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  "title": "Bangladesh: 2007 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 10, 2007",
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      "content": "- Growth outlook remains robust.\n- External position remains robust.\n- Inflation has picked up.\n- Overall macroeconomic stability has been maintained.\n- Fiscal performance continues to suffer from structural weaknesses."
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      "content": "- Executive Directors welcomed planned reforms in public financial management (PFM).\n- Executive Directors welcomed the adoption by major ministries of the medium-term budget framework.\n- Executive Directors supported recent reforms to promote transparency, fair elections, and the prevention of money laundering."
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      "content": "- Banking\n- Budget planning and preparation\n- Commercial banks\n- Credit\n- Financial institutions\n- Foreign banks\n- Money\n- Multilateral development institutions\n- Poverty\n- Poverty reduction strategy\n- Public financial management (PFM)\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr07234\n  - cr07234 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr07234 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 10, 2007",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804249.002",
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