Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA)--Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2008

Japan agreed to provide financial support for IMF technical assistance to its member countries to strengthen their capacity to formulate, implement, and maintain macroeconomic and structural adjustment programs.
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Publication date: October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067875
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Exports and Imports , Finance , Public Finance , Business and Economics - Statistics , Taxation - General , MISC RPT , MISC , IMF's technical assistance , structural adjustment program , TA activity , Japan's contribution , policy dialogue , balance of payments difficulty , Tax law , Capital markets , Monetary statistics , Financial sector , Asia and Pacific , Central America , Central Asia , Global , Africa

Summary

This paper reports a brief description of the IMF and its activities, focusing in particular on its technical assistance (TA) activities. The report then describes in greater detail the Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities (JSA)—including its objectives, size, scope, and use, as well as assessments of its activities, with a focus on fiscal year (FY) 2008—and the TA activities and scholarship programs that it finances. The IMF finances technical assistance for its member countries, devoting some 25 percent of its annual operating budget to TA work and training. Although most technical assistance is financed through internal resources, external financing from bilateral and multilateral partners has been increasing over the past few years and constitutes an important pillar. The responsibilities of the Regional Office in Tokyo include collaborative efforts between the IMF and Japan that strengthen economic prospects in the Asia-Pacific region, and also include support of various regional policy forums, such as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Pacific Islands Forum.