Annual Report of the Executive Board
Annual Report of the Executive Board for the Financial Year Ended April 30, 1997
October 1997
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Executive Board and Senior Officers
Letter of Transmittal Overview
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Part I. The Global Economy
Economic Activity and Employment Consumer and Commodity Prices Financial and Foreign Exchange Markets External Balances, Financing, and Debt |
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Global Situation Advanced Economies Developing Countries Transition Economies Inflation and the Role of Monetary Policy Globalization |
Capital Flows to Emerging Markets Risk Management Surveillance of Global Financial Markets Role of the Fund |
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Part II. The Fund in 1996/97
Review of Current Practices Members' Policies in the Context of Surveillance Interim Committee Declaration Six-Monthly Review by Board Biennial Review of Surveillance Progress in Providing Information to the Fund Evolving Issues in Fund Surveillance Banking Soundness Systemic Bank Restructuring and Macroeconomic Policy Toward a Framework for Sound Banking Currency Board Arrangements Capital Account Convertibility and the Role of the Fund Data Dissemination Special Data Dissemination Standard General Data Dissemination System Role of the Fund in Governance Issues |
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Advanced Economies Major Industrial Countries United States Japan Germany France United Kingdom Italy Canada Other Advanced Economies Greece Hong Kong, China Israel Korea New Zealand Spain Sweden |
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Algeria Bangladesh Benin Cambodia Cameroon Chile China Egypt Ghana Guatemala India Indonesia Islamic Republic of Iran Jordan Kuwait Malaysia Mexico South Africa Tanzania Thailand Uruguay Republic of Yemen |
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Armenia Azerbaijan Estonia Hungary |
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Ongoing Programs Member Countries' Use of Fund Facilities Algeria Azerbaijan Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso Chad Congo, Republic of the Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Georgia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Jordan Kazakstan Kyrgyz Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar Malawi Mali Moldova Mozambique Niger Pakistan Peru Romania Rwanda Senegal Tajikistan Tanzania Uganda Ukraine Venezuela |
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Framework for the Continuation of ESAF The HIPC Initiative The Fund's Participation in the HIPC Initiative Use of Fund Reserves First Country Cases Interim Committee Endorsement |
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Membership and Quotas Fund's Liquidity and Borrowing General Resources Borrowing Access Policy and Limits on Use of Resources Members' Use of Fund Resources and Credit Outstanding Stand-By and Extended Arrangements Special Facilities SAF and ESAF Fund's Income, Charges, and Burden Sharing Overdue Financial Obligations Progress Under the Strengthened Cooperative Strategy Prevention Intensified Collaboration and the Rights Approach Remedial Measures SDR Transactions and Operations SDR Valuation and Interest Rate Basket SDR Transfers Pattern of SDR Holdings |
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IMF Institute Fiscal Affairs Department Legal Department Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department Statistics Department Treasurer's Department Bureau of Computing Services |
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Appendices
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Glossary of Abbreviations
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Boxes
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Tables
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Figures
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