Pakistan: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation and Request for Stand-By Arrangement
IMF Staff Country Reports, January 26, 2001
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- Authors: Arrangement Pakistan
- Published: January 26, 2001
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451830477.002
Macroeconomic performance and program objectives
- Pakistan showed good macroeconomic performance over the past years.
- The program aimed at:
- strengthening the balance-of-payments position,
- rebuilding official reserves,
- reducing public sector indebtedness.
Executive Directors' emphasis and policy priorities
- Executive Directors welcomed the program and emphasized:
- the need for revenue mobilization,
- improving investor confidence,
- poverty alleviation,
- good governance,
- tightening fiscal and monetary policies,
- improvement in the collection, quality of data, and transparency.
Financial support and IMF engagement
- Executive Directors approved financial support for the country's economic developments under the Stand-By Arrangement.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Banking, Expenditure, External debt, Foreign exchange, Public debt, Tariffs, Taxes
- Keywords: Asia and Pacific, balance of payments position, CBR revenue, CR, financial support, food price inflation, ISCR, kerb market, price, revenue, revenue performance, revenue receipt, South Asia, stand-by credit, Tariffs