International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2006: Making the Global Economy Work for All

Annual Report of the Executive Board, September 14, 2006

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Reviews the IMF’s activities and policies during the financial year May 1, 2005, through April 30, 2006.
Main sections cover:
- the Fund’s Medium-Term Strategy;
- country, global, and regional surveillance;
- strengthening surveillance and crisis prevention;
- IMF program support and crisis resolution;
- the Fund’s role in low-income countries;
- technical assistance and training;
- financial operations and policies;
- governance and management of the IMF.
Appendixes include:
- full financial statements for the year;
- international reserves;
- financial operations and transactions;
- principal policy decisions;
- press communiqués of advisory committees;
- Executive Directors and their voting power;
- changes in the Executive Board’s membership.

Surveillance and crisis prevention:
- Emphasis on country, global, and regional surveillance and on strengthening surveillance for crisis prevention.
IMF program support and crisis resolution:
- Reviews IMF program support mechanisms and crisis resolution experience during the financial year.
Role in low-income countries:
- Documents the Fund’s activities and policies directed at low-income countries.
Technical assistance and training:
- Summarizes technical assistance and training provided by the IMF.
Financial operations and policies:
- Presents the Fund’s financial operations and policies for the year.
Governance and management:
- Reviews governance and management of the IMF, including Executive Board membership changes and voting power.

Subjects: Asset and liability management; Currencies; Debt relief; Economic sectors; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Financial institutions; Financial markets; Financial sector; Financial statements; Loans; Money; National accounts; Personal income; Poverty; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction strategy; Public financial management (PFM); Sovereign debt restructuring.
Keywords include: Africa; AR; AREA; Asia and Pacific; bond issuance; Central America; country; country authorities; Currencies; Debt relief; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Europe; executive director by Antigua and Barbuda; Financial sector; Financial statements; fund staff; fund surveillance; Global; IMF program support; IMF quota; IMF staff; IMF-World Bank; Lao people; Liberia's voting rights; Loans; member country; Middle East; Personal income; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction strategy; reserve; Sovereign debt restructuring; surveillance work; total vote; votes of Somalia.