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  "title": "Staff Guidance Note on the Use of Fund Resources for Budget Support",
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  "summary": "This note provides operational guidance and background information on the use of Fund resources for budgetary financing. It does this in the context of concerns expressed by some Executive Board Directors that, by providing such financing, the Fund might be held accountable for the quality of budget",
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      "content": "- Balance of payments need\n- Concessional aid\n- Deficit financing\n- Fund facilities\n- Fund policies\n- General Resources Account\n- Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust\n- Use of Fund resources"
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      "content": "- The guidance is operational in nature, aimed at clarifying the Fund's approach to providing resources for budgetary financing.\n- It situates that guidance within explicit governance concerns raised by Executive Board Directors regarding accountability, repayment mechanisms, and institutional roles.\n- Relevant for engagement with:\n  - program design where budget support is contemplated,\n  - oversight and accountability frameworks related to Fund-financed budgetary spending,\n  - coordination with other institutions that provide budget financing.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund — Staff Guidance Note on the Use of Fund Resources for Budget Support (March 24, 2010).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 032310\n  - 032310 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 032310 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/staff-guidance-note-on-the-use-of-fund-resources-for-budget-support-pp4438"
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