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About the IMF Institute

The IMF Institute was established in 1964 to provide training in economic management to officials of the IMF's member countries. Training is delivered at IMF Headquarters in Washington, D.C., through seven IMF regional training centers, in collaboration with other regional training institutions and national governments, and through a distance learning program.

Courses in Washington are offered in four languages - Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. At the regional training centers in Austria, Brazil, China, India, Singapore, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates, courses are offered in English and the primary language of the region. Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information on training courses.

In addition to courses and seminars, the IMF Institute offers lecturing assistance to other training institutions and administers a Scholarship Program for Ph.D students in economics at North American universities which is funded by the Government of Japan for Asian nationals.

IMF staff are kept informed on current issues and developments through the IMF Institute's Internal Economics Training Program.

Partnerships

In French-speaking Africa, the IMF Institute collaborates with the centers of the Central Bank of West African States (West African Training Center for Banking Studies-COFEB) in Dakar, Senegal, and the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
In English-speaking Africa, the Institute collaborates with the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) and the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM). MEFMI is a regional institute with nine English- and Portuguese-speaking members that is headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe. WAIFEM operates from Lagos, Nigeria. It serves the five English-speaking countries in West Africa.
In Asia, the Institute collaborates with and offers lecturing assistance to South-East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Center (SEACEN). Beyond the regional organizations, the Institute also collaborates with the Japan Center for International Finance (JCIF), the World Bank, and the BIS in arranging training activities in Asia.
In the Western Hemisphere, the Institute collaborates with the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) in Mexico City, Mexico and with the Institute of Brazilian Business and Public Management Issues (IBI), George Washington University, in conjunction with the Minerva Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Official Visitors Program

The IMF Institute arranges briefings for official visitors coming to the Fund as individuals or as groups. Delegations come from government and non-government agencies from different countries, for example: the People's Republic of China, the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), and the U.S. Foreign Service Institute. Briefings are given on a range of topics, including staff training policies and programs, the use of technology in staff training, and different aspects of the Fund's work, including poverty reduction, architecture and transparency issues, and technical assistance.