Policy Papers
2005
July 13, 2005
Conclusions of the Task Force on IMF Technical Assistance
Description: Task Force proposals include: (i) preparation, on a pilot basis, of five TA country strategy notes in FY 2006 and, based on a positive assessment of the pilot, extension of the country coverage to possibly 50 countries in FY2007; (ii) enhanced strategic and monitoring role in TA for area department staff, including resident representatives; (iii) enhancements to the central TA information system under its ongoing Phase II; (iv) more systematic involvement of country authorities in the design and implementation of the TA they receive; and (v) more systematic discussion of technical options and their implications with the authorities before drafting TA reports.
July 1, 2005
Sixth Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives - Metadata Standardization in the Data Quality Program
Description: This Supplement describes how the staff proposes to achieve further synergies by mapping the DQAF into the metadata structure of the DQP’s other key component: (3) the data transparency initiatives comprising the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and General Data Dissemination System (GDDS).
July 1, 2005
The Standards and Codes Initiative - Is It Effective? And How Can It Be Improved? - Background Paper
July 1, 2005
The Standards and Codes Initiative - Is It Effective? And How Can It Be Improved?
Description: At this six-year mark, this paper reports on the status of the initiative, seeks to assess its effectiveness, and suggests some areas for improvement.
July 1, 2005
Sixth Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives
Description: The Data Standards Initiatives, the SDDS and the GDDS, have achieved the goals the Executive Board set in its Fifth Review of July 2003. The staff sees the next three years as a period of consolidating these gains by maintaining the credibility of the SDDS through improved monitoring of countries’ observance of its requirements, and further integrating both the SDDS and GDDS under the Fund’s Data Quality Program (DQP) by aligning their structure with the Fund’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF). The staff proposes to include no new data categories in the SDDS and GDDS. Instead, the staff proposes to deepen descriptive information on how countries cover oil and gas activities and products in selected existing data categories.
July 1, 2005
Information Note on Modifications to the Fund's Debt Sustainability Assessment Framework for Market Access Countries
June 30, 2005
Poverty Reduction Strategy Documents - Updated Staff Guidance
Notes: Includes: Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Modified Poverty Reduction Strategy Framework and the Implications for PRGF and HIPC Operations, Guidelines for World Bank and IMF Staffs for Joint Staff Advisory Notes (JSAN) for Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, and Guidelines for World Bank and IMF Staffs for Joint Staff Advisory Notes (JSAN) of PRS Annual Progress Reports (APR) on Implementation.
June 30, 2005
Review of the Fund's Regional Technical Assistance Centers
Description: Regional technical assistance centers have become an increasingly important modality for Fund technical assistance. This review is a response to Executive Directors' calls for close monitoring and regular evaluation of their operations. The centers include, the Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centers (AFRITACs), the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC) and the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Center.
June 10, 2005
Policy Support and Signaling in Low-Income Countries
Description: This paper explores how the Fund's instruments and practices might be adapted to support sound policies in low-income members, in particular those that do not have a need or want to use Fund resources.