01705cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002643 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451818949 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Islamic Republic of Iran : Staff Report for the 2003 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (56 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 Domestic demand continued to grow at rapid rates, despite corrective fiscal and monetary policy measures. Although trade and financial sector reforms advanced and foreign direct investment (FDI) regulations were liberalized, there was less progress in improving the business environment, reducing labor market rigidities, and restructuring and privatizing public enterprises. IMF staff stressed the need for further advances in trade liberalization, improved fiscal management, financial system restructuring, labor market reform, privatization, and elimination of subsidies. The managed float exchange regime remains appropriate for Iran. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2003/279 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2003/279/002.2003.issue-279-en.xml IMF e-Library