JSA Annual Report Fiscal Year 2008

The IMF: Purpose and Activities

IMF Technical Assistance: Demand and Supply

The Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities (JSA)

Activities Funded: Technical Assistance, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and Scholarship Programs

Level of Funding

Japan-IMF Consultations

Technical Assistance Funded by the JSA

Project submission and approval

Project assessment and evaluation

Commitments and disbursements

Geographical distribution of funds

Distribution of funds by subject area

Effectiveness of JSA-funded technical assistance

Scholarship Programs

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies

Annexes

1.

JSA Technical Assistance Projects Approved in FY2008

2.

JSA Joint Japan-IMF Field Visits

3.

Administered Accounts—Japan Financial Statement FY2008

Boxes

1.

Core Areas of IMF Technical Assistance

2.

JSA-Financed Training

3.

Reforming Public Financial Management in Uzbekistan

4.

Support for Post-Conflict Financial Sector Reforms in Liberia

5.

Harmonization of Monetary and Financial Statistics in Central America and the Dominican Republic

6.

Support for Tax Legislation Reform in Asia and the Pacific

Tables

1.

Contributions by Japan, FY1990–FY2008

2.

JSA Annual Technical Assistance Commitments and Disbursements, FY1993–FY2008

3.

JSA Annual Commitments for Technical Assistance by Region, FY1993–FY2008

4.

The 10 Largest Recipients of JSA-Financed Technical Assistance, FY1993–FY2008

5.

JSA Annual Commitments for Technical Assistance by Subject Area, FY1993–FY2008

6.

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia: Distribution of Scholars by Country and Affiliation, 1993–2008

7.

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: Number of Scholars by Country, 1996–2008

8.

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: Number of Scholars by University, 1996–2008

9.

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: Employment of Graduates from the 1996–2005 Programs

Figures

1.

JSA Share of Financing of Technical Assistance Delivered in the Field, FY2000–FY2008

2.

Annual Contributions by Japan for Technical Assistance, FY1990–FY2008

3.

JSA Annual Technical Assistance Commitments and Disbursements, FY1993–FY2008

4.

Distribution of JSA Technical Assistance Commitments by Region, FY2008

5.

Distribution of JSA Technical Assistance Commitments by Subject Area, FY2008

Photographs

1.

IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo

2.

IMF Managing Director and his wife visiting the Buguruni School for the Deaf in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in February 2008

3.

Middle East Technical Assistance Center workshop on international financial reporting standards for central banks held in FY2008

4.

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia: Seminar held in April 2007 in Tokyo

5.

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: 2008 scholars at the IMF, August 2007