Global Policy Agenda Aims to Sustain Growth Momentum, Build Inclusiveness

IMF Blog, April 20, 2017

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Publication date: April 20, 2017
For the first time in years, the global economy is described as gaining momentum amid a rapidly changing and uncertain world.
The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda is presented as the document to be discussed with the IMF’s policy-setting body—the International Monetary and Financial Committee.
The Agenda outlines: the challenges policymakers face; the policy priorities for the IMF’s 189 member countries; and what the Fund can do to support its members.
The Global Policy Agenda was released today.

Trade, economic integration, and technological progress have brought enormous benefits.
Some groups are missing out on the rewards of growth and technological progress.
Policymakers are increasingly grappling with how to ensure that benefits are shared more broadly.
Multilateral cooperation is emphasized as the most effective vehicle for addressing global challenges.

Countries should strive for strong and more balanced growth.
Countries should provide economic opportunities for all to enhance inclusiveness.
The IMF can help members by designing policies and reforms that:
- raise growth,
- enhance resilience,
- make the global economy more inclusive and durable.

Work within the multilateral framework to pursue shared policy goals.
Discuss and implement the Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda within the International Monetary and Financial Committee and across the IMF’s 189 member countries.

Source: Global Policy Agenda Aims to Sustain Growth Momentum, Build Inclusiveness — The Editors, April 20, 2017.