Multilateral Surveillance

Full Text of the Main Report

Summary of Findings and Recommendations

English

Full Report by Sections
Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Content and Quality
3. Use and Delivery
Statement by the Managing Director on the IEO Evaluation
Staff Response to the IEO Evaluation
Summing Up of the Executive Board Discussion
Background Documents
Full Text of the Background Documents
1. Previous Reviews on Multilateral Surveillance
2. Principal Outputs and Procedures Associated with Multilateral Surveillance
3. Topics in the WEO
4. Topics in the GFSR
5. Relevance and Timeliness of Topics Addressed by the WEO and the GFSR
6. Statistical Tests of WEO Forecasts on Growth and Inflation
7. Use of GEM/MULTIMOD in Bilateral Surveillance, 2000–05
8. Participation of RES and ICM Staff in Article IV Consultation Missions, FY2000–05
9. Private Sector Experts Who Participated in the Survey
10. List of Interviewees
11. Results of the IEO Survey of IMF Staff
12. Results of the IEO Survey of National Authorities
Background Paper
1. Testing the Accuracy of IMF Macroeconomic Forecasts, 1994-2003
Series Number: BP/06/01
Authors: Halim Kucur and Shinji Takagi
Press Release
IEO Releases Report on the IMF's Multilateral Surveillance
Update
Multilateral Surveillance: Revisiting the 2006 IEO Evaluation

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