IMF Survey : Volume 29, Issue 03

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IMF Survey vol. 29, No. 3, February 2000
- Council on Foreign Relations address: Camdessus outlines agenda for IMF at start of the twenty-first century Camdessus discusses continuing role of IMF
- Financial activity in 1999: IMF lending declines as recovery takes hold IMF lending declines as members recover
- IMF Policy Discussion Paper: Inflation target bands must be carefully designed to avoid sending confusing signals to markets
- IMF technical assistance remains at high level
- Senior staff appointments: Horiguchi to head Asia Pacific Department; Ahmed to coordinate assistance to poorest
- Basis of international comparison: IMF publishes first comprehensive survey of global portfolio investment
- Estonia: Economic integration poses policy challenges to countries seeking EU accession
- IIF sees net private capital flows to emerging markets rebounding in 2000
- Argentina case study: IMF research suggests nature of currency crises may have changed in 1990s
- UNCTAD study: Foreign direct investment to Asia holds steady, although flows in individual countries vary
- Available on the web
- Members’ use of IMF credit (million SDRs)
- Recent publications
- Selected IMF rates