IMF Strategy Toward Mainstreaming Gender

Policy Papers, July 28, 2022

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On July 22, 2022, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the IMF’s first Strategy toward Mainstreaming Gender into the IMF’s core activities.
The strategy is grounded in the recognition that reducing gender disparities is associated with:
- higher economic growth,
- greater economic stability and resilience,
- lower income inequality.
It notes that economic and financial policies can either exacerbate or narrow gender disparities and that well-designed macroeconomic, structural, and financial policies can support efficient and inclusive outcomes benefiting women, girls, and society.

Pillar 1: gender-disaggregated data collection and development of modeling tools to enable staff to conduct policy analysis.
Pillar 2: a robust governance framework for an evenhanded approach across members based on the macro-criticality of gender.
Pillar 3: strengthening collaboration with external partners to benefit from knowledge sharing and peer learning, leverage complementarities, and maximize the impact on the ground.
Pillar 4: the efficient use of resources allocated to gender by putting in place a central unit for realizing scale economies and supporting country teams.

The strategy lays out how the IMF can help member countries address gender disparities in the context of carrying out its core functions:
- surveillance,
- lending,
- capacity development.

International Monetary Fund. IMF Strategy Toward Mainstreaming Gender (Policy Papers 2022, 037).