Macroeconomic and Structural Policies in Fund-Supported Programs - Review of Experience
Macroeconomic and Structural Policies in Fund-Supported Programs - Review of Experience

Author: International Monetary Fund. Policy Development and Review Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2004-11-24

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1498330002

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A Fund-supported program is a package of envisaged policies which, combined with approved financing, is expected to achieve certain economic objectives such as fostering macroeconomic stability and orderly external adjustment, promoting growth and poverty reduction, and reducing vulnerability to future balance of payments problems or financial crises. This paper reviews experience with specific macroeconomic and structural policies intended to achieve these objectives.

Conditionality in Evolving Monetary Policy Regimes
Conditionality in Evolving Monetary Policy Regimes

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2014-05-03

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1498343694

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With single-digit inflation and substantial financial deepening, developing countries are adopting more flexible and forward-looking monetary policy frameworks and ascribing a greater role to policy interest rates and inflation objectives. While some countries have adopted formal inflation targeting regimes, others have developed frameworks with greater target flexibility to accommodate changing money demand, use of policy rates to signal the monetary policy stance, and implicit inflation targets.

The IMF and the Silent Revolution
The IMF and the Silent Revolution

Author: Mr.James M. Boughton

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2000-09-11

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781557759702

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This pamphlet is adapted from Chapter 1 of Silent Revolution: The International Monetary Fund, 1979-89, by the same author. That book is full of history of the evolution of the Fund during 11 years in which the institution truly came of age as a participant in the international financial system.

International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2021
International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2021

Author: International Monetary Fund. Secretary's Department

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-10-04

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1513568817

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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.

Fiscal Policy and Long-Term Growth
Fiscal Policy and Long-Term Growth

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1498344658

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This paper explores how fiscal policy can affect medium- to long-term growth. It identifies the main channels through which fiscal policy can influence growth and distills practical lessons for policymakers. The particular mix of policy measures, however, will depend on country-specific conditions, capacities, and preferences. The paper draws on the Fund’s extensive technical assistance on fiscal reforms as well as several analytical studies, including a novel approach for country studies, a statistical analysis of growth accelerations following fiscal reforms, and simulations of an endogenous growth model.

The IMF Approach to Economic Stabilization
The IMF Approach to Economic Stabilization

Author: Mr.Michael Mussa

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1999-07-01

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1451852746

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This paper explains the IMF approach to economic stabilization. It argues that a Fund-supported program is a process, comprising six broadly defined phases, that evolves along a multiplicity of potential pathways. The paper discusses the three-pronged approach to stabilization at the core of all IMF-supported programs, stresses the iterative character of “financial programming,” and explains the rationale for setting quantitative performance criteria for fiscal and monetary policy in IMF-supported arrangements. A main theme is that IMF-supported programs contain a great deal of flexibility to respond both to differences in circumstances and to changes in conditions in individual cases.

2011 Review of Conditionality and the Design of Fund-Supported Programs - Concept Note
2011 Review of Conditionality and the Design of Fund-Supported Programs - Concept Note

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2011-01-21

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 149833945X

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The Fund regularly assesses conditionality in IMF-supported programs, with the next formal review planned for 2011. This paper summarizes previous assessments of conditionality, outlines staff’s proposed approach to the forthcoming review, and seeks Directors’ early views on the approach.