Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries - Proposals for Implementation

Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries - Proposals for Implementation
Author: International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2013-03-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498342132

Based on the Executive Board’s guidance during the first stage of the Review of Low Income Countries (LIC) Facilities, this paper suggests a number of refinements to the facilities and instruments that are consistent with the self-sustainability of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT). The proposals seek to improve the tailoring and flexibility of Fund support. Taken together with those advanced in the parallel paper on PRGT eligibility, they are projected to keep the average annual demand for PRGT resources within a range consistent with the Board’s approved strategy to make the PRGT self-sustaining over the period 2013–35. The proposals are as follows.

Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries

Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries
Author: Internationaler Währungsfonds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN:

The 2009 reforms have broadly achieved their objective of closing gaps and creating a streamlined architecture of facilities that is better tailored to the diverse needs of LICs. Supported by the financing package to boost the PRGT's lending capacity for 2009-14 and the accompanying doubling of access, the Fund was able to mount an effective response to LICs' needs during the global financial crisis.

2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries---Reform Proposals

2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries---Reform Proposals
Author: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2019-06-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498325769

2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries---Reform Proposals: Review Of The Financing Of The Fund’s Concessional Assistance And Debt Relief To Low-Income Member Countries

Tenth Periodic Monitoring Report On The Status Of Management Implementation Plans In Response To Board-Endorsed IEO Recommendations

Tenth Periodic Monitoring Report On The Status Of Management Implementation Plans In Response To Board-Endorsed IEO Recommendations
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2020-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513536192

The Tenth Periodic Monitoring Report (PMR) on the Status of Management Implementation Plans (MIPs) in Response to Board-Endorsed Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) Recommendations assesses the progress made over the last year on actions contained in 10 MIPs with open management actions.

IMF Financial Operations 2018

IMF Financial Operations 2018
Author: International Monetary Fund. Finance Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2018-04-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484330870

IMF Financial Operations 2018 provides a broad introduction to how the IMF fulfills its mission through its financial activities. It covers the financial structure and operations of the IMF and provides background detail on the financial statements. It reviews the IMF's three main activities: lending, surveillance, and technical assistance.

Eligibility to Use the Fund's Facilities for Concessional Financing for 2017

Eligibility to Use the Fund's Facilities for Concessional Financing for 2017
Author: International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498346782

The review of PRGT-eligibility, conducted biennially, is guided by a transparent, rules-based, and parsimonious framework. The framework determines which IMF members can access concessional resources based on an assessment of their level of income per capita, market access, and serious short-term vulnerabilities. Application of the framework should be consistent with the self-sustainability of the PRGT’s lending capacity over time. This paper concludes that the existing framework remains generally appropriate. The PRGT-eligibility framework is broadly aligned with the World Bank’s International Development Association practices, with minor differences between the lists of eligible countries explained by differences in the mandates of the two institutions and the timing of their respective review cycles. None of the countries that have graduated from the PRGT-eligibility list are at immediate risk of re-entering it. No country is proposed for graduation from or entry onto the PRGT-eligibility list. While thirteen countries meet either the income or market access graduation criterion, all are assessed to be facing serious short-term vulnerabilities and thus none are proposed for graduation. No non-PRGT-eligible country meets the criteria for entry onto the PRGT-eligibility list. The proposal to keep the list of PRGT-eligible countries unchanged is consistent with the self-sustained capacity of the PRGT.

Update on the Financing of the Fund's Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries

Update on the Financing of the Fund's Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2015-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498344801

This paper reviews recent developments in the financing of the Fund’s concessional lending and debt relief since the October 2014 Update. It presents the latest available data including the new commitments of loan resources to the PRGT and the sources of initial financing for the newly created CCR Trust, replacing the PCDR Trust. It also discusses the PRGT’s potential self sustaining capacity in the context of longer term projections of the demand for concessional lending and robustness to alternative scenarios.

Eligibility to Use the Fund's Facilities for Concessional Financing, 2020

Eligibility to Use the Fund's Facilities for Concessional Financing, 2020
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2020-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513537040

This paper concludes that the existing framework remains broadly appropriate, but proposes methodological refinements to improve the assessment of market access, clarifies how serious short-term vulnerabilities are assessed, and proposes a modest extension of the transition period before graduation decisions become effective.

Update on the Financing of the Fund’s Concessional Assistance and Proposed Amendments to the PRGT Instrument

Update on the Financing of the Fund’s Concessional Assistance and Proposed Amendments to the PRGT Instrument
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2014-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498343503

New commitments under PRGT-supported programs amounted to SDR 0.15 billion in 2013, while disbursements on existing arrangements amounted to about SDR 0.8 billion. However, this lower demand is expected to be temporary. New commitments are projected to rebound to about SDR 1.5 billion in 2014, similar to the level observed in 2012. These projections are subject to considerable uncertainty regarding progress on ongoing program negotiations.

IMF Financial Operations 2016

IMF Financial Operations 2016
Author: International Monetary Fund. Finance Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1475532199

IMF Financial Operations 2016 provides a broad introduction to how the IMF fulfills its mission through its financial activities. It covers the financial structure and operations of the IMF and also provides background detail of the financial statements for the IMF's activities during the most recent financial year. This publication (currently in its third edition) updates a previous report entitled Financial Organization and Operations of the IMF, first published in 1986 and last issued in 2001 (the sixth edition). That 2001 report reflected the seismic shifts in the global economy and in the IMF's structure and operations that occurred after the fall of the Soviet Union and the various currency and financial crises of the 1990s. This revised and updated report covers more recent developments, including reform of the IMF’s income model, measures taken in response to the global financial crisis of 2007–09, and the institutional reforms aimed at ensuring that the IMF's governance structure evolves in line with developments in the global economy.