Bangladesh: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1998/130, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper analyzes the reforms in the energy sector in Bangladesh. It assesses the fiscal position of Bangladesh and examines its fiscal sustainability using a simple measure based on the debt dynamics. It concludes that although Bangladesh has so far maintained its sustainability mainly owing to the large portion of foreign financing with highly concessional interest rates, the potential fiscal burdens related to the structural problems in the banking sector and state-owned enterprises might threaten sustainability.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; banking sector; central bank; interest rate; real GDP; banking system; private sector; development bank; foreign exchange; Commercial banks; Exports; Loans; Foreign banks; Fiscal sustainability; Asia and Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70
Date: 1999-01-07
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