37th CFS Plenary Session, 17-22 October 2011, Rome
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An IMF mission visited Honduras during February 28 to March 11 to conduct the first review of performance under the program approved by the Executive Board of the IMF on October 1, 2010. The mission wishes to thank the authorities for their cooperation.
The mission noted that all quantitative performance criteria for December 2010 were observed with ample margins, and that there have been significant advances in structural reforms. For 2011, the mission and the authorities reached understandings on the appropriate economic policies to support the economic recovery and reinforce macroeconomic stability. These understandings are subject to approval by the IMF’s Management and Executive Board, which is envisaged in late-April.
Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 10/84
July 16, 2010 -- Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
Press Release No. 10/220
May 28, 2010 -- Mario Garza, resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Tegucigalpa, issued the following statement today:
Press Release No. 10/115
March 25, 2010 -- Mario Garza, resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Tegucigalpa, issued the following statement today:
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis