IEO Annual Report 2010

Independent Evaluation Office Reports, July 23, 2010

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Bibliographic details

• Published: July 23, 2010
• Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589069992.017

Summary

• The Independent Evaluation Office’s (IEO) Annual Report 2010 highlights that in FY2010, the IEO expended approximately 95 percent of its budgetary resources.
• The corresponding underspending (about 5 percent of the budget) resulted from several vacancies for significant periods throughout the year.
• In July 2009, the IEO undertook an assessment of recent staffing experience, the main challenges encountered in recruiting and retaining employees, and the aspects of the IEO’s employment policies that contribute to these difficulties.

Staffing and budgetary findings

• Staffing developments over the course of FY2010 highlighted the costs of high staff turnover for the IEO’s work.
• Vacancies persisted for significant periods, producing underspending of about 5 percent of the budget.
• In July 2009, the IEO assessed:
  • recent staffing experience;
  • main challenges in recruiting and retaining employees;
  • aspects of the IEO’s employment policies that contribute to these difficulties.

Subject areas covered

• Budget planning and preparation
• Financial crises
• Financial Sector Assessment Program
• Financial sector policy and analysis
• International trade
• Public financial management (PFM)
• Trade agreements
• Trade policy

Keywords and geographic scope

• Keywords: Africa; Asia and Pacific; Budget planning and preparation; Caribbean; discretionary budget; Europe; evaluation; Financial Sector Assessment Program; fungible budget; Global; IEO; IEO employee; IEO evaluation; IEO recommendation; IEO work program; IEOR; IMF performance; IMF staff economist; InWEnt seminar; staff allocation; Sub-Saharan Africa; Trade agreements; Trade policy
• Geographic scope: Global, with references to Africa, Asia and Pacific, Caribbean, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa