01811cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008536 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451823042 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. The Socialist Peopled Libyan Arab Jamahiriya : 2003 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (52 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 Libyan economy remains saddled with extensive controls, restrictions, and subsidies that continue to distort prices and resource allocations, hinder efficiency and competitiveness, and impede the performance of the economy. Executive Directors commended the liberalizing of the economy, and stressed the need to improve macroeconomic management, remove trade restrictions, accelerate structural reforms, and tighten monetary and fiscal policies. They supported the authorities' request for technical assistance from the IMF in the areas of statistics, financial programming, development of money markets, and financial instruments, and tax reform. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2003/327 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2003/327/002.2003.issue-327-en.xml IMF e-Library