## International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2015: Tackling Challenges Together

_Annual Report of the Executive Board, October 1, 2015_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 1, 2015
- Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475544886.011

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### Executive summary and purpose
- The past year has been a time of unexpected challenges for the international community.
- The report covers the work of the IMF’s Executive Board and contains financial statements for the year May 1, 2014, to April 30, 2015.
- It describes the IMF’s support for its 188 member countries, with an emphasis on the core areas of IMF responsibility.
- Publication date: October 1, 2015.

### Key findings and highlights of IMF work (enumerated)
- Insight into the international impact of falling oil prices.
- Financing and policy advice for countries in difficulties.
- Emergency funding to combat the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
- A new relief fund for the poor and most vulnerable countries hit by natural or public health disasters.
- Research on fiscal policy to reduce inequality.
- Free online training for the public and government officials.
- Online statistical data free of charge for all users.

### Thematic coverage and subjects
- Asset and liability management
- Debt relief
- Financial sector policy and analysis
- Financial sector stability
- Labor
- Oil prices
- Prices
- Public debt
- Public financial management (PFM)

### Keywords and geographic focus
- Keywords: AR, AREA, Asia and Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, country, Debt relief, efficiency gap, Financial sector stability, Global, IMF policy advice, IMF support, IMF training, IMF-World Bank, member country, Middle East, Oil prices, reform priority, South America, state, Sub-Saharan Africa

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb/issues/2017/10/25/international-monetary-fund-annual-report-2015-tackling-challenges-together-42798_