Republic of Belarus: Selected Issues

May 19, 2004

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Republic of Belarus: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed December 24, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper describes labor market trends in Belarus and the role of labor market institutions in the outcome. The paper examines the current status of the tax system in Belarus and assesses recent efforts to reform it. It argues that the current tax system in Belarus is distortionary, and that it weakens the competitiveness of the economy. The paper also provides preliminary estimates of the pass-through from the nominal exchange rate (for the U.S. dollar and the ruble) to inflation in Belarus.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Employment, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Labor, Prices, Revenue administration

Keywords: Baltics, Bank supervisor, Belarus, Central and Eastern Europe, Commercial banks, CR, Eastern Europe, Employment, Exchange rates, Inflation, ISCR, Nonviable bank, Pass-through coefficient, State, Wage, Wage regulation, Year-on-year inflation

Publication Details

Pages:

47
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2004/139
Stock No:

1BLREA0012004
ISBN:

9781451805086
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

Also available online in Russian.

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