EU2AI Country Files

136888

1975 - 2004 (predominant 1991 - 2000)

series

textual records

117 linear feet

English

Cooperation with other international organizations, Membership, Quota calculations, External financing, New currency units, Technical assistance, Stabilization measures, Ruble area, Article IV consultations, Creditor countries, Interstate payment problems, Enterprise financing, External debt, Reform Strategy, Stand-By Arrangements, Impact of political conflicts on economic performance, Systemic Transformation Facility, Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, Armenia, Republic of, Azerbaijan, Republic of, Belarus, Republic of, Estonia, The Republic of, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Republic of, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Republic of, Lithuania, Republic of, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Republic of, Turkmenistan, Ukraine

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Group of Seven, Paris Club, FAO, OECD, BIS, International Labour Organisation, Group of Twenty-Four, Interstate Bank (ISB), Siim Kallas, Eduard Shevardnadze, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, Yegor Gaidar, Konstantin Kagalovskiy, Viktor Gerashchenko, Richard Erb, Ernest Stern, Jean-Claude Trichet, Jacques Attali, Pascal Lamy, Grigory Yavlinsky, Sir Nigel Wicks, Frans Andriessen, Jeffrey Sachs

Series is open according to the Policy on Access to the Fund's Archives. Files will be screened by reference staff for any time restrictions

Series consists of the country files maintained by the EU2 Immediate Office since its establishment in 1992. Records reflect all aspects of the Department's functions and activities, in particular advising on economic, financial and political developments in countries within its area; conducting consultation missions and negotiations involving the use of Fund's resources; review of performance under financial programs; and coordinating technical assistance efforts in member countries. Files reveal the work between the European Department 2, its Divisions, and the Functional Departments, and provide a valuable information on the IMF's activities and approaches in member countries assigned to the Department. Files are arranged by subject according to country and chronologically within each file. Records consist of memoranda exchanged between the EU2 Director and the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, Members of the Executive Board, Department Heads, Advisors and Senior Advisors, and Division Chiefs; correspondence exchanged within the Department, with IMF Resident Representatives, and with other technical assistance experts assigned to countries; external memoranda, letters, faxes and cables exchanged with country officials, Central and Reserve Banks, Embassies, and other regional and international organizations; draft and final Executive Board Documents; Back-to-Office Reports for visits to countries; minutes of meetings; reports; country background notes, briefing papers; comments on drafts and final papers prepared by EU2 or in collaboration with other departments; comments on documents prepared by other Departments, academic institutions, and other organizations. Files also contain few documents issued by the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Commission and other international organizations; newspapers clippings, press releases, bulletins, appointments of country officials and governors of the IMF, speeches, statements, and printed materials. Additionally, the files contain internal and external reports provided by the member countries and the Fund’s Resident Representatives, such as recent economic and political developments, policies and prospects in the country; decrees and legislations; and countries economic, financial, and fiscal data. Predominant are issues related to membership admission; Pre-Membership Economic Review, the determination & review of country quotas; country monetary policy and new currencies; country exchange rate regime; technical assistance provided by the IMF through staff missions or assignment of experts; the Consultation missions and discussions held under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement; and the use of resources under the IMF facilities, Accounts, and Arrangements (Stand-by Arrangement, Systemic Transformation Facility and Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility). Also, topics related to Annual Meetings, the Paris Club and Bilateral Payments Agreements between debtor and creditor countries, Impact of Conflict on Economic Performance, and Interrepublic Agreement on Banking Union and Banking Union Charter, are present in the records.