Finally and perhaps of paramount importance, we would like to stress that increased transparency resulting from assessments of a member country’s incipient vulnerabilities may, in turn, exacerbate a crisis even when such a country does not face any liquidity problems and its macroeconomic conditions are stable. Thus, there is need to reconsider the issue of the optimal degree of transparency in such vulnerability assessments.
Enhancing IMF support to low-income members: instruments and financing; IMF - World Bank collaboration; and promoting debt sustainability The official development assistance (ODA) by to developing countries falls significantly short of the committed target of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product (GNP).