Abstract
The IMF’s Executive Board on May 15 approved an augmentation of Turkey’s three-year Stand-By Arrangement by SDR 6.4 billion (about $8 billion), bringing the total to SDR 15 billion (about $19 billion). The full text of Press Release 01/23, including details of Turkey’s economic program, is available on the IMF’s website (www.imf.org).
Press Releases
01/22: First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer to Leave IMF Later in 2001, May 8
01/23: Turkey: Augmentation of Stand-By Credit to $19 Billion
01/24: Chad: Second Review Under PRGF, May 16
News Briefs
01/42: IMF Publishes Quarterly Emerging Market Financing Report, May 10
01/43: Mauritania: $8 Million under PRGF, May 10
Public Information Notices (PINs)
01/41: IMF Executive Board Discusses Money Laundering, April 29
01/42: Togo, May 3
01/43: IMF Executive Board Discusses Challenge of Maintaining Long-Term External Debt Sustainability of HIPCs, May 4
01/44: South Africa, May 9
01/45: Sri Lanka, May 14
Speeches
IMF First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer, “Priorities for the IMF,” Annual Meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee, Washington, April 27
IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler, “Promoting Stability and Prosperity in a Globalized World,” Council of the Americas, Washington, May 7
Transcripts
Panel Discussion on Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction, May 7*
Press Briefing, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer, May 8
Press Briefing, Thomas Dawson, IMF External Relations Department Director, May 10*
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
Armenia (interim), May 15
Letters of Intent and Memorandums of Economic and Financial Policies*
Guinea, May 3
Turkey, May 15
Mauritania, May 10
Chad, May 16
IMF Issues Briefs
IMF Lending to Poor Countries—How Does the PRGF Differ from the ESAF? April 30
Other
Financial Assistance for the IMF’s Poorest Members—An Update, May 2
IMF Financial Activities, May 4
Financing the Fund’s Operations—Review of Issues prepared by the Treasurer’s Department (in consultation with the Legal Department), May 4*
Quarterly Update on the Special Data Dissemination Standard—First Quarter 2001, May 7*
Market Access for Developing Countries’ Exports, by the Staffs of the IMF and the World Bank, May 8*
IMF Financial Activities, May 11
IMF Financial Activities, May 16
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