Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA)
Annual Report Fiscal Year 2015

©2015 International Monetary Fund

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 Contents   
I. Introduction and Background
Introduction
IMF Capacity Development  
II. Japan-IMF Partnership
Japan’s Contributions
How the Partnership Works
III. JSA-Funded Activities.
TA and Related Activities
How Projects and Programs Are Approved
Commitments
Geographic Distribution
Distribution by Topic  
Effectiveness of JSA-Funded CD
Evaluation
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Public Relations and Outreach.
Managing Relations in the Region
Surveillance and Research Work .
Managing Capacity Development .
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies
Tables
1. Contributions by Japan, FY1990–2015
2. New and Ongoing Programs and Multi-Year Budgets by Year of Approval, FY10–15
3. IMF Multi-donor Initiatives—Commitments and Disbursements
4. JSA Annual Commitments for Capacity Development by Region, FY1993–2015
5. Top 10 Recipients of JSA-Financed Capacity Development by Region, FY11–15
6. JSA Annual Commitments for Capacity Development by Topic, FY1993–2015
7. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
8a. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies, Number of Scholars
Accepted to JISP by Country, 1996–2008
8b. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies, Number of Japanese Scholars
Accepted to JISP and to the IMF, 1996-2015
Figures
1. Implementation of Capacity Development 1
2. Donor Contributions for Capacity Development 1
3. JSA Annual Capacity Development Contributions by Activity, FY1990–2015
4. Distribution of JSA Capacity Development Commitments by Region, FY15
5. JSA-Financed Capacity Development by Region, FY11–15 15
6. JSA Capacity Development Commitments by Topic, FY15 . 16
7. JISPA Alumni by Affiliation, 1993–2015
Boxes
1. Core Areas of IMF Technical Assistance
2. How Myanmar Is Attacking Money-Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism
3. New Approaches to Fiscal Operations in Myanmar, Lao P.D.R, and the Central African Region
4. Training in the Asia-Pacific Region
5. Better Banking Supervision in the Philippines
6. Progress in Transparency and Financial Accountability in Indonesia
7. Improving Cross Border Statistics in the Asia-Pacific Region
Appendix
1. The IMF: Purpose and Activities
2. Joint Japan-IMF Field Visits
3. Administered Accounts—Japan Financial Statement FY2015