Greece: Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Greece.

December 17, 2010

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Greece: Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Greece., (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed December 23, 2024

Summary

A very ambitious fiscal adjustment effort is under way. Fiscal institutional and sectoral reforms have been elaborated for a more durable adjustment. Greece’s determination toward a comprehensive modernization of the health sector, beginning with a far-reaching reform of state enterprises and redoubling efforts to improve tax administration, is commended. An acceleration of reforms is essential to restore robust economic growth. Liquidity remains precariously tight. Pressure points are evident in the public sector, and still generally unfavorable investor sentiments suggest that the program is still at crossroads.

Subject: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Public sector

Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, CR, Envisaged labor market policy, Europe, Executive board's discussion, Global, Government, Government program, ISCR, Public sector, Reform area, Second-stage labor market reform, Stand-By Arrangement, Three-year Stand-By Arrangement

Publication Details

Pages:

135
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2010/372
Stock No:

1GRCEA2010006
ISBN:

9781455212903
ISSN:

1934-7685

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