01567cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008321 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451835489 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Slovak Republic : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (100 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 Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix investigates the reasons for the large, recurrent external current account deficits in Slovakia, which are unusual by the current standards of other advanced transition economies. The paper examines the implications for external sustainability and reviews the causes of the widening in the external deficit from 2001. It discusses Slovakia's competitiveness and estimates a range for the external current account deficit that could be sustainable in the medium term. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/210 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/210/002.2002.issue-210-en.xml IMF e-Library