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Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA)

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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.

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