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ARAB MONETARY FUND (AMF) 


        
HEADQUARTERS

        

P.O. Box 2818                                             Telephone:   [971](2)621-5000
Abu Dhabi                                                 Facsimile:   [971](2)632-6454
United Arab Emirates                                                   [971](2)633-2479
                                                          Telex:       22989 AMF EM
                                                                       23345 NAQD EM
                                                          E-mail:      centralmail@amfad.org.ae
                                                          Internet:    www.amf.org.ae

          Director General and Chairman
          of the Board of Directors:       ...       Jassim AL-MANNAI




        
LANGUAGES: Arabic, English

        
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS

        
AMF is an intergovernmental regional Arab financial institution having an independent juridical personality. Its main objectives are to finance economic reforms and structural adjustment programs, and provide member countries with policy advice and technical assistance support. As such, the AMF assists countries to correct balance of payments imbalances through the extension of concessionary short and medium-term loans, achieve exchange rate stability, and develop capital markets. It promotes  coordination of monetary policies, the liberalization and promotion of trade, as well as the encouragement of capital flows among member countries.

        
COMPOSITION

        
22 members: Algeria, Bahrain,
        Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
        Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi
        Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia,
        United Arab Emirates, Republic of Yemen 

        
STRUCTURE

        
The Board of Governors is the
        highest authority. Each member country is represented by
        a Governor and an Alternate Governor appointed for five
        years. 

        
The Board of Directors
        consists of eight Directors elected by the Board of
        Governors for a three-year renewable term under the
        chairmanship of the Director General. The Board of
        Directors guides operations in general and exercises
        powers delegated to it by the Board of Governors. 

        
The Director General serves as
        the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is appointed
        by the Board of Governors for a five-year renewable term
        and is responsible for the conduct of operations and
        appointment of staff. 

        
GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

        
Available in English and Arabic: Annual
        Report; The Articles of Agreement of the Arab Monetary
        Fund; Money and Credit in Arab Countries (annual); National
        Accounts of Arab Countries (annual); Foreign Trade
        of Arab Countries (annual); Cross Exchange Rates
        of Arab Currencies (annual); Arab Countries:
        Economic Indicators (annual); Balance of Payments
        and External Public Debt of Arab Countries (annual); AMF
        Publications Catalog (annual); Occasional lectures on topical
        economic and financial issues. Available in
        Arabic only: The Joint Arab Economic Report
        (annual); AMF Economic Bulletin; Developments in Arab
        Capital Markets (quarterly bulletin, issued by AMF's
        Arab Capital Markets Database) 

        
UPDATED:  May 1, 2003

        
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