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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Statment by Mr. Willie Nakunyada and Mr. Mawek Tesfaye Mengistu on Uganda Executive Board Meeting on September 6, 2024
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

1. Our Ugandan authorities appreciate the constructive engagement with staff and share the thrust of staff's assessment of economic developments and key policy priorities.
Keywords:
monetary policy stance; BoU's monetary policy committee; Financial sector stability; Structural reforms; Inclusive growth; Fiscal consolidation; Global
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Front Matter
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

IMF Country Report No. 23/229

Keywords:
monetary policy stance; fiscal policy tightening; inflation projection; IMF arrangement; transparency policy; Financial sector stability; Inflation; Revenue mobilization; Global
Cover Policy Papers
The Central Bank Transparency Code—Findings Of The Pilot Reviews
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
This paper reports to the Executive Board on the outcomes of the Central Bank Transparency Code (CBT) pilot reviews. The pilot CBT reviews helped central banks evaluate their transparency practices and strengthen dialogue with external stakeholders. The CBT pilots provided valuable information on the resources required for the reviews going forward. Staff will continue to offer CBT reviews to the rest of the membership. The staff will report back to the Board in FY2026 on the progress of the CBT reviews and an update to the Code following five years of implementation.
Keywords:
CBT review; transparency practice; central bank Transparency Code; CBT Pilots; guidance note; Central bank transparency; Financial sector stability; Central bank autonomy; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Central bank accountability; Western Hemisphere; Global; Middle East and Central Asia
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda: Central Bank Transparency Code Review
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
This paper on Uganda discusses Central Bank Transparency Code Review. The Bank of Uganda (BOU) is implementing transparency practices that are broadly aligned with the good practices for central banks. The BOU continues to improve communication of its monetary policy framework in a transparent manner, but there is room to enhance transparency by disclosing policy deliberations. The BOU has improved macroprudential policies and the analytical framework aimed at mitigating systemic risks, but decisions leading to macroprudential actions are not explained. The anti-corruption legal framework in Uganda applies to the BOU, however no details are disclosed in the public domain as to how it is applied and enforced with respect to the BOU. The BOU should consider compiling and developing a policy on confidentiality that includes the reasons underlying the choices it has made on disclosure or nondisclosure. The mission found that BOU’s transparency practices largely conform to various dimensions of transparency as information is disseminated through several channels.
Keywords:
BOU website; BOU communications policy; transparency practice; BOU endeavor; BOU transparency; BOU department; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Financial sector stability; Revenue administration transparency and accountability; Macroprudential policy; International reserves; Global
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda: Request for a Three-year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility—Debt Sustainability Analysis
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

UGANDA

Keywords:
exports threshold; debt burden indicator; mitigating debt risk; debt transparency; sustainability framework; Contingent liabilities; Stress testing; Global
Cover Finance & Development
The Global Cyber Threat
Cyber threats to the financial system are growing, and the global community must cooperate to protect it
Tim Maurer
and
Arthur Nelson

In February 2016, hackers targeted the central bank of Bangladesh and exploited vulnerabilities in SWIFT, the global financial system’s main electronic payment messaging system, trying to steal $1 billion. While most transactions were blocked, $101 million still disappeared. The heist was a wake-up call for the finance world that systemic cyber risks in the financial system had been severely underestimated.

Keywords:
FD; F&D; data bias; data economy; big data analytics; Afordable internet access; location data; digital ID; expansionary monetary policy; community currency; government policy; COVID-19; Cyber risk; Migration; Financial inclusion; Global; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Europe; Asia and Pacific; financial services firm; technology company; world s government; global financial system fuel risk; government actor; Financial sector; Financial sector stability
Cover IMF Working Papers
Drivers of Financial Access: the Role of Macroprudential Policies
Ms. Corinne C Delechat
,
Lama Kiyasseh
,
Ms. Margaux MacDonald
, and
Rui Xu
This study analyzes the drivers of the use of formal vs. informal financial services in emerging and developing countries using the 2017 Global FINDEX data. In particular, we investigate whether individuals’ choice of financial services correlates with macro-financial and macro-structural policies and conditions, in addition to individual and country characteristics. We start our analysis on middle and low-income countries, and then zoom in on sub-Saharan Africa, currently the region that most relies on informal financial services, and which has the largest uptake of mobile banking. We find robust evidence of an association between macroprudential policies and individuals’ choice of financial access after controlling for personal and country-level characteristics. In particular, macroprudential policies aimed at controlling credit supply seem to be associated with greater resort to informal financial services compared with formal, bank-based access. This highlights the importance for central bankers and financial sector regulators to consider the potential spillovers of monetary policy and financial stability measures on financial inclusion.
Keywords:
WP; informal financial services; IMF staff; low income; asset ratio; SSA sample; loan restriction; Financial inclusion; Mobile banking; Macroprudential policy; Macroprudential policy instruments; Sub-Saharan Africa; Global; formal financial services; financial service access; SSA population
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda:Request For Disbursement Under The Rapid Credit Facility—Debt Sustainability Analysis
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uganda

Keywords:
ISCR; CR; IMF lending tracker; financing; emergency expenditure; emergency financing request; health preparedness plan; IMF's emergency financial support; Credit; Imports; Budget planning and preparation; Global; debt-to-GDP burden trajectory; sustainability framework; market financing; public debt-to-GDP ratio; burden trajectory; Stress testing; Commodity prices; Fiscal stance; financing need
Cover Departmental Papers
Macro-Financial Linkages in Shallow Markets: Experience from the African Department’s Pilot Countries
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
This paper assesses and disseminates experiences and lessons from low-income countries (LICs) in Sub-Saharan Africa that were selected by the Africa Department in 2015-16 as pilots for enhanced analysis of macro-financial linkages in Article IV staff reports. The paper focuses on the common characteristics across the pilot countries and highlights the tools used in the analysis, the challenges encountered, and the solutions deployed in overcoming them.
Keywords:
DPPP; DP; interest rate; credit risk; central bank; banking sector; bank competition; cost of funds; composite index; lending condition; Malawian bank; economic value; bank information cost; financial system assets; banking system assets; bank level; banks in Benin; bank agent; Financial sector development; Financial sector; Stress testing; Credit; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Africa; Middle East; East Asia
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda: Staff Report For The 2017 Article IV Consultation And Eighth Review Under The Policy Support Instrument—Informational Annex
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

2017 Article IV Consultation and Eighth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director Uganda

Keywords:
ISCR; CR; core inflation; rate; report; DFID balance of payments module 2; EAC trade discrepancy; TA mission; GFS Workshop; rates of treasury bills; Government finance statistics; Government cash management; Producer price indexes; Exchange rate arrangements; Financial soundness indicators