01494cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007179 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455274512 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. New Zealand : Selected Issues Paper. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 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 The Savings Working Group in New Zealand presented recommendations in February 2011, and suggested raising national saving by 2-3 percent of GDP. The increase in net public saving in the country explains part of the reason for lower net private saving in New Zealand. Net public saving of the country is about 3 percent of GDP above the average of advanced countries for the past 15 years. Financial liberalization also appears to have played a role in saving behavior. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2011/103 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2011/103/002.2011.issue-103-en.xml IMF e-Library