Bosnia and Herzegovina : 2004 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Structural Performance Criterion-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion

Bosnia and Herzegovina has come a long way, but has to achieve more in terms of economic transition. The core and most urgent economic task is corporate restructuring. Labor market institutions need to be transformed alongside. The fiscal and structural reform agenda will require strengthened fiscal institutions and macroeconomic data. The financial policies have been well calibrated. The agenda will tax implementation and absorptive capacity to its limits. The strength of the government’s commitment to confront the structural challenges ahead will be decisive