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Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda to the International Monetary and Financial Committee : Confront Global Challenges Together

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Against a backdrop of declining oil prices, sharp variations in exchange rates, and market volatility, global growth remains uneven. The prospect of a new mediocre lingers as medium-term forecasts have been marked down since the last GPA. Promoting balanced, sustained growth requires an...

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Provisional Agenda for the Thirty-Second Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee

International Monetary Fund - 2015

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Improving Public Investment Efficiency in the G-20

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Through the provision of both social and economic infrastructure, public investment can serve as an important catalyst … between investment in high-quality public infrastructure and economy-wide productivity.1 Against the background of a steady … decline in public investment as a share of GDP in advanced economies, evidence of infrastructure bottlenecks in emerging …

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2015 External Sector Report

International Monetary Fund - 2015

After narrowing modestly in 2013, the global scale of current account imbalances, and of excess imbalances, held steady in 2014. Over the last several years, while the country composition of imbalances has rotated somewhat, overall there has been little progress on reducing excess imbalances....

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Financing for Development : Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Access to Fund financial resources provides a financial safety net to help countries manage adverse shocks, acting as a potential supplement to foreign reserves when there is a balance of payments need. Such support is especially important to developing countries with limited capacity to borrow...

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Progress Report on Inclusion of Enhanced Contractual Provisions in International Sovereign Bond Contracts

International Monetary Fund - 2015

As part of the Fund's ongoing work on sovereign debt restructuring, in October 2014 the Executive Board endorsed the inclusion of key features of enhanced pari passu provisions and collective action clauses (CACs) in new international sovereign bonds.1 Specifically, the Executive Board endorsed...

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IMF Engagement with Countries in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations : Stocktaking

International Monetary Fund - 2015

This review examines experience in implementing the lessons drawn in the 2011 Board paper on the Fund's engagement with countries in post-conflict and fragile situations (more commonly referred to as fragile states (FS)) and the ensuing 2012 Guidance Note. The focus is on capacity building, Fund...

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Nepal : Assessment Letter for the World Bank

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Before the earthquakes of April 25 and May 12, Nepal's macroeconomic performance was relatively strong: Growth accelerated to 5.5 percent in 2013/14, thanks largely to a favorable monsoon; Inflation had been moderating, broadly in line with developments in India, but remained high at 7 percent...

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

International Monetary Fund - 2015

-building support for countries seeking to scale up investment to tackle infrastructure gaps; 3. Sharpening the focus of operational …

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Financing for Development : Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries---Further Considerations

International Monetary Fund - 2016

PRGT-eligible members make considerable use of Fund concessional financing. Since 2010, 56 percent of Fund arrangements have involved a PRGT-facility. This paper examines a number of issues raised by Executive Directors and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) since the...

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