01581cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003312 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451800180 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Islamic State of Afghanistan : First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (40 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 paper assesses the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. The authorities have met all of the indicative quantitative targets set out under the SMP and all the structural benchmarks, except the benchmark on licensing of commercial banks, which was only partly met owing to the opposition of the shareholders of Export Promotion Bank to its merger with three other state-owned banks. The IMF staff views the authorities' performance in the first quarter as a notable achievement. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2004/364 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2004/364/002.2004.issue-364-en.xml IMF e-Library