01765cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022831 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9781451813586 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. France : 2002 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (42 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 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of France is facing a fast-approaching demographic turnaround-with the active population beginning to decline in 2007 and reducing annual per-capita-GDP growth by about half a percentage point for a few decades. In 2002, the general government budget deficit is expected to widen to 2.6 percent of GDP from 1.5 percent of GDP in 2001. The deterioration is in good part owing to the cyclical downswing but also to structural factors, in particular to the trend increase in social security spending. Mode of access: Internet National Government Expenditures and Related Policies imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/251 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2002&issue=251 IMF e-Library