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Bangladesh: Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation, Third Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, Extension of the Arrangement, and Rephasing
Author: International Monetary Fund
Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2005: Issue 241
Language:
English
Publication Date:
22 Jul 2005
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451979916.002
ISBN:
9781451979916
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
92
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; PRGF arrangement; exchange market pressure; PRGF loan; budget; exchange market condition; reform effort; Energy sector; Currency markets; International reserves; Credit; Imports; Global
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This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that since the last Article IV Consultation, Bangladesh’s economy has continued to expand, supported by a stable macroeconomic environment and progress in implementing structural reforms, broadly in line with the recommendations made by the IMF Executive Board. Good progress has been made in strengthening the banking system. Bangladesh Bank has raised minimum capital requirements, taken steps to reduce insider lending, and improved the institutional framework for the prudential supervision of the financial system.
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
IMF Staff Country Reports
ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund