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In addition to the protracted debates on governance issues and the Fund’s resources in 2010, the main policy topics were strengthening the Fund surveillance, reforming

Main topics covered by the Executive Board over the past six months– in addition to continuous assessments of the economic and financial situation – include a further strengthening

In June 2010, the Executive Board established a Post-Catastrophe Debt Relief (PCDR) Trust that allows the Fund to join international debt relief efforts to very poor countries hit

The Executive Board agreed in May 2013 that issues related to sovereign debt restructuring required follow-up work and asked staff to present options related to (i) the

underscored that strengthening fiscal institutions and public financial management systems in LICs would be critical for effective utilization of higher aid. The Nordic-Baltic

In the run up to the Spring Meetings, the Executive Board discussed the tentative outcomes from the Fund’s collaboration with the Financial Stability Forum (FSF), the Bank

During the half year from the Spring meetings to the Singapore Annual Meetings, work has, in particular, concentrated on the issues of Quotas, Voice and Representation,

The Nordic- Baltic chair also agreed that the Fund should focus its policy advice, capacity building and financial assistance on macro-critical issues and institutions relevant