EU2AI Lithuania Country Files

139285

1991-2003

sub-series

5 linear feet of textual records

New currency units, Stand-By Arrangements, Article IV consultations, Systemic Transformation Facility, Bank / Fund Collaboration, Extended Fund Facility, Use of Fund resources, Banking sector, New currency units, Resident Representatives, Lithuania

Aleksandras Abišala, Adolfas Šleževičius, Gediminas Vagnorius, Algirdas Brazauskas, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Subseries consists of the country files maintained by the EU2 Immediate Office on Lithuania 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; conducting consultation missions and negotiations involving the use of Fund's resources; review of performance under financial programs; and coordinating technical assistance efforts in Lithuania. Files reveal the work between the European Department 2, its Divisions, and the Functional Departments, and provide valuable information on the IMF's activities and approaches in Lithuania. 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 Lithuania (Resident Treasury Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Resident Statistical Advisor and Special Advisor to the Governor of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania); 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; 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 Extended Fund Facility). Also, topics related to Cooperation World Bank-IMF (with the use of instruments such as Structural Adjustment Loan and Country Assistance Strategy), Public Expenditure Policy, Banking Sector Restructuring and Emergency Measures are present in the records.