01609cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001186 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451804393 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Bulgaria : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (152 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses key aspects of Bulgaria's competitiveness. The behavior of a variety of a real exchange rate indicators and export performance is also examined in this study. The Balassa-Samuelson effect refers to the impact of differential productivity growth rates in the tradables and nontradables sectors on the real exchange rate. The following statistical data are also included in detail: total and private agricultural production, income accounts, labor force, employment and unemployment, monetary survey, foreign assets of the banking system, and so on. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2000/054 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2000/054/002.2000.issue-054-en.xml IMF e-Library