## Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board - Executive Board Meeting - December 3, 2021

_Policy Papers, December 21, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 21, 2021
- Series: Policy Papers

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### Overview
- Publication date: December 21, 2021
- Series: Policy Paper No. 2021/075
- Issue: 075
- Volume: 2021
- Pages: 4
- Stock No: PPEA2021075
- ISBN: 9781616354763
- ISSN: 2663-3493

### Core objectives of the Work Program
- Aligns with the strategic directions in the Fall 2021 Global Policy Agenda and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Communiqué.
- Focuses the IMF Board agenda on activities of critical importance to members.
- Emphasizes ensuring the Fund remains appropriately equipped to maintain its role at the center of the global financial safety net.

### Three policy priorities (as stated)
- (i) vaccinate the world to combat the pandemic everywhere;
- (ii) calibrate bilateral and multilateral policies to support the recovery and reduce scarring and divergences;
- (iii) accelerate the transformation of the global economy to make it greener, more digital, and inclusive.

### Thematic emphases and topics covered
- Asset and liability management
- Central Bank digital currencies; Digital currencies
- Climate policy; Environment
- COVID-19; Health; Vaccinate
- Debt relief; D. Fund operations; Fund Operations
- Monetary policy; Political economy
- Technology; Modernization initiative; learning culture
- Fund policy; Policy agenda; policy priority
- IMF-WHO vaccine supply tracker (mentioned as part of vaccine-related focus)

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### Keywords and subjects (as provided)
- Subjects: Asset and liability management, Central Bank digital currencies, Climate policy, COVID-19, Debt relief, Digital currencies, Environment, Health, Monetary policy, Political economy, Technology
- Keywords: Accelerate Transformation, Board work agenda, Calibrate Policies, Central Bank digital currencies, Climate policy, COVID-19, D. Fund operations, Debt relief, Digital currencies, Fund Operations, Fund policy, Global, IMF Board agenda, IMF-WHO vaccine supply tracker, learning culture, modernization initiative, Monetary policy, Policy agenda, policy priority, Political economy, Vaccinate

*Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board - Executive Board Meeting - December 3, 2021*

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