This paper reviews key findings of the IMF’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1972. The report highlights that the main features of world economic developments in 1971 were a continuation of slow output growth coupled with inflation and the succession of currency crises,...

This paper reviews key findings of the IMF’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1959. The report highlights that the year that ended on April 30, 1959, stands out not only because of the marked changes that occurred in general business activity and in the international flow of...

This paper provides an analysis of the Tribunal's jurisprudence for the period is provided in an introductory chapter 'Developments in the Jurisprudence of the International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal: 2006.' In deciding on an application, the Tribunal shall apply the internal law of...

This paper highlights the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Modification of Performance Criteria. Economic activity is recovering from low levels in the Republic, while progress has been made in lowering inflation. Adjusting for large increases...

This paper reports about the IMF and its activities, and particularly its technical assistance activities, the Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities (JSA)-its objectives, size and scope, and use-with a focus on fiscal year 2002 and the scholarship programs. As the IMF seeks to...

This 2001 Annual Report reviews economic developments in the world during FY2000. Output growth in emerging Asia picked up in 2000 as this region continued its recovery from the 1997–98 crisis. The pace of economic expansion, however, slowed from mid-2000, largely as a result of the U.S....

The Annual Report to the Board of Governors reviews the IMF’s activities and policies during any given year. There are five chapters: (1) Overview, (2) Developments in the Global Economy and Financial Markets, (3) Policies to Secure Sustained and Balanced Global Growth, (4) Reforming and...

This paper reviews key findings of the IMF’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1976. The report highlights that in mid-1976, the world economy was completing the first year of recovery from its most severe recession in four decades. Production in the industrial countries was...

On September 1, 2001, Anne Krueger took up the reins as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director. She brought with her a wealth of experience from the public and private sectors, including long stints in academia—most recently as an economics professor at Stanford University—and, from 1982...

Summarizes the for ward-looking analytical work program on macroeconomic issues related to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper approach. The program is evolving through a process that began with a technical workshop; participants from low-income countries, donors, academia, and civil society...