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Office of the IMF Resident Representative for South Africa and Lesotho

Sean Nolan, Senior Resident Representative
Robert Burgess, Deputy Resident Representative
iParioli Office Park, Building B2
1166 Park Street
Hatfield 0020 Pretoria, South Africa
(Postal address: PO Box 12082; Hatfield 0028 ;Pretoria)

Administrative Assistant: Ms. van der Westhuyzen
Telephone: 27 12 342-3444    Fax: 27 12 342-2668

Welcome to the website of the Office of the IMF Resident Representative for South Africa and Lesotho. This website provides information on the activities of the office and on IMF relations with South Africa and Lesotho. Additional information can be found on the main country pages South Africa and the IMF and Lesotho and the IMF, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with South Africa and Lesotho.

Monetary Policy as a Support for Economic Development, presentation by Sean Nolan at University of Cape Town/Global Interdependence Center Conference on “Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Practice and Promise”—Cape Town, March 28, 2008

The Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Developments and Outlook, presentation by Sean Nolan at Korea-Africa Forum Intersessional Meeting 2007, held at the South African Institute of International Affairs, November 15, 2007

The International Monetary Fund’s Reform Agenda, presentation by Sean Nolan at Regional Experts' Meeting on the Future Role and Reform of the IMF: Defining an African Perspective, Tshwane, South Africa, jointly sponsored by the Institute for Global Dialogue and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
November 5-6, 2007

Assessing the Risks from South Africa’s Current Account Deficit, presentation by Robert Burgess at the BER Conference, November 8, 2007

Aid For Trade -- Perspectives from Multilateral Organisations, presentation by Robert Burgess at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), August 23-24, 2006

The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing--Implementation, Integration, Expiry, and Post-ATC, presentation by Vivek Arora at the WTO African Regional Workshop—Maseru, Lesotho, September 21-23, 2004

Implications of South African Economic Growth for the Rest of Africa, presentation by Vivek Arora (jointly written with Athanasios Vamvakidis)at the Bureau for Economic Research Annual Conference—South Africa, June 18, 2004

Implications of the Euro for Developing Countries, presentation by Vivek Arora at the EU Conference on "The Euro Outside the Euro Zone: A South African Perspective"—Cape Town, June 7, Johannesburg, June 9, 2004

Sovereign Spreads in South Africa, presentation by Vivek Arora, at OECD Conference on "How to Reduce Debt Costs in Southern Africa?"— March 25-26, 2004

Latest IMF material on South Africa:
April 12, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Tito Mboweni, Governor, South African Reserve Bank
On behalf of: Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. PDF File Size: 188Kb
March 30, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Quota and Voice Reform
February 01, 2008 -- The Determinants of Stock Market Development in Emerging Economies: Is South Africa Different?
Author/Editor: Yartey, Charles Amo
Series: Working Paper No. 08/32
February 01, 2008 -- A Bayesian-Estimated Model of InflationTargeting in South Africa
Author/Editor: Harjes, Thomas | Ricci, Luca Antonio
Series: Working Paper No. 08/48
October 20, 2007 -- IMFC Statement by Shamsuddeen Usman, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
On behalf of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. PDF File Size: 186Kb

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