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  1. Evaluations
  2. IMF Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis
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  • Foreword
    1. Introduction
    2. Coordination and Collaboration with Multilateral Entities
    3. IMF Surveillance Following the Crisis
    4. Strengthening the Global Financial Safety Net
    5. Conclusions and Recommendations
    Statement by the Managing Director on the IEO Evaluation
    IEO Response to the Statement by the Managing Director
    Summing Up of the Executive Board Discussion
  • 1. IMF-Centric Timeline of Events (August 2007–December 2013)
    2. IMF Downsizing During the Crisis
    3. Abstracts of Background Papers
    4. Conclusions and Recommendations from Previous IEO Evaluations
  • 1. IMF Leadership and Coordination Roles in the Response to the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
    Series Number: BP/14/06
    Author: Thomas Bernes
    2. IMF Macroeconomic Policy Advice in the Financial Crisis Aftermath
    Series Number: BP/14/07
    Author: Sanjay Dhar
    3. Aspects of IMF Financial Sector Surveillance During the Crisis
    Series Number: BP/14/08
    Author: Ross Levine
    4. The IMF Response to the Global Crisis: Assessing Risks and Vulnerabilities in IMF
    Surveillance
    Series Number: BP/14/09
    Author: David J. Robinson
    5. IMF Efforts to Increase the Resources Available to Support Member Countries
    Series Number: BP/14/10
    Authors: Eduard Brau and Louellen Stedman
    6. The IMF’s Lending Toolkit and the Global Financial Crisis
    Series Number: BP/14/11
    Authors: Thomas Reichmann and Carlos de Resende
    7. A Review of Crisis Management Programs Supported by IMF Stand-By Arrangements, 2008–11 
    Series Number: BP/14/12
    Authors: Shinji Takagi, Carlos de Resende, Jerome Prieur, Franz Loyola, and Tam Nguyen
  • IEO Releases Report on the IMF Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis
  • Implementation Plan in Response to the Board-Endorsed Recommendations for the IEO Evaluation Report of IMF Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis

  1. Evaluations
  2. IMF Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis

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