World Economic and Financial Surveys

Trade Liberalization in Fund-Supported Programs

ByRobert L. Sharer, Piritta Sorsa

February 13, 1998

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Robert L. Sharer, and Piritta Sorsa. Trade Liberalization in Fund-Supported Programs, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed 12/18/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557757074.083

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Summary

This study asseses trade liberalization in programs supported by the IMF by reviewing multiyear arrangements in the 1990s and six detailed case studies. It also discusses the main economic factors affecting trade policy targets.

Subject: International trade, Tariffs, Taxes, Taxes on trade, Trade barriers, Trade liberalization, Trade policy

Keywords: Africa, Baltics, discretionary trade policy regime, Europe, liberalization, Middle East, reform, reform target, regime, Tariffs, Taxes on trade, trade, Trade barriers, Trade liberalization, Trade policy, trade policy distortion, trade reform, WEFS, Western Hemisphere, WTO commitment