## Statement by The Managing Director on the Work Program of The Executive Board: December 11, 2019

_Policy Papers, January 16, 2020_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 16, 2020
- Series: Policy Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513526447.007

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### Overview and Timeframe
- This Work Program (WP) translates the strategic directions and policy priorities laid out in the Fall 2019 Global Policy Agenda (GPA) Update and the International Monetary and Financial Committee Communiqué into an Executive Board agenda from November 2019 to October 2020, focusing on the next six months.
- Publication date: January 16, 2020.
- Format: Policy Papers.
- Pages: 09
- Volume: 2020
- Issue: 002
- Series: Policy Paper No. 2020/002
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513526447.007
- Stock No: PPEA2020002
- ISBN: 9781513526447
- ISSN: 2663-3493

### Main Policy Priorities and Deliverables
- Turn evidence-based analysis into actionable policy recommendations to make economies more resilient and inclusive.
- Contribute to improving the multilateral system and upgrading international cooperation to bring the benefits of integration to all.
- Modernize the Fund’s policy toolkits to meet the challenges of a fast-changing world.
- Safeguard the Fund’s financial strength and undertake an ambitious internal modernization agenda.

### Thematic Coverage (Subjects and Keywords)
- Subjects: Climate change, Environment, Financial Sector Assessment Program, Financial sector policy and analysis, Fintech, Monetary policy, Negative interest rates, Technology, Unconventional monetary policies.
- Keywords: Climate change, climate change Policy assessment, Financial Sector Assessment Program, Fintech, Fund engagement, Fund policy, Fund resource, Global, learning culture, Macroprudential Policy advice, monetary policy, Negative interest rates, outline policy implication, policy, policy priority, PP, Review of the Fund's Policy, The Fund, Unconventional monetary policies, work stream.

### Purpose and Intended Outputs
- Translate strategic directions from the Fall 2019 GPA Update and IMFC Communiqué into Board-level work items for November 2019–October 2020.
- Focus on producing evidence-based analysis that is converted into practical policy recommendations.
- Advance modernization of the Fund’s toolkits and internal processes to address rapid technological and financial changes.
- Preserve and strengthen the Fund’s financial position while implementing internal modernization measures.

*Statement by The Managing Director on the Work Program of The Executive Board: December 11, 2019 (Policy Paper No. 2020/002).*

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