Pakistan: First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waivers and Modification of Performance Criteria

April 12, 2001

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Pakistan: First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waivers and Modification of Performance Criteria, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

Pakistan showed great achievements under the program supported by the Stand-By Arrangement. Executive Directors stressed the need to implement strong fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policies, and accelerate structural reforms. They emphasized the need for enhancing governance, rationalization of energy prices, broadening of tax base, strengthening of tax administration, and improving the financial position of public enterprises and banks. Directors agreed that the country has completed the first review under the Stand-By Arrangement, and approved a waiver.

Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Expenditure, External debt, Financial services, Public debt, Revenue administration

Keywords: Administration, Bank deposits, CR, IMF's website, IMF-supported economic reform, ISCR, Reform priority, Structural reform program, Treasury bill rate

Publication Details

Pages:

102
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/058
Stock No:

1PAKEA0032001
ISBN:

9781451830514
ISSN:

1934-7685

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