## Islamic Republic Of Mauritania: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, January 22, 2003_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 22, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827507.002

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### Coverage and themes
- Focuses on three topics of particular relevance to Mauritania:
  - Export competitiveness and exchange rate policy.
  - The monetary policy framework.
  - The transfer of government deposits from commercial banks to the central bank.
- Reports on recent economic developments over 1999–2001.

### Summary of recent economic developments (1999–2001)
- Describes a stable macroeconomic environment characterized by:
  - Robust growth.
  - Low inflation.
  - Manageable current account deficits.
  - A comfortable level of gross foreign reserves.

### Export competitiveness and exchange rate policy
- The paper examines issues of export competitiveness and exchange rate policy (topic coverage indicated; detailed analytical content contained in the full Selected Issues paper).

### Monetary policy framework
- The paper discusses the monetary policy framework in Mauritania (topic coverage indicated; detailed analytical content contained in the full Selected Issues paper).

### Transfer of government deposits
- The paper addresses the transfer of government deposits from commercial banks to the central bank (topic coverage indicated; detailed analytical content contained in the full Selected Issues paper).

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