The IEO recently completed an evaluation of the IMF's involvement in international trade policy issues from 1996-2007. The evaluation found that the IMF's role swung from being too interventionist in the late 1990s through conditionality to being too reluctant to provide input on trade policies with macroeconomic importance in recent years. The evaluation calls on the IMF to play a stronger advisory role on trade issues and focus more on preferential trade agreements and trade in financial services. The IEO also discussed the Governance of the IMF report with the Executive Board in FY2009 and follow-up on the evaluation of structural conditionality.
The IEO recently completed an evaluation of the IMF's involvement in international trade policy issues from 1996-2007. The evaluation found that the IMF's role swung from being too interventionist in the late 1990s through conditionality to being too reluctant to provide input on trade policies with macroeconomic importance in recent years. The evaluation calls on the IMF to play a stronger advisory role on trade issues and focus more on preferential trade agreements and trade in financial services. The IEO also discussed the Governance of the IMF report with the Executive Board in FY2009 and follow-up on the evaluation of structural conditionality.
The IEO recently completed an evaluation of the IMF's involvement in international trade policy issues from 1996-2007. The evaluation found that the IMF's role swung from being too interventionist in the late 1990s through conditionality to being too reluctant to provide input on trade policies with macroeconomic importance in recent years. The evaluation called on the IMF to play a stronger advisory role on trade issues and focus more on preferential trade agreements and trade in financial services. The Board discussed the evaluation in FY2009.
This document provides an overview of the activities of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the fiscal year 2009. It summarizes two evaluations recently completed by the IEO on IMF involvement in international trade policy issues and governance of the IMF. It also discusses cross-cutting issues and lessons learned from the ongoing global financial crisis. Finally, it outlines ongoing and future evaluation topics for the IEO including the IMF's interactions with member countries and role in the run-up to the current crisis.
The IEO recently completed an evaluation of the IMF's involvement in international trade policy issues from 1996-2007. The evaluation found that the IMF's role swung from being too interventionist in the late 1990s through conditionality to being too reluctant to provide input on trade policies with macroeconomic importance in recent years. The evaluation calls on the IMF to play a stronger advisory role on trade issues and focus more on preferential trade agreements and trade in financial services. The IEO also discussed the Governance of the IMF report with the Executive Board in FY2009 and follow-up on the evaluation of structural conditionality.
The IEO recently completed an evaluation of the IMF's involvement in international trade policy issues from 1996-2007. The evaluation found that the IMF's role swung from being too interventionist in the late 1990s through conditionality to being too reluctant to provide input on trade policies with macroeconomic importance in recent years. The evaluation calls on the IMF to play a stronger advisory role on trade issues and focus more on preferential trade agreements and trade in financial services. The IEO also discussed the Governance of the IMF report with the Executive Board in FY2009 and follow-up on the evaluation of structural conditionality.
The IEO recently completed an evaluation of the IMF's involvement in international trade policy issues from 1996-2007. The evaluation found that the IMF's role swung from being too interventionist in the late 1990s through conditionality to being too reluctant to provide input on trade policies with macroeconomic importance in recent years. The evaluation calls on the IMF to play a stronger advisory role on trade issues and focus more on preferential trade agreements and trade in financial services. The IEO also discussed the Governance of the IMF report with the Executive Board in FY2009 and follow-up on the evaluation of structural conditionality.