Köhler was appointed Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in 2000.

Ivar Rooth ( 2 November 1888 – 27 February 1972 ) was the International Monetary Fund ( IMF )' s second Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board, serving from 1951 – 1956.

In 1951 he headed a mission to Iraq for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and on April 10 of the same year he was appointed Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the IMF, assuming his duties on August 3, 1951.

Rooth's term as Managing Director of the IMF ended on April 27, 1956, but he accepted a request by the Executive Board to serve a further period ending on October 3, 1956.

Pierre-Paul Schweitzer was the International Monetary Fund ( IMF )' s fourth Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board, serving from 1963 to 1973.

Then he was: Deputy Director for the Department of External Finance of the French Treasury ( 1946 ); Alternate Executive Director for France at the IMF ( 1947 ); Secretary of the French Interministerial Committee in Charge of Questions on European Economic Cooperation ( 1948 ); Financial Attaché at the French Embassy in Washington ( 1949-1953 ); Director of the French Treasury ( 1953-1960 ).

On June 21, 1963 Schweitzer was appointed Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the IMF, and he assumed his duties on September 1, 1963.

On November 30, 2009, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty nominated Hockin to become the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) representing Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean.

( In truth, the devaluation had been discussed by and was supported by the Executive Board of the IMF.

On March 1, 2001, the IMF Board granted the country $ 103 million for 2001 – 03 under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility ( PRGR ).

* IMF -- Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board -- Subscribing ... ( see " fiscal sector ")

In October 1998 the IMF invited Argentine President Carlos Menem, to talk about the successful Argentine experience, at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors.

Schweitzer was appointed to a second five-year term as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of the IMF on May 15, 1968.

KPTC's Board of Directors was terminated by the Kenyan government in February 1999 prior to an IMF visit to the country.

* Governor representing Sweden on the Board of the IMF

In 2008, the IMF Board appointed an independent investigator following allegations that Strauss-Kahn had had an affair with a subordinate, Piroska Nagy, who was married at the time to economist Mario Blejer.

The United States has encouraged Belarus to conclude and adhere to agreements with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on the program of macroeconomic stabilization and related reform measures, as well as to undertake increased privatization and to create a favorable climate for business and investment.

Déby, in the mid-1990s, gradually restored basic functions of government and entered into agreements with the World Bank and IMF to carry out substantial economic reforms.

Structural adjustment programs with the World Bank and IMF and interest-free credits to support investments in the agriculture, livestock, and transportation sectors have had limited impact.

The World Bank and IMF are now encouraging the government to concentrate exclusively on implementing much-needed economic reforms to jump-start the economy and defining its fundamental priorities with the aim of alleviating poverty.

A number of International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank missions have met with the new government to help it develop a coherent economic plan but associated reforms are on hold.

A number of IMF and World Bank missions have met with the government to help it develop a coherent economic plan, and President Kabila has begun implementing reforms.

Following the completion of a one-year stand-by program with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in December 2001, Ecuador successfully negotiated a new $ 205 million stand-by agreement with the IMF in March 2003.

Gabon has earned a poor reputation with the Paris Club and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) for poor management of its debt and revenues.

Despite the severe damage the economy of Georgia suffered due to civil strife in the 1990s, Georgia, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 2000, achieving robust GDP growth and curtailing inflation.

Under a one-year standby agreement with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in January 1979, the government promised to undertake economic reforms, including a reduction of the budget deficit, in return for a $ 68 million IMF support program and $ 27 million in IMF Trust Fund loans.

In April 1983, in coordination with the IMF, the PNDC launched an economic recovery program, perhaps the most stringent and consistent of its day in Africa, aimed at reopening infrastructural bottlenecks and reviving moribund productive sectors — agriculture, mining, and timber.

Under the government ’ s post-conflict economic and financial program, implemented with IMF and World Bank input, real GDP recovered in 1999 by almost 8 %.

Government agreement with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on a staff monitored program ( SMP ), followed by its payment of its $ 32 million arrears to the IDB in July, paved the way for renewed IDB lending.

The IDB, IMF, and World Bank also discussed new lending with the government.

Flores inaugurated International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) programs of reform and modernization of the Honduran Government and economy, with emphasis on maintaining the country's fiscal health and improving international competitiveness.

Due to high demand in import goods, Hungary also had a high trade deficit and budget gap, and it could not reach an agreement with the IMF, either.

On 27 October 2008, Hungary reached an agreement with the IMF and EU for a rescue package of US $ 25 billion, aiming to restore financial stability and investors ' confidence.

Mahathir combated it initially with IMF approved policies.

By 1976, Zambia had a balance-of-payments crisis, and rapidly fell into debt with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ).

In 2004, according to IMF estimates, GDP per capita in Eritrea was only US $ 130.

The IMF released a report in February 2011, stating that using SDRs could help stabilize the world economy.

In February 2010, Cowen defended his claim that the National Asset Management Agency ( NAMA ) would increase the supply of credit into the economy despite the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) saying it would not lead to any significant increase.

Cowen was responding to reports published on 8 February that the IMF had told Brian Lenihan in April 2009 that the NAMA would not lead to a significant increase in lending by the banks.

Michel Camdessus ( born 1 May 1933 ) is a French applied economist and administrator who was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) from 16 January 1987 to 14 February 2000.

Shōichi Nakagawa with Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF ( Rome, February 14, 2009 )

February 14, 2009 Mr Strauss-Kahn said: ' This commitment is the single-largest supplemental financing contribution by an IMF member country ever, and it clearly demonstrates Japan's leadership and continuing commitment to a multilateral approach to global economic and financial challenges.

During the G7 meeting of finance ministers in Rome on February 14, 2009, where he signed an agreement to lend an extra $ 100 billion to the IMF that was described as the " largest loan ever made in the history of humanity ", Nakagawa was seen to be slurring his words.

Currently there are 185 Members of the IMF ( As Of February 2007 ) and 184 members of the World Bank.