We participate in the Financing for Development Process

About the Conference

IMF Materials Relevant to the FfD Agenda

Introductory Remarks by Horst Köhler, Managing Director
March 21, 2002


IMF Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops

See Also:
Financing for Development, Implementing the Monterrey Consensus Paper Prepared by the Staff of the World Bank and the IMF for the Spring 2002 Development Committee Meeting
April 11, 2002





Financing for Development (FfD)
and the IMF

International Conference on Financing and Development
Monterrey, Mexico, March 18-22, 2002

About the Conference
The
United Nations will convene a summit-level meeting to address key financial issues related to global development.

An important feature of the Financing for Development process is the active participation of the World Bank, the IMF, and the World Trade Organization, as well as representatives of civil society and the business sector. In Monterrey, countries delegations will include officials from finance, trade and foreign ministries.

IMF Materials Relevant to the FfD Agenda
Development Committee Communiqué of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries. (Ottawa, November 18, 2001).

The IMF's Role in the UN's Conference on Financing for Development

The Monterrey Consensus and Beyond: Moving from Vision to Action, Introductory Remarks by Horst Köhler, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, March 21, 2002

Globalization
Working for a Better Globalization, Remarks by Horst Köhler, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Conference on Humanizing the Global Economy, Sponsored by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, El Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano and The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, January 28, 2002

Surmounting the Challenges of Globalization, By Eduardo Aninat, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund in Finance & Development, March 2002

Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?

Fighting Poverty
IMF Executive Board Completes Reviews of Poverty Reduction Efforts in Poor Countries

IMF Executive Board Reviews the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)

IMF Executive Board Reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Approach

Review of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Issues and Options

Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Approach: Main Findings

The IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)

Debt Relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative

Social Impact Analysis of Economic Policies

Social Dimensions of the IMF's Policy Dialogue

Proposals on Sovereign Debt Restructuring
The Evolution of Emerging Market Capital Flows: Why We Need to Look Again at Sovereign Debt Restructuring, Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Economics Society Dinner, Melbourne, Australia, January 21, 2002

Should Countries be able to Declare Themselves Bankrupt?A Commentary by Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, El Pais January 18, 2002

Addressing Global Issues
Improving Market Access: Toward Greater Coherence Between Aid and Trade

Developing the International Dialogue on Taxation A Joint Proposal by the Staffs of the IMF, OECD and World Bank, March 13, 2002

The Role of Capacity-Building in Poverty Reduction