{ "title": "Fragile and Conflict-Affected States", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/topics/fragile-and-conflict-affected-states/work-on-fcs", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/topics/fragile-and-conflict-affected-states/work-on-fcs", "overlayPath": "/en/topics/fragile-and-conflict-affected-states/work-on-fcs/index.md", "summary": "Can Fragile States Increase Tax Revenues?", "sections": [ { "heading": "IMF's Work on Fragile and Conflict-Affected States — Key items", "content": "- Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of The IMF Strategy for FCS\n- IMF and Low-Income Countries\n- Last Updated: March 14, 2022" }, { "heading": "Events and convenings (selected with dates)", "content": "- On the Borders of Revenues, Trade, and Security: Building Customs Capacity in Developing Countries, Oct 13, 2022\n- Policies to support refugees from Ukraine in Europe, Oct 11, 2022\n- Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced IFI Engagement, Oct 10, 2022\n- Conference: Fragility, Conflict, and Macroeconomic Policy in a Shock-Prone World, June 6-7, 2022\n- Analytical Corner: Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced International Financial Institutions Engagement, April 20, 2022\n- Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: The IMF FCS Strategy, March 18, 2022\n- Past Event: COVID-19 and Fragile States: Promoting Resilient Recovery for the Most Vulnerable Communities, October 11, 2021\n- Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) Strategy Consultation, September 2021\n- Podcast: Franck Bousquet: Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, January 31, 2022\n- Blog: Countries Hurt by War and Fragility Need Strong Global Partnerships, Resources, December 22, 2022" }, { "heading": "Strategy, guidance, and governance milestones", "content": "- The IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, March 14, 2022\n- IMF Executive Board Supports New Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, March 14 2022\n- The Managing Director’s Remarks to the UN Security Council, March 8, 2022\n- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement at the Paris Peace Forum on Increasing Support for Vulnerable Countries via SDR Rechanneling, November 11, 2021\n- Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS), March 22, 2023\n- Managing Director’s Statement on the Role of Fund Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, October 4, 2018\n- Implementation Plan in Response to the Board-Endorsed Recommendations for the IEO Evaluation Report—'The IMF and Fragile States, October 4, 2018" }, { "heading": "Analytical work, working papers, and research topics (selected)", "content": "- Working: Paper: Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022\n- Working Paper: Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, February 25, 2022\n- Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022\n- Fragile and Conflict-Affected Economies Are Falling Further Behind, January 21, 2022\n- The Economics of Social Unrest, August 2021\n- Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States, February 2021\n- Mission Impossible? Can Fragile States Increase Tax Revenues? September 25, 2020\n- Tax Revenues in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States—Why Are They Low and How Can We Raise Them? July 24, 2020\n- Social Unrest During COVID-19, World Economic Outlook Chapter 1, April 2020\n- Conflict, Growth, and Migration, World Economic Outlook Chapter 1, April 2017\n- The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa, September 16, 2016\n- Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fragile States, June 25, 2015\n- Building Resilience in Developing Countries Vulnerable to Large Natural Disasters, June 26, 2019" }, { "heading": "Reviews, evaluations, and policy papers (selected)", "content": "- The IMF and Fragile States, Independent Evaluation Office, Evaluation Report, 2018\n- 2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries – Reform Proposals: Review of The Financing of The Fund’s Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries, June 6, 2019\n- 2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality, May 20, 2019\n- 2018 Review of the Fund's Capacity Development Strategy, November 20, 2018\n- 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review: Overview Paper, May 18, 2021\n- 2021 Comprehensive Surveillance Review— Background Paper on The Surveillance Priority Confronting Risks and Uncertainties, May 18, 2021\n- Evenhandedness of Fund Surveillance—Principles and Mechanisms for Addressing Concerns. IMF Policy Paper, March 2016\n- The Fund’s Engagement in Fragile States and Post-Conflict Countries—A Review of Experience—Issues and Options, March 3, 2008\n- The Fund’s Engagement with Countries in Fragile Situations, Staff Guidance Note, April 25, 2012" }, { "heading": "Thematic focus areas and recurring policy concerns", "content": "- Building fiscal capacity in fragile states (e.g., Building Fiscal Capacity in Fragile States, June 14, 2017)\n- Statistical capacity strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected states (Working Paper: Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, February 25, 2022)\n- Macroeconomic shocks and links to conflict (Working Paper: Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022)\n- Revenue mobilization and customs capacity (On the Borders of Revenues, Trade, and Security: Building Customs Capacity in Developing Countries, Oct 13, 2022)\n- Support for refugees and displaced populations (Policies to support refugees from Ukraine in Europe, Oct 11, 2022)\n- Corruption in fragile states and enhanced IFI engagement (Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced IFI Engagement, Oct 10, 2022)\n- Resilience to natural disasters and climate change for small states (Small States' Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change - Role for the IMF, November 7, 2016)\n- Debt relief and concessional financing for low-income countries (2018-19 Review of Facilities for Low-Income Countries, June 6, 2019)" } ], "bullets": [ "Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of The IMF Strategy for FCS", "IMF and Low-Income Countries", "Last Updated: March 14, 2022", "On the Borders of Revenues, Trade, and Security: Building Customs Capacity in Developing Countries, Oct 13, 2022", "Policies to support refugees from Ukraine in Europe, Oct 11, 2022", "Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced IFI Engagement, Oct 10, 2022", "Conference: Fragility, Conflict, and Macroeconomic Policy in a Shock-Prone World, June 6-7, 2022", "Analytical Corner: Fragile States and Corruption—Towards an Enhanced International Financial Institutions Engagement, April 20, 2022", "Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: The IMF FCS Strategy, March 18, 2022", "Past Event: COVID-19 and Fragile States: Promoting Resilient Recovery for the Most Vulnerable Communities, October 11, 2021", "Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) Strategy Consultation, September 2021", "Podcast: Franck Bousquet: Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, January 31, 2022", "Blog: Countries Hurt by War and Fragility Need Strong Global Partnerships, Resources, December 22, 2022", "The IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, March 14, 2022", "IMF Executive Board Supports New Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, March 14 2022", "The Managing Director’s Remarks to the UN Security Council, March 8, 2022", "IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement at the Paris Peace Forum on Increasing Support for Vulnerable Countries via SDR Rechanneling, November 11, 2021", "Staff Guidance Note: The Implementation of the IMF Strategy for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS), March 22, 2023", "Managing Director’s Statement on the Role of Fund Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, October 4, 2018", "Implementation Plan in Response to the Board-Endorsed Recommendations for the IEO Evaluation Report—'The IMF and Fragile States, October 4, 2018", "Working: Paper: Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022", "Working Paper: Building Statistical Capacity in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, February 25, 2022", "Macroeconomic Shocks and Conflict, March 17, 2022", "Fragile and Conflict-Affected Economies Are Falling Further Behind, January 21, 2022", "The Economics of Social Unrest, August 2021", "Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States, February 2021", "Mission Impossible? Can Fragile States Increase Tax Revenues? September 25, 2020", "Tax Revenues in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States—Why Are They Low and How Can We Raise Them? 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