Managing Director’s Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on Financing Sustainable Development—Key Policy Issues and the Role of the Fund

Managing Director’s Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on Financing Sustainable Development—Key Policy Issues and the Role of the Fund
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 9
Release: 2015-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498344674

2015 is a pivotal year—a year when the international community will commit to a shared vision on goals for international development through 2030 and beyond. Achieving these Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require a partnership among advanced, emerging, and developing economies, and international institutions to ensure that the required policies are put in place and that sufficient private and public resources are mobilized. The Fund, with its global membership and mandate at both the national and multilateral levels, is uniquely positioned to contribute to this compact and help implement it. As new deliverables, the IMF is considering: 1. Boosting the access to IMF resources provided to developing countries, better positioning them to handle balance of payments needs as they pursue growth; 2. Expanding diagnostic and capacity-building support for countries seeking to scale up investment to tackle infrastructure gaps; 3. Sharpening the focus of operational work on equity, inclusion, and gender, drawing on ongoing analysis and work of other institutions; 4. Increasing the focus on and resourcing of work on fragile/conflict-affected states; 5. Selective expansion of capacity-building efforts in the areas Full text is also available in French and Spanish.

Statement by The Managing Director on the Work Program of The Executive Board

Statement by The Managing Director on the Work Program of The Executive Board
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498326625

This Work Program translates the strategic directions and policy priorities laid out in the Spring 2019 Global Policy Agenda and the International Monetary and Financial Committee Communiqué into an Executive Board agenda for the next twelve months. Its main policy priorities and related deliverables are as follows: • Support domestic policies to enhance resilience and inclusion: • Upgrade global cooperation to level the playing field and address other shared challenges • Adapt the Fund’s toolkits to lead and support change: • Continue to modernize the Fund to deliver for the future:

Report of the Managing Director to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on the IMF's Policy Agenda

Report of the Managing Director to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on the IMF's Policy Agenda
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498334660

This paper describes the policy changes that the Fund has made since the October 2007 IMFC meeting and the ways in which we plan to refocus the Fund’s work to support our members more strongly. It also describes the steps that management, staff, and the Executive Board have agreed to put our own house in order—to reform our governance, contain our spending, and solve our income problem.

Managing Director's Statement to the Development Committee

Managing Director's Statement to the Development Committee
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2006-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498332641

A Statement from the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo de Rato, for the Committee's seventy-third meeting to be held in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, April 23, 2006.

Managing Director's Action Plan to the International Monetary and Financial Committee

Managing Director's Action Plan to the International Monetary and Financial Committee
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 5
Release: 2012-04-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 149834061X

As described in the latest Consolidated Multilateral Surveillance Report, policy actions in Europe and improving U.S. indicators have helped attenuate financial strains. But recent developments point to the fragility of the world economy and the need to come to grips with a formidable policy agenda. Among the challenges ahead are the immediate risks from a return of stresses in Europe and higher oil prices. Beyond that lie the risks from protracted low growth, too rapid fiscal consolidation in certain cases, deleveraging and uncertain medium-term policy frameworks in some key advanced countries. Many emerging markets may have to deal with inflation risks, elevated oil prices, the resurgence and volatility in capital inflows, and the consequences of extended credit booms. Delays in implementing global regulatory reforms also pose risks.

Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board - Executive Board Meeting - June 8, 2016

Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board - Executive Board Meeting - June 8, 2016
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2016-08-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498345603

The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda (GPA) presented to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in April called on member countries to reinforce their commitment to strong, sustainable, inclusive, job-rich, and more balanced global growth and to employ a three-pronged approach with monetary, fiscal, and structural actions (Figure 1). The global economy has been impaired by growth that has been too slow for too long, but it can get back on a stronger and safer track with a more forceful and balanced policy mix. Building on the approach of being agile, integrated, and member-focused, the GPA outlined how the Fund would support members in crafting a better policy mix toward durable global growth. The Fund would assist by clarifying the contours of available policy space, providing more tailored financial support and capacity development, and continuing to address new challenges.

International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2021

International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2021
Author: International Monetary Fund. Secretary's Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2021-10-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513568817

A recovery is underway, but the economic fallout from the global pandemic could be with us for years to come. With the crisis exacerbating prepandemic vulnerabilities, country prospects are diverging. Nearly half of emerging market and developing economies and some middle-income countries are now at risk of falling further behind, undoing much of the progress made toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.