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  "title": "The Fund’s Mandate - An Overview",
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      "content": "- Articles of Agreement\n- Capital flows\n- Crisis prevention\n- Exchange rate policy surveillance\n- Flexible Credit Line\n- Fund role\n- International financial system\n- Multilateral surveillance\n- Reserves\n\nThe Fund’s Mandate - An Overview, January 22, 2010; page overview content accessed from the canonical source.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- The Fund’s Mandate—An Overview; IMF Policy Paper; January 22, 2010\n  - The Fund’s Mandate—An Overview; IMF Policy Paper; January 22, 2010 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - The Fund’s Mandate—An Overview; IMF Policy Paper; January 22, 2010 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-funds-mandate-an-overview-pp4420"
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