The IMF has had extensive involvement in the stress testing of financial systems in its member countries. This book presents the methods and models that have been developed by IMF staff over the years and that can be applied to the gamut of financial systems. An added resource for readers is the...

This paper presents Selected Decisions and Selected Documents' Supplement to Eighth issue of the IMF. This volume, which is presented as a Supplement to the Eighth Issue of Selected Decisions of the IMF and Selected Documents includes general decisions adopted by the IMF since May 10, 1976, the...

This paper presents Selected Decisions and Selected Documents' Eleventh Issue of the IMF. This volume, the Eleventh Issue of Selected Decisions of the IMF and Selected Documents, presents the decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and the Board of Governors of the IMF...

This paper examines the recent trend of rise in protectionism policy in many countries. The general trend of commercial policy during the postwar era was toward a liberal world trading system. In contrast to this trend, pressures for protection have emerged in many countries recently, and it...

This paper discusses the Cuban insurance cases. The litigation in U.S. courts in which claims have been made under life insurance policies issued by U.S. or Canadian companies to applicants then resident in Cuba is the most extensive body of cases involving Article VIII, Section 2(6) that has...

This paper presents the fourth survey of certain changes in international and national monetary law and practice in relation to special drawing rights (SDRs), currencies, and gold. SDRs have characteristics that enable them to function as a supplement to existing reserve assets in the sense that...

This paper discusses the Second Amendment of the IMF's Articles of Agreement. The drafting of the Second Amendment of the Articles of Agreement was a more prolonged and more complicated task than the preparation of the First Amendment. One characteristic of the Second Amendment is the...