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  "title": "Guidance Note for Staff on Undertaking Targeted (Risk-Based) Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSCs) in Financial Regulation and Supervision",
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      "content": "- In September 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) Boards approved changes to the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP).\n- Objectives of the FSAP changes:\n  - (i) make it more flexible and better-aligned with country needs as well as IMF and WB financial sector priorities and core responsibilities;\n  - (ii) enhance the quality, candor, and comparability of assessments; and\n  - (iii) better-integrate FSAP analysis into the institutions’ evolving mandates."
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      "content": "- The guidance note is oriented to IMF staff undertaking targeted (risk-based) ROSCs in financial regulation and supervision, within the context of the updated FSAP.\n- Emphasis points:\n  - Flexibility and alignment with country needs and institutional priorities.\n  - Enhanced quality, candor, and comparability of assessments.\n  - Better integration of FSAP analysis into evolving institutional mandates."
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    "In September 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) Boards approved changes to the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP).",
    "Objectives of the FSAP changes:",
    "The guidance note is oriented to IMF staff undertaking targeted (risk-based) ROSCs in financial regulation and supervision, within the context of the updated FSAP.",
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    "Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes",
    "Policy Papers (site section)",
    "Invitation to Visit the IMF eLibrary: \"Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.\"",
    "IMF Publications Newsletter: \"Latest economic research and insights delivered to your inbox each month.\"",
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