The IMF’s surveillance framework encompasses a new focus on multilateral issues, and especially the spillovers from one economy onto others. This third Annual Report of the Independent Evaluation Office describes ongoing and recently completed evaluations and discusses additions to IEO’s...

The second Annual Report of the IEO summarizes the findings and recommendations of two completed evaluation projects: on the IMF’s experience with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and the role of the IMF in Argentina, 1991-2001. It also...

The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) was established by the IMF’s Executive Board in 2001. It provides objective and independent evaluation of issues related to the IMF. The IEO operates independently of IMF management and at arm’s length from the IMF Executive Board. For more information...

This report seeks to help the IMF enhance its effectiveness by identifying major recurring issues from the IEO's first 20 evaluations and assessing where they stand. The IMF's core areas of responsibility are surveillance, lending, and capacity development. The aim of this report is to...

This paper assesses the degree to which the IMF governance is effective and efficient, and whether it provides sufficient accountability and channels for stakeholders to have their views heard. The focus is on institutional structures as well as on the formal and informal relationships between...

This evaluation assesses how well IMF-supported programs helped to sustain economic growth while delivering adjustment needed for external viability over the period 2008-19. The evaluation finds that the Fund's increasing attention to growth in the programs has delivered some positive results....

Using a cross-country sample of 169 IMF-supported programs and detailed studies of 15 programs, this evaluation report examines various aspects of fiscal adjustment in IMF-supported programs. It presents evidence that does not support some critics’ view that IMF-supported programs typically...

This Evaluation Update revisits the findings and conclusions of the 2007 Independent Evaluation Office evaluation on Structural Conditionality in IMF-Supported Programs. The Update found some progress in streamlining structural conditionality: the average number of structural conditions in...