Republic of Belarus: Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2009 Stand-By Arrangement

May 6, 2011

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Republic of Belarus: Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2009 Stand-By Arrangement, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed December 25, 2024

Summary

Belarus was hard hit by the global economic crisis. An exceptional access Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) was, therefore, agreed in early 2009. The program was generally successful and most program conditions were met. The program was overall well designed, but with some shortcomings. While in part owing to external shocks, those problems experienced under the program also reflected rapid directed lending. Lessons from the review are many, the main one is the criticality of incorporating fully ownership, including at the highest levels, in program design and conditionality.

Subject: Balance of payments, Banking, Credit, Currencies, Current account deficits, Exchange rate arrangements, External debt, Foreign exchange, Money

Keywords: Belarusian authorities, Channeling government deposit, CR, Credit, Currencies, Current account, Current account deficits, Exchange rate arrangements, Fiscal policy, Global, Government program, ISCR, Program loan, State intervention, Terms of trade

Publication Details

Pages:

37
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2011/099
Stock No:

1BLREA2011003
ISBN:

9781455279586
ISSN:

1934-7685

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