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  "title": "Review of the IMF's Trade Restrictiveness Index",
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  "summary": "This paper examines the construction of the index and its use over the past seven years, identifies its limitations, examines several alternative measures of trade policy, and highlights some options for improving the Fund’s use of trade policy indicators.",
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      "content": "- This paper examines the construction of the index and its use over the past seven years, identifies its limitations, examines several alternative measures of trade policy, and highlights some options for improving the Fund’s use of trade policy indicators.\n- Publication date: February 14, 2005\n- Format noting: \"Review of the IMF's Trade Restrictiveness Index, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed 9/18/2026\" (Format: Chicago)"
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      "content": "- Construction and historical use\n  - Examination of how the Trade Restrictiveness Index is constructed.\n  - Review of the index’s use over the past seven years.\n- Limitations\n  - Identification of limitations of the current Trade Restrictiveness Index.\n- Alternative measures\n  - Examination of several alternative measures of trade policy.\n- Options for IMF practice\n  - Highlights some options for improving the Fund’s use of trade policy indicators."
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      "content": "- Subject tags as provided: Fund-supported adjustment programs, Tariffs, Trade restrictions\n- The IMF eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.\n- Publication type: Policy Papers"
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