ETRAI Senior Advisor Eduard Brau Chronological Files

136643

1977-1991

series

textual records

3.5 linear feet of textual records

Multiple currency practices, Foreign exchange transactions, External debt, Debt rescheduling, External debt statistics, Debt restructuring, Multilateral debt, Export credits, Payments arrears, Multiyear Rescheduling Arrangements (MYRAs), Official development assistance (ODA), Overdue obligations, Development Committee, Structural Adjustment Facility, Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Stand-By Arrangements, Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility, Environmental issues, IMF Budget, Technical assistance, World debt tables, External contingency mechanism (ECM)

Paris Club, UNCTAD, World Bank, Group of Five, OECD, United Nations Development Programme, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Group of Ten, Group of Twenty-Four, Michel Camdessus, Jean-Claude Trichet, C. David Finch, Richard Erb, Kennet K.S. Dadzie, Wilfried Guth

Series consists of Eduard Brau's chronological files containing, for the most part copies of outgoing correspondence and internal memoranda. Also, throughout there are short files and longer files with lengthy correspondence, dictated by the need and nature of the subject. Nine of the twenty files that compose the series (1977-1985) are carbon copies of outgoing correspondence and internal memoranda. As typical of chronological files, the bulk of the correspondence does not have the documents they refer to attached. Eduard Brau had a long career of 14 years (1977-1991) within ETR, occupying a number of different responsibilities: Advisor, Division Chief, Assistant Director, Senior Advisor and Deputy Director (plus a final period of 7 months where he worked as Special Advisor to the Deputy Managing Director Richard D. Erb to assist him on Budget Questions). Addressees include the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, ETR Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors and Advisors, ETR Division Chiefs, other Department Directors, government officials, universities and scholars, and the private sector initiative. Files illustrate the wide spectrum of responsibilities covered by Eduard Brau during his long period in ETR. Of particular interest are the substantial amount of "Memorandum for Files", documenting Brau's thoughts, conversations, discussions, and meetings, which he had primarily with staff, senior Management, and country officials. These memoranda show the rationale behind decisions documented in the records. In addition, memoranda to the Managing Director on a variety of topics highlight Brau's valuable role in assisting and advising Management. Chronological files contain records covering the administration of the department (departmental heads meetings, staff assignments, travel, leave, salaries/salary structure, department work program and budget, department organization, the Economist Program (EP), recruitment of experienced economists, the IMF Institute, representation of expenses, gifts, and office space); its operations (Memorandums for Files, Speaking Notes for the MD, Annual Meetings Briefs, Briefing Papers, Reports to the Board, Work Programs, Reports from the Paris Clubs on External Debt Renegotiation' Staff Reports on Article IV Consultations, Policy Framework Papers) and Use of Fund Resources: Stand-By Arrangements (SBA) , Structural Adjustment Facilities (SAF), Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facilities (ESAF) and Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facilities (CCFF). Also present in the records are correspondence on training; updates on the department activities; visits and appointments; invitations for seminars and conferences; and thank you notes. Additionally, there are comments on draft papers, speeches, statements, and on published articles and studies. The internal and external correspondence illustrate Eduard Brau's approach in matters related to Multiple Currency Practices, Exchange Transactions Costs, External Debt, Debt Rescheduling, External Debt Statistics, Multilateral Debt Restructuring,External Viability, Export Credit Cover Policies, Payment Arrears, Multiyear Rescheduling Arrangements (MYRAs), Official Development Assistance (ODA), Overdue Obligations to trhe Fund, Review of Quotas, Size of the Fund, Development Committee, Dutch Auctions, Annual Meetings, Critical Country Debt Cases, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Environmental Issues, IMF Budget Process, Technical Assistance, IMF Budget Outlook, Article IV Consultations and World Debt Tables.