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Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA)
ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2009
International Monetary Fund
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© 2009 International Monetary Fund
ISBN 978-1-58906-904-6
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Contents
JSA Annual Report Fiscal Year 2009
The IMF: Purpose and Activities
IMF Technical Assistance: Demand and Supply
The Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities
Activities Funded: Technical Assistance, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and Scholarship Programs
Level of Funding
Japan-IMF Consultations
Technical Assistance Funded by the JSA
Project submission and approval
Project assessment and evaluation
Commitments and disbursements
Geographical distribution of funds
Distribution of funds by subject area
Effectiveness of JSA-funded technical assistance
Scholarship Programs
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies
Annexes
1. JSA Technical Assistance Projects Approved in FY2009
2. JSA Joint Japan-IMF Field Visits
3. Administered Accounts—Japan Financial Statements FY2009
Boxes
1. Core Areas of IMF Technical Assistance
2. JSA-Financed Training
3. Liberia: Reform of the Public Financial Management System
4. Reforming Customs Administration in Nepal
5. Asia—Successful Capacity Building in Financial Supervision
6. Support for the Development of an AML/CFT Risks Assessment Framework in Uruguay.
Tables
1. Contributions by Japan, FY1990-FY2009
2. JSA Annual Technical Assistance Commitments and Disbursements, FY1993-FY2009
3. JSA Commitments for Technical Assistance by Region, FY1993-FY2009
4. Ten Largest Recipients of JSA-Financed Technical Assistance, FY1993-FY2009
5. JSA Annual Commitments for Technical Assistance by Subject Area, FY1993-FY2009
6. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia: Distribution of Graduated Scholars by Country and Affiliation, 1993–2009
7. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: Number of Scholars Accepted by Country, 1996–2009
8. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: Number of Scholars by University, 1996–2009
9. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies: Employment of Graduates from the 1996-2005 Programs
Figures
1. JSA Share of Financing of Capacity Building Delivered in the Field, FY2000-FY2009
2. Annual Contributions by Japan for Technical Assistance, FY1990-FY2009
3. JSA Annual Technical Assistance Commitments and Disbursements, FY1993-FY2009
4. Distribution of JSA Technical Assistance Commitments by Region, FY2009
5. Distribution of JSA Technical Assistance Commitments by Subject Area, FY2009
Photographs
1. IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo
2. IMF Managing Director visits health center in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3. Finance ministers meet at May 2008 symposium organized by the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and Japan’s Ministry of Finance
4. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia: Workshop held in April 2009
5. Japanese Ministry of Finance staff and the IMF Japanese Executive Director’s Office meet with IMF staff in April 2009 for the annual JSA consultation
Minor discrepancies between constituent figures and totals are due to rounding. References to dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars.