01750cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005477 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451834406 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Solomon Islands : 2008 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 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 The 2008 Article IV Consultation with Solomon Islands discusses an economic outlook that hinges critically on developing nonlogging sources of growth and exports to offset the expected decline in logging activity. The country remains beset with poor infrastructure, land ownership issues, a shortage of skilled labor, and unreliable and costly basic services. Executive Directors recommended that the central bank seek to develop financial markets further and make greater use of interest rate mechanisms of monetary control. To avoid placing undue burden on monetary policy, fiscal policy needs to play a supportive role. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/358 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/358/002.2008.issue-358-en.xml IMF e-Library