01578cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007116 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455233083 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Belgium : Selected Issues Paper. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (41 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 Belgium's impressive past fiscal consolidation is an example for other countries that need to bring down their public debt and also provides insights on how best to address its own current fiscal challenges. Belgium has a unique history of a long and successful large fiscal consolidation. Belgium lived through various episodes of fiscal adjustment and each one of these contains important lessons for future consolidation. After Belgium's public debt-to-GDP reached a peak of about 135 percent in 1993, it was steadily reduced to about 84 percent by 2007. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2011/082 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2011/082/002.2011.issue-082-en.xml IMF e-Library