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Address by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China1, Tung Chee-Hwa »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors, September 23-25, 1997
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Secretary's Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 November 1997
ISBN: 9781557757180
Keywords: Board of Governors Annual Meetings
Premier Li, Chairman Khirbash, Mr. Wolfensohn, Mr. Camdessus, Ministers, Governors, guests, ladies, and gentlemen, I have much pleasure in welcoming you, distinguished officials and guests from around the wo...

Address by the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China1, Li Peng »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors, September 23-25, 1997
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Secretary's Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 November 1997
ISBN: 9781557757180
Keywords: Board of Governors Annual Meetings
Today, the 1997 Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund open solemnly in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of...

Annex 3. A Brief History of Data and Statistics at the Fund1 »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
In the Beginning … 2 Data provision The provision of data by member countries to the IMF is rooted in th...

Annex 6. Comparability of Data Across Countries »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
There is a well-established expectation that data presented in IMF documents are broadly comparable across countries, that is, that the same concept is defined and measured the same way everywhere. Economic...

Annex 5. Do Staff Follow the Operational Guidelines on Data Provision for Fund Surveillance? »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
As part of the 2012 Review of Data Provision to the Fund (IMF, 2012b), the IMF Statistics Department (STA) and Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR) jointly reviewed a sample of 50 staff reports for...

Annex 4. Key Data-Related Findings in Selected IEO Evaluations and IMF Policy Reviews1 »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
IEO Evaluations IMF Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis (2014) While data shortfalls may not have been the main reason the Fund missed the cr...

Annex 1. Key IMF Databases and Data Initiatives »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
This annex provides a brief, but non-exhaustive, description of two of the most important IMF databases, IMF data dissemination standards, and recent or revamped IMF data-related initiatives. For more inform...

Annex 7. Past Work on Data Management Issues at the IMF »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
Studies of the Fund’s data management problems date at least from the 1960s. The following selectively documents the many efforts by the Fund to tackle these problems: 1...

Annex 2. Summary of Background Papers and Document »
Source: Behind the Scenes with Data at the IMF : An IEO Evaluation
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2016
ISBN: 9781498385985
Keywords: data, data quality, data provision, data assets, surveillance, resources, International Monetary Fund, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF, IEO
BP/16/01. The Rules of the Game: Data-Related Mandate, Obligations, and Practices at the IMF This paper describes the evolution of and current set of obligations and practices for da...

Appendix 1: A Methodology for Assessing Systemic Trade Interconnectedness34 »
Source: Changing Patterns of Global Trade
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Nagwa Riad , Luca Errico , Christian Henn , Christian Saborowski , Mika Saito , and Jarkko Turunen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 January 2012
ISBN: 9781616352073
Keywords: Emerging markets, Developed countries, International trade, Trade integration, supply chain, gross exports, trade flows, global trade, technology exports
The cross-border transmission of shocks takes place through two main channels: the financial channel and the trade channel. The global crisis has drawn renewed attention to the former with recent IMF Executi...