Guidance Note on Information Sharing Between IMF and World Bank Staff

Policy Papers, February 28, 2022

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Canonical URL: Guidance Note on Information Sharing Between IMF and World Bank Staff

Publication purpose: Outlines good practices on information-sharing across key areas in which the Bank and the IMF interact.
Core focus: General principles consistent with institutional frameworks and how staffs of the two institutions are expected to exchange information related to country operations, technical assistance, and policy work.
Summary (from source): "This Guidance Note outlines good practices on information-sharing across key areas in which the Bank and the IMF interact. The note outlines general principles consistent with these frameworks and discusses how the staffs of the two institutions are expected to exchange information related to country operations, technical assistance, and policy work."

The note outlines good practices on information-sharing across the key interaction areas between the World Bank and the IMF.
It sets out general principles consistent with the respective institutional frameworks.
It describes expectations for how staff of the two institutions should exchange information in the three core areas listed above.

Subject: Asset and liability management; Debt relief; Debt sustainability analysis; Development; Development assistance; Development policy; External debt; Foreign aid; Monetary policy; Political economy; Public debt
Keywords: Debt relief; Debt sustainability analysis; Development assistance; Development policy; fund staff; Global; guidance note; information sharing; share Between IMF; World Bank staff