01699cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001657 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451809039 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Comoros : Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation and Discussions on a Staff-Monitored Program. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (67 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 The federal government has made progress in reducing fiscal imbalances and improving public services. The authorities sharply reduced expenditures on goods and services and transfers, and improved management of the payroll generated a 5 percent reduction in the wage bill compared with 1999. Executive Directors welcomed the staff-monitored program (SMP)'s emphasis on improving fiscal sustainability, and they strongly supported a continuation of the tight public sector wage policy, and endorsed the authorities' plans to reduce employment in the public sector as part of a civil service reform program. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2001/135 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2001/135/002.2001.issue-135-en.xml IMF e-Library