This paper presents six Resilience and Sustainability (RST) contribution agreements finalized with contributors between December 2022 and March 2023 including an existing agreement that was amended and restated. The concluded agreements provide for contributions in a total amount of about SDR...

This paper reviews the implementation of the "2018 Framework for Enhanced Fund Engagement on Governance" (the "2018 Governance Framework"). The Board adopted the 2018 Governance Framework to promote a more systematic, effective, candid, and evenhanded engagement with member countries regarding...

In July 2022, the Executive Board concluded the review of the Fund's policy on multiple currency practices. It was planned that the revised policy would come into effect on April 1, 2023. The Board supported staff's proposal to extend the transitional period and to delay the effectiveness date...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved changes to the Fund's financing assurances policy. The changes apply in situations of exceptionally high uncertainty, involving exogenous shocks that are beyond the control of country authorities and the reach of their...

In light of current elevated uncertainty and challenges in the global economy, the IMF has temporarily increased the limits on access in the Fund's General Resources Account (GRA) to 200 percent of a member's quota annually and 600 percent of quota cumulatively (from 145 and 435 percent of quota...

This paper presents the first set of contribution agreements that had been finalized with contributors by the time of the operationalization of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) on October 12, 2022. The six finalized agreements provide for contributions in a total amount of about SDR...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on February 8, 2023 the applications of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Development Bank of Latin America (known as Corporacion Andina de Fomento or CAF), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment...

This volume documents decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, as well as documents relating to the United Nations and other international organizations

To relieve the pressure on the outdated international corporate tax system, an ambitious reform was agreed at the Inclusive Framework (IF) on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting in 2021, with now 138 jurisdictions joining. It complements previous efforts to mitigate profit shifting by addressing...

This technical assistance report on Zambia discusses the governance and anti-corruption assessment. Acknowledging the need to address corruption, strengthen governance and the rule of law, the President and authorities of Zambia have announced a series of important initiatives. Consistently high...