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  "title": "The IMF’s Financial Surveillance Work Agenda",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, April 10, 2012",
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  "summary": "The Fund has the responsibility to ensure the effective operation of the international monetary system, thereby promoting economic and financial stability and growth.",
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      "heading": "Purpose and Context",
      "content": "- The Fund has the responsibility to ensure the effective operation of the international monetary system, thereby promoting economic and financial stability and growth.\n- The recent crisis was a reminder that these goals are best served by Fund surveillance that seeks to ensure that members’ financial systems are properly regulated and supervised, and maintain the right balance between dynamism and stability.\n- The recent Triennial Surveillance Review (TSR) called for a report on the key elements of the Fund’s strategy in this area.\n- The call for this report was timely in view of profound changes in the international financial landscape and policy agenda since the crisis, notably:\n  - significant multilateral commitments to financial reform, and\n  - the emergence of important new global actors, such as the G-20 and the Financial Stability Board (FSB)."
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      "heading": "Stocktaking and Statement of Current Work Agenda",
      "content": "- This paper represents a stocktaking and statement of the Fund’s current financial surveillance work agenda and priorities.\n- The objective is to solicit input from the IMFC and other stakeholders in preparing a strategy."
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      "heading": "Strategic Aims and Comparative Advantages",
      "content": "- The paper is intended to provide a basis for the Fund to cooperate with and contribute to the work of other global actors.\n- It builds on:\n  - the Fund’s broader mandate and membership, and\n  - the Fund’s comparative advantages."
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      "content": "- Collaboration with other international organizations\n- Collaboration with World Bank\n- Financial sector\n- Financial stability\n- Fund role\n- Risk management\n- Surveillance"
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      "content": "- Publication date: April 10, 2012\n- Citation format example provided: The IMF’s Financial Surveillance Work Agenda, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed 9/19/2026\n\nSource: The IMF’s Financial Surveillance Work Agenda (web landing page).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- The IMF's Financial Surveillance Work Agenda; IMF Policy Paper; April 10, 2012\n  - The IMF's Financial Surveillance Work Agenda; IMF Policy Paper; April 10, 2012 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - The IMF's Financial Surveillance Work Agenda; IMF Policy Paper; April 10, 2012 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-imfs-financial-surveillance-work-agenda-pp4638"
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    "The Fund has the responsibility to ensure the effective operation of the international monetary system, thereby promoting economic and financial stability and growth.",
    "The recent crisis was a reminder that these goals are best served by Fund surveillance that seeks to ensure that members’ financial systems are properly regulated and supervised, and maintain the right balance between dynamism and stability.",
    "The recent Triennial Surveillance Review (TSR) called for a report on the key elements of the Fund’s strategy in this area.",
    "The call for this report was timely in view of profound changes in the international financial landscape and policy agenda since the crisis, notably:",
    "This paper represents a stocktaking and statement of the Fund’s current financial surveillance work agenda and priorities.",
    "The objective is to solicit input from the IMFC and other stakeholders in preparing a strategy.",
    "The paper is intended to provide a basis for the Fund to cooperate with and contribute to the work of other global actors.",
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    "Collaboration with World Bank",
    "Financial sector",
    "Financial stability",
    "Fund role",
    "Risk management",
    "Surveillance",
    "Publication date: April 10, 2012",
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