TY - BOOK ID - 84543693 TI - Georgia : Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. PY - 2004 SN - 1462398863 1452744564 1280975792 1452756910 9786613747402 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Energy industries KW - Fiscal policy KW - Monetary policy KW - Poverty KW - Debts, External KW - Debts, Foreign KW - Debts, International KW - External debts KW - Foreign debts KW - International debts KW - Debt KW - International finance KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Destitution KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Monetary management KW - Economic policy KW - Currency boards KW - Money supply KW - Tax policy KW - Taxation KW - Finance, Public KW - Industries KW - Power resources KW - Government policy KW - Exports and Imports KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - Public Finance KW - Industries: Energy KW - Social Services and Welfare KW - International Lending and Debt Problems KW - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General KW - Government Policy KW - Provision and Effects of Welfare Program KW - Energy and the Macroeconomy KW - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General KW - International economics KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Petroleum, oil & gas industries KW - Monetary economics KW - Revenue administration KW - External debt KW - Arrears KW - Energy sector KW - Monetary base KW - Poverty reduction strategy KW - Economic sectors KW - Revenue KW - Georgia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84543693 AB - The staff report for the Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility on Georgia focuses on economic developments and policies. The fiscal situation deteriorated sharply in 2003, especially because of a weakening in expenditure management and in tax enforcement. Policy discussions focused on strategies to address the challenges inherited from the previous administration and to reinvigorate the reform drive. Georgia’s vulnerability to exogenous shocks and lingering tensions between central and regional authorities will continue to pose downward risks. ER -