The Fund's Mandate-The Legal Framework

Download or read book The Fund's Mandate-The Legal Framework written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-01-22 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is intended to accompany “The Fund’s Role and Mandate—An Overview” (the “Mandate Overview Paper”). Taking into account the issues raised in the Mandate Overview Paper and, in particular, the potential areas for reform that it identifies, this paper provides a brief analysis of both the constraints and flexibility that exist under the existing legal framework. At the outset, it is useful to identify several aspects of this framework that are of particular relevance.