Legislators

Last Updated: September 10, 2008

"...The doors of the Bank and the Fund are now open for legislator engagement, and it is up to parliamentarians themselves to walk through the door and seize the opportunity."

Norbert Mao, Former MP Uganda, 2004

How the IMF Works with Legislators

 

Welcome to the IMF's website for legislators. Our outreach aims to explain IMF advice, discuss policy trade-offs, learn wider views and concerns, and ultimately contribute to greater transparency, ownership, and accountability of economic policy choices.

Reports from Past Legislative Events

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Letter to the Social Justice Committee on IMF Governance Reform Panel, by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director
September, 8 2008

Responding to the Food and Fuel Price Surge

IMF-Liberia Dialogue Expands
May 23, 2008

IMF Managing Director at European Parliament
May 15, 2008

IMF to Back Liberia With Debt Relief, New Financing
March 18, 2008

IMF Seminar for the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee of the Tanzanian Parliament, January 22-24, 2008

The Role of the Fund in Low-Income Countries, Speech by John Lipsky at Oxfam event, September 24, 2007

Macroeconomic Policies and Social Equity, Speech by Rodrigo de Rato at the Opening Session of the ECLAC-IMF Conference, September 20, 2007

The IMF and Aid Flows to Low-Income Countries offers a summary of a recent IMF Executive Board discussion on aid flows, as well as related policy papers, July 19, 2007

The IMF and aid flows is also the subject of an IMF Survey article, July 20, 2007

Asia: Ten Years On—Taking Stock and Looking Forward by David Burton, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, June 5, 2007

The Multilateral Approach to Global Imbalances by John Lipsky First Deputy Managing Director, May 31, 2007

Positioning the Fund to Meet Global Challenges, Statement by Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the IMF, May 14, 2007

IMF Launches Revised Fiscal Transparency Code and Manual, May 15, 2007

IMF Issues Brief: The Multilateral Consultation on Global Imbalances, April 2007

New webpage: Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism

Debt Sustainability Analysis Low-Income Countries

Staff Guidance Note on the Application of the Joint Fund-Bank Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries (LICs), April 16, 2007

IMF Legislative Liaison Contacts
Jeremy Mark jmark@imf.org or +1 202.623 9419
general legislative matters, Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Michaela Schrader mschrader@imf.org or +1.202.623.6450
U.S. Congressional matters and Europe, Middle East and Central Asia
Tilla McAntony tmcantony@imf.org or +1.202.623.8958
Africa general legislative matters