Policy Papers


Act Now, Act Together for A More Resilient World-The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda, Annual Meeting 2022 (October 13, 2022)
Proposal for A Food-Shock Window Under the RFI and RCF (October 5, 2022)
Staff Guidance Note on the Sovereign Risk and DSA Framework for Market Access Countries (August 8, 2022)
IMF Strategy Toward Mainstreaming Gender (July 28, 2022)
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust—Guidance Note on New Enhanced Safeguards for Debt Sustainability and Capacity to Repay (June 3, 2022)

Making Debt Work For Development and Macroeconomic Stability (April 26, 2022)

2022 Review of Adequacy of Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Finances (April 21, 2022)
The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda, Spring Meetings 2022 (April 20, 2022)
Proposal To Establish A Resilience and Sustainability Trust (April 18, 2022)

The IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (March 14, 2022)

Review Of Temporary Modifications To The Fund’s Access Limits In Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic (December 23, 2021)
Strengthening Infrastructure Governance for Climate-Responsive Public Investment (December 22, 2021)
Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust—Fifth Tranche of Debt Service Relief in The Context of The COVID-19 Pandemic (December 20, 2021)
E-Money: Prudential Supervision, Oversight, and User Protection (December 14, 2021)
Taking Stock of IMF Capacity Development on Monetary Policy Forecasting and Policy Analysis Systems (December 10, 2021)
Issues in Restructuring of Sovereign Domestic Debt (December 1, 2021)
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Annual Update on SDR Trading Operations (October 26, 2021)

Global Policy Agenda Annual Meetings 2021 (October 13, 2021)

IMF Collaboration With The World Bank On Macro-Structural Issues (October 12, 2021)

Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust—Fourth Tranche of Debt Service Relief (October 8, 2021)

Joint IMF-WBG Staff Note: DSSI Fiscal Monitoring Update (September 16, 2021)

Managing Director's Statement on the IEO Report on Growth and Adjustment in IMF-Supported Programs (September 9, 2021)

Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations (August 23, 2021)

Fund Concessional Financial Support For Low-Income Countries—Responding To The Pandemic (July 22, 2021)

Proposal For a General Allocation of Special Drawing Rights (July 12, 2021)

Key Trends in Implementing the Fund's Transparency Policy (July 8, 2021)

Temporary Modifications To Access Limits Under The Large Natural Disaster Window Of The RCF And Of The RFI (June 21, 2021)

A Proposal to End the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 19, 2021)

Private Finance for Development (May 14, 2021)

A Post-Pandemic Assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals (April 29, 2021)

Commodity Cycles, Inequality, and Poverty in Latin America (April 26, 2021)

World Bank Group And International Monetary Fund Support For Debt Relief Under The Common Framework And Beyond (April 2, 2021)

Temporary Extensions and Modifications Of Access Limits In The Fund’s Lending Facilities (March 25, 2021)

Reform of the Policy on Public Debt Limits in IMF-Supported Programs (November 11, 2020)
Development Committee: The Managing Director's Written Statement October 2020 (October 16, 2020)
Review of Enhanced Access Limits Under the Rapid Credit Facility and Rapid Financing Instrument (October 5, 2020)
The International Architecture for Resolving Sovereign Debt Involving Private-Sector Creditors—Recent Developments, Challenges, And Reform Options (October 1, 2020)
Updated Common Evaluation Framework for IMF Capacity Development and Guidance Note (September 24, 2020)
Policy Safeguards for Countries Seeking Access to Fund Financial Support That Would Lead to High Levels of Combined GRA-PRGT Exposure (September 18, 2020)
Temporary Modification to the Fund's Annual Access Limits (July 22, 2020)
Dominant Currencies and External Adjustment (July 20, 2020)
Measuring Economic Welfare: What and How? (May 18, 2020)
The African Continental Free Trade Area: Potential Economic Impact and Challenges (May 13, 2020)
IMF Managing Director's Statement to the Development Committee, April 2020 (April 17, 2020)
Catastrophe Containment And Relief Trust—Approval Of Grant Assistance For Debt Service Relief (April 15, 2020)
Enhancing the Emergency Financing Toolkit—Responding To The COVID-19 Pandemic (April 9, 2020)
Public Sector Debt Definitions and Reporting in Low-Income Developing Countries (February 11, 2020)
The Evolution of Public Debt Vulnerabilities in Lower Income Economies (February 10, 2020)
Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries—2019(December 11, 2019) 
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)—Statistical Update (August 6, 2019)
The Revised EBA-Lite Methodology (July 3, 2019)
Building Resilience in Developing Countries Vulnerable to Large Natural Disasters (June 26, 2019)
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust-Review of Interest Rate Structure (June 26, 2019)
A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending(June 14, 2019)
A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending: Case Studies (June 14, 2019)
Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries (March 22, 2018)
Guidance Note on the Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries (2018) (February 14, 2018)
Modifying the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) Cumulative Borrowing Limit (February 8, 2018)
Review of the Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries: Proposed Reforms (October 2, 2017)
A Rebalancing Act for China and Africa: The Effects of China’s Rebalancing on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Trade and Growth (April 7, 2017)
Structural Transformation in Employment and Productivity: What Can Africa Hope For? (April 7, 2017)
Staff Discussion Note: Macro-Structural Policies and Income Inequality in Low-Income Developing Countries (January 26, 2017)
Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low Income Developing Countries: 2016 (January 12, 2017)
Financing for Development: Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries---Further Considerations (November 29, 2016)
Presentation on Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries (February 12, 2016)
Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low Income Developing Countries: 2015 (November 19, 2015)
Staff Discussion Note: From Ambition to Execution: Policies in Support of Sustainable Development Goals on Policies in Support of SDGs (September 22, 2015)
The Role of the IMF in Supporting the Implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda (August 17, 2015)
Financing for Development: Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries (July 8, 2015)
Financing for Development: Revisiting the Monterrey Consensus (July 8, 2015)
Staff Report: Eligibility to Use the Fund's Facilities for Concessional Financing 2015 (June 24, 2015)
Staff Report: Reform of the Fund's Policy on Poverty Reduction Strategies in Fund Engagement with LIC--Proposals (May 27, 2015)
Reform of the Policy on Public Debt Limits in Fund-Supported Programs (December 5, 2014)
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