01704cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002080 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451810059 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Czech Republic : Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (54 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 2002 Article IV Consultations highlights that following a period of inaction on the structural front and a protracted recession, economic growth in the Czech Republic has picked up. Underlying this performance have been supportive macroeconomic policies, large foreign direct investment, and steady progress with structural reform. However, enterprise restructuring has led to rising structural unemployment and large regional disparities in unemployment rates. Sizable losses were accumulated by banks, which had to be transferred to the government to allow the banks to be sold to strategic investors, adding to medium-term fiscal pressures. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/167 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/167/002.2002.issue-167-en.xml IMF e-Library