Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
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IMF's Work on Fragile and Conflict-Affected States — Key items
- Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of The IMF Strategy for FCS
- IMF and Low-Income Countries
- Last Updated: March 14, 2022
Events and convenings (selected with dates)
- On the Borders of Revenues, Trade, and Security: Building Customs Capacity in Developing Countries, Oct 13, 2022
- Policies to support refugees from Ukraine in Europe, Oct 11, 2022
- Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced IFI Engagement, Oct 10, 2022
- Conference: Fragility, Conflict, and Macroeconomic Policy in a Shock-Prone World, June 6-7, 2022
- Analytical Corner: Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced International Financial Institutions Engagement, April 20, 2022
- Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: The IMF FCS Strategy, March 18, 2022
- Past Event: COVID-19 and Fragile States: Promoting Resilient Recovery for the Most Vulnerable Communities, October 11, 2021
- Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) Strategy Consultation, September 2021
- Podcast: Franck Bousquet: Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, January 31, 2022
- Blog: Countries Hurt by War and Fragility Need Strong Global Partnerships, Resources, December 22, 2022
Strategy, guidance, and governance milestones
- The IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, March 14, 2022
- IMF Executive Board Supports New Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, March 14 2022
- The Managing Director’s Remarks to the UN Security Council, March 8, 2022
- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement at the Paris Peace Forum on Increasing Support for Vulnerable Countries via SDR Rechanneling, November 11, 2021
- Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS), March 22, 2023
- Managing Director’s Statement on the Role of Fund Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, October 4, 2018
- Implementation Plan in Response to the Board-Endorsed Recommendations for the IEO Evaluation Report—'The IMF and Fragile States, October 4, 2018
Analytical work, working papers, and research topics (selected)
- Working: Paper: Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022
- Working Paper: Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, February 25, 2022
- Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022
- Fragile and Conflict-Affected Economies Are Falling Further Behind, January 21, 2022
- The Economics of Social Unrest, August 2021
- Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States, February 2021
- Mission Impossible? Can Fragile States Increase Tax Revenues? September 25, 2020
- Tax Revenues in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States—Why Are They Low and How Can We Raise Them? July 24, 2020
- Social Unrest During COVID-19, World Economic Outlook Chapter 1, April 2020
- Conflict, Growth, and Migration, World Economic Outlook Chapter 1, April 2017
- The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa, September 16, 2016
- Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fragile States, June 25, 2015
- Building Resilience in Developing Countries Vulnerable to Large Natural Disasters, June 26, 2019
Reviews, evaluations, and policy papers (selected)
- The IMF and Fragile States, Independent Evaluation Office, Evaluation Report, 2018
- 2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries – Reform Proposals: Review of The Financing of The Fund’s Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries, June 6, 2019
- 2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality, May 20, 2019
- 2018 Review of the Fund's Capacity Development Strategy, November 20, 2018
- 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review: Overview Paper, May 18, 2021
- 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review— Background Paper on The Surveillance Priority Confronting Risks and Uncertainties, May 18, 2021
- Evenhandedness of Fund Surveillance—Principles and Mechanisms for Addressing Concerns. IMF Policy Paper, March 2016
- The Fund’s Engagement in Fragile States and Post-Conflict Countries—A Review of Experience—Issues and Options, March 3, 2008
- The Fund’s Engagement with Countries in Fragile Situations, Staff Guidance Note, April 25, 2012
Thematic focus areas and recurring policy concerns
- Building fiscal capacity in fragile states (e.g., Building Fiscal Capacity in Fragile States, June 14, 2017)
- Statistical capacity strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected states (Working Paper: Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, February 25, 2022)
- Macroeconomic shocks and links to conflict (Working Paper: Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022)
- Revenue mobilization and customs capacity (On the Borders of Revenues, Trade, and Security: Building Customs Capacity in Developing Countries, Oct 13, 2022)
- Support for refugees and displaced populations (Policies to support refugees from Ukraine in Europe, Oct 11, 2022)
- Corruption in fragile states and enhanced IFI engagement (Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced IFI Engagement, Oct 10, 2022)
- Resilience to natural disasters and climate change for small states (Small States' Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change - Role for the IMF, November 7, 2016)
- Debt relief and concessional financing for low-income countries (2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries, June 6, 2019)
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References
- IMF Support for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of The IMF Strategy for FCS
- IMF and Low-Income Countries
- Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: The IMF FCS Strategy, March 18, 2022
- Past Event: COVID-19 and Fragile States: Promoting Resilient Recovery for the Most Vulnerable Communities, October 11, 2021
- Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict
- The IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- IMF Executive Board Supports New Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- The Managing Director’s Remarks to the UN Security Council
- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement at the Paris Peace Forum on Increasing Support for Vulnerable Countries via SDR Rechanneling
- Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) Strategy Consultation
- Blog: Countries Hurt by War and Fragility Need Strong Global Partnerships, Resources
- Working Paper: Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Podcast: Franck Bousquet: Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Fund Concessional Financial Support For Low-Income Countries—Responding To The Pandemic,
- 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review: Overview Paper
- 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review— Background Paper on The Surveillance Priority Confronting Risks and Uncertainties
- Avoid a Fall or Fly Again: Turning Points of State Fragility
- World Economic Outlook: Managing Diverging Recoveries
- Opening Remarks at High-Level Meeting on The Economic Challenges from The Security Crisis in the Sahel
- Tax Revenues in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States—Why Are They Low and How Can We Raise Them?
- Policies to Support People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Social Unrest During COVID-19
- Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook: Recovery Amid Elevated Uncertainty
- Sharp GDP Declines: Some Stylized Facts
- Managing Director’s Statement on the Role of Fund Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- The IMF and Fragile States
- Conflict, Growth, and Migration
- The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
- Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fragile States
- Building Resilience in Developing Countries Vulnerable to Large Natural Disasters,
- 2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries – Reform Proposals: Review of The Financing of The Fund’s Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries
- 2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality,
- 2018 Review of the Fund's Capacity Development Strategy,
- Implementation Plan in Response to the Board-Endorsed Recommendations for the IEO Evaluation Report—'The IMF and Fragile States
- Pursuing Women’s Economic Empowerment,
- Building Fiscal Capacity in Fragile States
- Small States' Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change - Role for the IMF
- Macroeconomic and Operational Challenges in Fragile Situations