Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries … developing countries to choose fuller participation in the world trading system …

Executive Board was last briefed in October 2008 (World Bank and IMF, 2008). Section III illustrates that notable gains would …

The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff … economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world …

increase in protectionist pressures, and the disappointing performance of world trade, renewed concern has been expressed about …

set up by treaty in 1945 to help promote the health of the world economy. Through its work, the IMF helps to keep the … world economy running as smoothly as possible. Its work is aimed partly at the prevention of economic and financial crises … countries' economic size, determine countries' voting power in the IMF and the limits to what they can borrow. The IMF and World …

can be conveyed by the degree that world trade is affected by countries adopting different arrangements …