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The author-a top decision maker at the IMF for two decades-first focuses on the system of quotas and voting power in the IMF and concludes that it calls for reforms to enhance equity among the membership. He then examines decision making in the Executive Board, with an emphasis on consensus...
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On May 21, 2008, the Executive Board discussed the report of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) on 'Aspects of IMF Corporate Governance - Including the Role of the Executive Board'. The Joint Statement issued by the Executive Board and the Managing Director following the Board discussion...
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This paper reviews progress under the Fund's strengthened cooperative strategy on overdue financial obligations. Since the last review, total arrears to the Fund declined by SDR 17.5 million to SDR 1,309.5 million. Payments to the Fund by Sudan and Zimbabwe were in excess of new obligations...
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. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, a …Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …
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This 2002 Annual Report describes world economic and financial developments in FY2002. During FY2002, the IMF faced … important new challenges in an unusually unsettled world environment. After a period of strong expansion, the global economy …
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the financial year (May 1, 1999 through April 30, 2000), as well as developments in the world economy. The Annual Report … in its support for the reform efforts of the poorest countries - ingreater collaboration with the World Bank. Appendixes …
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This 2004 Annual Report highlights that during FY2004, the IMF continued to work with its member countries to foster sustained growth and financial stability—and reduce poverty in its low-income members—through its surveillance activities and policy advice; lending in support of stabilization...
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Board proposed improvements to assessment exercises under the IMF’s standards and codes initiative and the joint IMF-World …
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. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …
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This paper discusses how international financial institutions (IFIs) can deal with new global challenges. The paper highlights that surveillance is the primary responsibility of the IMF. To make it more effective, more attention should be paid to long-term, structural developments that, if left...
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