Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues
IMF Staff Country Reports, August 2, 2007
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues
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Bibliographic details
- Published: August 2, 2007
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804942.002
Key findings and analytical focus
- Examines risks and structural weaknesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Provides an estimate of the current account adjustment required to stabilize net foreign liabilities.
- Applies the external sustainability approach of the Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues (CGER) methodology for exchange rate assessment.
- Analyzes the impact of the newly introduced borrowing rules on longer-term debt dynamics.
- Presents an overview of salient facts about unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Methodology and approaches
- External sustainability assessment: CGER external sustainability approach for exchange rate assessment.
- Debt dynamics analysis: Simulation/assessment of longer-term debt paths in light of newly introduced borrowing rules.
- Labor market overview: Compilation of salient facts about unemployment and related labor indicators.
Subjects and keywords covered
- Subjects: Balance of payments, Credit, Current account, Employment, Labor, Money, Unemployment, Wages.
- Keywords: Bosnia-Herzegovina, CR, Credit, credit growth, Current account, Eastern Europe, Employment, Entity convergence, Global, ISCR, medium-term baseline outlook, net foreign liabilities, RS economy, Unemployment, wage, Wages, Western Europe.
Document specifics (content-related)
- The paper is organized as a Selected Issues report addressing external balance sustainability, exchange rate assessment, fiscal/borrowing-rule implications for debt, and unemployment facts.
- Length and scope: 87 pages (content covers methodological application and country-specific analysis across the themes above).
International Monetary Fund. "Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2007, 269 (2007).
Content in this bundle
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/269; June 29, 2007