02045cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005609 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451809190 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Union of the Comoros : 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance and for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Public Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Union of the Comoros. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (99 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 discusses the Union of Comoros' 2008 Article IV Consultation and request for Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance and disbursement under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility. Real GDP growth has been well below the regional average, and per-capita income has steadily declined. Rising food and energy costs have worsened the external position, and the external debt burden is far above the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries threshold. To reverse the deteriorating trend, the authorities have initiated measures in 2008 to contain the fiscal deficit and begin to address macroeconomic and structural impediments to growth. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/042 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2009/042/002.2009.issue-042-en.xml IMF e-Library