01706cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015200 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475535525 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. Republic of Latvia : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (38 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 examines the prospects for Latvia continuing to rapidly reduce its distance from the productivity frontier. It looks at the empirical record of countries that have in the past attained a similar relative level of income to that of Latvia at present, to gauge the plausibility of the forecast for Latvia's medium term GDP growth of about 4 percent per year. It highlights that more than one-third of the countries reaching a similar stage of development managed to sustain higher subsequent growth. The paper also confirms the importance of investment and structural reforms for Latvia's future convergence, using a sector-level analysis. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/111 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/111/002.2015.issue-111-en.xml IMF e-Library