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Implementation Plan in Response to The Board - Endorsed Recommendations from The IEO Evaluation Report on Growth and Adjustment in IMF - Supported Programs
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
This management implementation plan (MIP) proposes actions in response to the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO)’s report on growth and adjustment in IMF-supported programs. The full implementation of the MIP package will help ensure that, at a time when many countries face strong headwinds, IMF-supported programs not only deliver necessary adjustment to address balance of payments needs but also pay greater attention to their growth effects. While the policy-related deliverables are already incorporated into current departmental work plans and budgets, the operational implementation of these recommendations may require mobilizing additional resources.
Keywords:
IEO recommendation; IEO evaluation; financing envelope; IEO report; implementation plan; Structural reforms; Training and development in revenue administration; Fiscal multipliers; Fiscal consolidation; Contingency planning; Sub-Saharan Africa; Global
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Samoa: Staff Report for the 2019 Article IV Consultation—Informational Annex
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept

2019 Article IV Consultation-Press release; Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa

Keywords:
ISCR; CR; debt; Samoa; GDP statistics; authority; APG assessment; basket of currencies; quarterly balance of payments; compliance improvement strategy launch; returns management; Government finance statistics; External sector statistics; Balance of payments statistics; Monetary statistics; Pacific Islands; Asia and Pacific
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Samoa: Technical Assistance Report-Report on the External Sector Statistics Assistance Mission
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
This report discusses the report of technical assistance mission to support the Central Bank of Samoa (CBS) in further strengthening external sector statistics compilation and dissemination. The mission recommended that ESS compilers convert to using the International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) data as the source of exports data starting 2019; and adjust historical data at least as far back as 2014. Also, it would be beneficial to switch the source of trade in goods exports from exchange control records to Customs data to ensure better coverage and improve consistency with the IMTS published by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics. The CBS should adopt a step-by-step approach for the collection of offshore units’ data, initially focusing on offshore banks. As international requirements for the reporting of offshore units evolves, it is likely that the Samoa International Finance Authority (SIFA) and the offshore company trustees will need to expand data collection from the offshore units under their jurisdiction. The CBS should, therefore, keep abreast of developments with respect to offshore reporting and continue to liaise with the SIFA.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; information; enterprise; Customs data; CBS export; SBS data; position data; CBS management; IMTS data; CBS compiler; transactions data; liabilities data; External sector statistics; Remittances; Foreign direct investment; Balance of payments statistics; Imports; Caribbean
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Samoa: Staff Report for the 2018 Article IV Consultation—Informational Annex
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept

2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa

Keywords:
ISCR; CR; capital account surplus; Samoa; staff appraisal; import growth; quarter; PFTAC TA; resilience program; PFTAC resource; PFTAC steering committee meeting GDDS; resilience to the effects of climate change; Government finance statistics; External sector statistics
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Samoa: Staff Report for the 2017 Article IV Consultation—Informational Annex
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept

2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa

Keywords:
ISCR; CR; right; Samoa; authority; GDP; central bank; PFM roadmap; PFTAC TA; income tax legislation; PFTAC's TA strategy; Samoa's framework; Government finance statistics; External sector statistics; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Monetary statistics; Pacific Islands
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Samoa
Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation—Informational Annex
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept

STAFF REPORT FOR THE 2015 ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION —INFORMATIONAL ANNEX

Keywords:
ISCR; CR; deficit; current account; real GDP; Samoa; authority; reconstruction effort; PFTAC TA; U.S. dollar; external shock; monetary policy transmission mechanism; Samoan authorities; monetary policy stance; growth path; exogenous Shock Facility; PFI credit; rekindling growth; Credit; Commercial banks; Natural disasters; Pacific Islands; Global; Australia and New Zealand; build resilience; Samoa submarine cable; ADB loans to Samoa; Samoa's recovery; TA strategy; External sector statistics; Government finance statistics
Cover Finance & Development
Fund activity: Witteveen speaks on prospects for industrial countries; supplementary financing facility; Bank-Fund Annual Meetings; Fund transactions increase; Government Finance Statistics Yearbook ready; selected data on Fund transactions
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.

This paper highlights that since its inception in 1956, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested more than US$1.7 billion in nearly 300 enterprises in 62 developing countries in total projects costing about US$9 billion. The IFC is the affiliate of the World Bank, which has been given the specific task of furthering economic development by encouraging the growth of productive private enterprise in developing countries. The paper underscores that IFC plays an essentially catalytic role in generating investment funds from local and foreign sources.

Keywords:
FD; F&D; country; exchange rate; lending; negotiations; gold tranche purchase; fund staff; fund transaction; fund activity; oil facility; Gold; Government finance statistics; Extra-budgetary funds; Gold prices; Africa