## Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, December 3, 2010_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 3, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455212705.002

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### External stability and external flows
- Threats to external stability in the pre-crisis period have now been reduced substantially.
- Foreign non-debt creating flows have declined, sufficient to support external stability.
- The global economic downturn has raised challenges for evaluating the countries’ fiscal stance.

### Fiscal policy focus and recommendations
- Fiscal policy focus should be lowering support to debt sustainability, private sector development, and the currency board stability.
- The global economic downturn complicates assessment of the appropriate fiscal stance.

### Pension system pressures and reform needs
- The two entity pension funds have been under increasing financial pressures.
- Putting the public pension systems on a sound footing will encompass a number of complementary steps.

*Source: IMF Staff Country Report — Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues (December 3, 2010).*

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