01634cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001961 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451809602 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Costa Rica : Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (52 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 2001 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic performance of Costa Rica weakened in 2000. Real GDP growth slowed to 1.7 percent, from more than 8 percent a year in 1998-99, reflecting in part deterioration in terms of trade, the end of the construction phase of a large foreign direct investment project by Intel, and the effect of high real interest rates on domestic demand. Inflation remained at 10 percent during the year. In the structural area, the assembly approved legislation to open up the telecommunications and electricity sectors to private investment. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/088 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/088/002.2002.issue-088-en.xml IMF e-Library