01641cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002322 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451806021 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Barbados : Staff Report for the 2002 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (50 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 Consultation highlights that eight consecutive years of growth in Barbados ended in 2001 as real GDP contracted by 2 3/4 percent, owing mainly to the adverse impact on tourism of the global economic slowdown and the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as continuing declines in agriculture and manufacturing output. To lessen the impact of the September 11 attacks, the authorities implemented a national emergency program in the fourth quarter of 2001. Broad money grew by 5 1\2 percent in 2001, reflecting capital inflows and an increase in international reserves. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2003/044 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2003/044/002.2003.issue-044-en.xml IMF e-Library