Japan Administered Accounts For Technical Assistance and Training

The IMF each year receives financial support from the Government of Japan to help finance the IMF's technical assistance program. Since 1990, Japan has contributed more than US$200 million which has enabled the IMF to assist more than 120 member countries to strengthen their human and institutional capacity as a means to improve the quality of policy-making and the effectiveness of macroeconomic management. The support has made it possible to operate two scholarship programs which have benefited more than 300 graduate and doctorate students. The assistance is also used to support other IMF activities in Asia and the Pacific through its Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo. A large majority of Japan's support is contributed through the Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA).