisals | Stock markets | Public information | Fiscal policy | Financial sector | Monetary policy | Oil sector | Oil production | Gross domestic product | Government finance statistics | Inflation | Interest rates | Domestic investment | Balance of payments statistics | Economic indicators | Financial soundness indicators

Title: Panama: 2003 Article IV Consultation -- Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Panama
Series: Country Report No. 06/130
Date: April 6, 2006
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Competition | Economic indicators | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Labor markets | Panama | Public information | Staff Reports | Trade policy

Title: Kingdom of the Netherlands - Netherlands Antilles: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/117
Date: March 31, 2006
Subject(s): Antilles&ser_note=All&datecrit=During&YEAR=&Lang_F=All">Netherlands Antilles | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Public finance | Production | Prices | Money | Labor markets | Banking | Balance of payments | Financial sector | Public debt | Consumer prices | External debt | Gross domestic product | Banking systems

Title: Senegal: Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria--Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by Executive Director for Senegal
Series: Country Report No. 06/127
Date: March 29, 2006
Subject(s): Announcements | Economic conditions | Financial sector | Fiscal reforms | Performance criteria waivers | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Senegal | Public enterprises

Title: Turkey: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 06/126
Date: March 24, 2006
Subject(s): Budgets | Fiscal transparency | Turkey | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Title: Uruguay: Second Review under the Stand-By Arrangement, Requests for Modification, Waiver of Nonobservance and Applicability of Performance Criteria, and Extension of Repurchase Expectations in the Credit Tranches
Series: Country Report No. 06/123
Date: March 24, 2006
Subject(s): Economic conditions | External debt | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Exchange rates | Economic indicators | Uruguay | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement requests

Title: Israel: 2005 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Israel
Series: Country Report No. 06/120
Date: March 23, 2006
Subject(s): Israel | Article IV consultation reports | Staff Reports | Public information | Exports | Consumption | Gross domestic product | Inflation | Unemployment | Capital markets

Title: Zambia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/118
Date: March 21, 2006
Subject(s): Competition | Development assistance | Exchange rates | Exports | Fiscal policy | Inflation | Monetary policy | Selected issues | Statistical annexes | Trade policy | Zambia

Title: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 06/114
Date: March 16, 2006
Subject(s): Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | Economic indicators | Competition | Revenues | Selected issues | Statistical annexes

Title: Italy: Financial System Stability Assessment, including reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Payment Systems, Insurance, Securities Regulation, Securities Settlement and Payment Systems, Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, and Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 06/112
Date: March 14, 2006
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Bank supervision | Combating the financing of terrorism | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Financial soundness indicators | Financial system stability assessment | Fiscal transparency | Insurance supervision | Italy | Monetary policy | Payment systems | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Securities regulations