## Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 21, 2003_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 21, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826050.002

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### Summary
- This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix sheds light on the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia’s low growth and high unemployment during the 1990s by analyzing enterprise level data.
- The paper provides background information on FYR Macedonia’s enterprise sector and presents an assessment of enterprise sector developments during the 1990s, including the extent of firm entrance and exit.
- The paper describes the results of an econometric study that examines the factors that have facilitated restructuring in surviving firms since FYR Macedonia’s independence in September 1991.

### Enterprise sector background and developments (1990s)
- Provides background information on FYR Macedonia’s enterprise sector.
- Assesses enterprise sector developments during the 1990s, explicitly including the extent of firm entrance and exit.
- Focus areas identified in the metadata and subject tags include: Arrears, Capital productivity, Economic sectors, Employment, External debt, Labor, Labor productivity, Privatization, Production, Wages.
- Keywords used in the source emphasize firm-level characteristics and restructuring factors: Arrears, C. factors facilitating enterprise restructuring, Capital productivity, CR, Employment, enterprise conglomerate, firm, firm size, FYR Macedonia, ISCR, label, Labor productivity, labor-skill firm, loss-making firm, Privatization, privatized firm, utility company.

### Econometric study of restructuring in surviving firms
- The paper describes results from an econometric study focused on factors that facilitated restructuring in surviving firms since independence in September 1991.
- The study is based on enterprise-level data to explain FYR Macedonia’s experience of low growth and high unemployment during the 1990s.
- The source text does not provide detailed coefficients, model specifications, or numerical results in this overview.

### Publication and access notes
- Publication date shown: May 21, 2003.
- The item is part of IMF Staff Country Reports and identified as Country Report No. 2003/136.
- Format and identifiers noted in the page content: Pages: 61; Volume: 2003; Issue: 136; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826050.002; Stock No: 1MKDEA0022003; ISBN: 9781451826050; ISSN: 1934-7685.

*Source: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix (May 21, 2003).*

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