Technical assistance

IMF technical assistance supports the development of the productive resources of member countries by helping them to effectively manage their economic policy and financial affairs. The IMF helps these countries to strengthen their capacity in both human and institutional resources, and to design appropriate macroeconomic, financial, and structural policies. Technical assistance accounts for about one-fifth of the IMF's operating budget. It is financed by both internal and external resources, the latter comprising funds from bilateral and multilateral donors.

The IMF has provided Romania with technical assistance in a number of areas, including tax and customs, fiscal policy and budget management, monetary policy and central bank organization, banking supervision, inflation targeting, statistics, and in anti-money laundering institutional development and procedures.