01719cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006695 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455205721 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Namibia : 2010 Article IV Consultation; Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (47 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 Namibia was negatively impacted by the 2008 global financial crisis, reversing years of strong economic performance and deteriorating both fiscal and external positions. Accordingly, the authorities have committed to undertake fiscal consolidation with a view to reduce the fiscal deficit to 2.6 percent of GDP by 2014. IMF staff emphasized the need for an earlier withdrawal of stimulus measures and ambitious fiscal consolidation. Staff also called for streamlining fiscal rules with the debt-to-GDP ratio to help isolate fiscal policy from volatile Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) revenues. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2010/269 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2010/269/002.2010.issue-269-en.xml IMF e-Library