Middle East and Central Asia Department Divisions Records

97225

1950-2005, predominant 1950-1992

sous-fonds

textual records

142.5 linear feet of textual records

English

Sous-fonds is open according to the Policy on Access to the Fund's Archives. Material has been screened for any sensitive information or time restriction.

Sous-fonds consists of records created by the area divisions of the Middle Eastern Department (MED) and its successor the Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD). The organization of the divisions changed over time with country desks being transferred to different divisions in order to balance work demands or in order to provide more focused regional surveillance. The records generated by the divisions remained more or less consistent despite these organizational changes. The sous-fonds is arranged into the division's standard Country Desk Files, Chronological Files, Subject Files and Administrative Files or occasional Heads of division sets of files. The majority of the records are the Country Desk Files which show the desk economists’ work in the maintenance of an up-to-date database on economic, financial and political developments in member countries.

Middle Eastern Department Eastern Division, Middle Eastern Department Western Division, Middle Eastern Department Arabian Peninsula Division, Middle Eastern Department Central Division, Middle Eastern Department Coastal Division, Middle Eastern Department Mediterranean Division, Middle Eastern Department Northern Division, Middle Eastern Department Red Sea Division, Middle Eastern Department Southern Division, Middle Eastern Department Division A, Middle Eastern Department Division B, Middle Eastern Department Division C, Middle Eastern Department Division D, Middle Eastern Department Division E, Middle Eastern Department Division F