01719cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001927 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451822496 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Lao People's Democratic Republic : First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (81 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic's First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), and a Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria. Performance in the first year of the PRGF arrangement has been generally satisfactory. Fiscal slippages through September 2001, owing to weaknesses in the early implementation of the decentralization initiative, were corrected in the December quarter, thus bringing the fiscal program back on track. For 2001/02, the program aims at GDP growth of at least 5 percent, and inflation at about 6 percent by year-end. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/065 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/065/002.2002.issue-065-en.xml IMF e-Library