01640cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002003 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451804065 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Bangladesh : Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (62 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 Bangladesh's economy became progressively more fragile after the mid-1990s owing to a persistent pursuit of expansionary fiscal and monetary policies along with slow progress on needed structural reforms, especially in the banking and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) sectors. Rising credit demands of the government, the SOEs, and the private sector were readily accommodated by monetary policy. These growing domestic imbalances were reflected in pressures in the foreign exchange market and by a marked decline in international reserves. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/113 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/113/002.2002.issue-113-en.xml IMF e-Library