Staff-Monitored Programs—Updated Operational Guidance Note

Staff-Monitored Programs—Updated Operational Guidance Note
Title Staff-Monitored Programs—Updated Operational Guidance Note PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 23
Release 2022-10-21
Genre Business & Economics
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The note updates and replaces the prior guidance on SMPs, provided in 2003, incorporating changes to the Fund’s lending strategy, and clarifies some operational issues to better guide staff on the use and design of SMPs, while safeguarding even-handed application. Noteworthy changes include clarity on the role of SMPs, specifying the start and end dates of SMPs, clarifying the expected length of SMPs and track record periods, and extensions of SMPs. While many policies are clarified, the principle of flexibility is maintained.

Staff Guidance Note on Macroprudential Policy

Staff Guidance Note on Macroprudential Policy
Title Staff Guidance Note on Macroprudential Policy PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 45
Release 2014-06-11
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1498342620

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This note provides guidance to facilitate the staff’s advice on macroprudential policy in Fund surveillance. It elaborates on the principles set out in the “Key Aspects of Macroprudential Policy,” taking into account the work of international standard setters as well as the evolving country experience with macroprudential policy. The main note is accompanied by supplements offering Detailed Guidance on Instruments and Considerations for Low Income Countries

Operational Guidance Note On Program Design and Conditionality

Operational Guidance Note On Program Design and Conditionality
Title Operational Guidance Note On Program Design and Conditionality PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 179
Release 2024-01-30
Genre Business & Economics
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This note aims to provide guidance on the key principles and considerations underlying the design of Fund-supported programs. The note expands on the previous operational guidance notes on conditionality published over 2003-2014, incorporating lessons from the 2018-19 Review of Conditionality, and other recent key policy developments including the recommendation of the Management’s Implementation Plan in response to Independent Evaluation Office (IEO)’s report on growth and adjustment in IMF-supported programs. The note in particular highlights operational advice to (i) improve the realism of macroeconomic forecast in programs and fostering a more systematic analysis of contingency plans and risks; (ii) improve the focus, depth, implementation, and tailoring of structural conditions (SCs), with due consideration of growth effects; and (iii) help strengthen the ownership of country authorities. Designed as a comprehensive reference and primer on program design and conditionality in an accessible and transparent manner, the note refers in summary to a broad range of economic and policy considerations over the lifecycle of Fund-supported programs. As with all guidance notes, the relevant IMF Executive Board Decisions remain the primary legal authority on matters covered in this note.

2024 Staff Guidance Note On The IMF’s Engagement With Small Developing States

2024 Staff Guidance Note On The IMF’s Engagement With Small Developing States
Title 2024 Staff Guidance Note On The IMF’s Engagement With Small Developing States PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 68
Release 2024-07-25
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This guidance note provides operational guidance on the Fund’s engagement with small developing states (SDS). It highlights the unique economic characteristics and constraints facing SDS, notably in a more shock-prone world. Building on advice that applies to the full membership, the note explains how the characteristics of SDS shape Fund surveillance, financial support and program design, capacity development (CD), and collaboration with other institutions and donors. The note updates the previous version that was published in December 2017.

Staff Guidance Note on the Implementation of the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS)

Staff Guidance Note on the Implementation of the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS)
Title Staff Guidance Note on the Implementation of the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) PDF eBook
Author International Monetary
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 85
Release 2023-03-22
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This note provides operational advice and information to help staff implement the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) approved by the Executive Board on March 9, 2022. Topics covered include (i) the new IMF FCS classification methodology, which is aligned with that of the World Bank; (ii) the preparation of Country Engagement Strategies (CES) that will be rolled out across FCS to ensure that Fund engagement is appropriately tailored to country-specific manifestations of fragility and/or conflict; (iii) advice on tailoring the thematic focus of Article IV consultations and Fund analytics to FCS, as well as on the prioritization, design, and implementation of capacity development (CD) projects in fragile contexts; (iv) guidance on making full use of the flexibilities of the lending toolkit; (v) guidance on engaging in specific FCS situations, including building accountable institutions to exit fragility, cases of rising fragility risks, active conflict, post-conflict, and addressing the impact of external shocks and spillovers; and (v) strengthening partnerships with humanitarian, development, and peace actors, in accordance with the Fund's mandate. Dedicated annexes provide additional information on the CES process, addressing good governance in FCS, program design, and country examples of Fund engagement in FCS.

Review of the Policy on Staff-Monitored Program With Executive Board Involvement

Review of the Policy on Staff-Monitored Program With Executive Board Involvement
Title Review of the Policy on Staff-Monitored Program With Executive Board Involvement PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 17
Release 2024-02-20
Genre Business & Economics
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This paper reviews the policy on Staff-Monitored Program with Executive Board Involvement (PMB). The PMB plays an important niche role in the Fund’s toolkit in supporting members in circumscribed circumstances, while not supplanting the Staff-Monitored Programs (SMPs) as the primary tool for building or rebuilding a track record towards a Fund arrangement that supports a UCT-quality program. Experience with the PMB is limited to three country cases over the past sixteen months. Further experience would be needed to draw more definitive conclusions in terms of the usefulness of the PMB vis-à-vis alternative instruments and a more parsimonious Fund toolkit. In this context, the PMB is kept in the toolkit, and it will be expected to be reviewed in three years.

Operational Guidance Note on Conditionality—December 2009 Revisions

Operational Guidance Note on Conditionality—December 2009 Revisions
Title Operational Guidance Note on Conditionality—December 2009 Revisions PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 11
Release 2010-01-25
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1498337961

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The 2000-02 comprehensive review of the Fund’s conditionality culminated in the adoption of a set of conditionality guidelines by the Executive Board on September 25, 2002. The 2002 Conditionality Guidelines (the “guidelines”) replace the 1979 Conditionality Guidelines and the Interim Guidance Note on Streamlining Structural Conditionality of September 18, 2000. A review of experience with the guidelines, looking at how they have been implemented and at their impact, is conducted periodically; summary statistics on conditionality have been prepared annually since 2008.