Belarus: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues
November 28, 2000
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This paper first discusses recent economic developments through the first half of 2000, and then, provides an assessment of vulnerabilities in the Belarusian banking system. Dollarization in Belarus is also discussed. In this paper, the current business environment and the existing obstacles to reach these objectives are described. Agriculture plays a key role in the Belarusian economy. Finally, the lack of progress in agricultural reform, especially with respect to land reform and the development of private sector farming, is described.
Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Currencies, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Money, Prices
Keywords: banking system, Belarusian authorities, Central and Eastern Europe, Commercial banks, company, country, CR, Currencies, exchange rate, Exchange rates, foreign currency, government, Inflation, ISCR, monetary policy, state enterprise, U.S. dollar
Pages:
107
Volume:
2000
DOI:
Issue:
153
Series:
Country Report No. 2000/153
Stock No:
1BLREA0012000
ISBN:
9781451805055
ISSN:
1934-7685
