glossary a

English 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 16

Arabic

1977 Decision on Surveillance over Exchange Rate Policies 1977 Surveillance Decision

AAA debtor

AAA rating triple-A rating

above face value [securities] above par above par value at a premium

above par value

1

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English above the line

Arabic

above-the-line item [budget] above-the-line entry

absolute advantage

absorptive capacity absorption capacity

accelerated purchase

accelerated rate of depreciation accelerated depreciation

acceleration clause

acceptance credit

2


English acceptance limit [SDR designation]

Arabic ( )

acceptance of membership [BL]

access limit [IMF]

access policy [IMF]

access to a facility [IMF]

Accord Implementation Group AIG

accountability [GFSM]

accounting concept

3


English accounting equation balance sheet equation accounting identity

Arabic

accounting practices accounting methods accounting procedures

accounting rate book rate

accounting unit accounting entity

accounts of the IMF in member countries IMF accounts in member countries

accounts payable payables

4


English accounts receivable

Arabic

Accra Agenda for Action AAA Triple A

accrual basis

accrual basis accounting accrual accounting

accruals [accounting]

accrued charges [IMF]

accrued income accrued revenue accrued asset

5


English accrued interest

Arabic

accumulated depreciation accrued depreciation

acid-test ratio [USA] quick asset ratio quick ratio cash ratio [corporations] absolute liquid ratio

ACP-EEC Convention (between the African, Caribbean, and Pacific States and the European Economic Community) Lom Convention

acquaintance mission [IMF] exploratory mission

6


English acquired rights clause grandfather clause

Arabic

acquisition of SDRs [IMF]

act of consent [IMF quotas]

act of God natural disaster

Acting ... [IMF]

..

activate

active claim

7


English activist policy discretionary policy active policy

Arabic

activity report [IMF]

actual final consumption

actual income

actual interest yield effective yield

actual rate of return

actuarial reserve [insurance]

actuarial valuation actuary's valuation

8


English ad hoc quota boosters

Arabic

ad hoc quota increase

ad hoc request [IMF quotas]

ad valorem [taxation]

Adaptation Fund

adaptive expectations

adequacy of financing

adequacy of reserves reserves adequacy

adequate safeguards [IMF]

9


English adjustable rate floating interest rate floating rate variable rate variable-rate interest

Arabic

adjustment equation

adjustment fatigue

adjustment of charges [IMF]

adjustment of quotas [IMF]

adjustment path

adjustment process

adjustment program [IMF]

10


English adjustment to cash basis [IFS] adjustment to cash

Arabic

adjustment transaction [GFS 1986]

adjustment with growth

Administered Account - country [IMF - contribution from a country]

( )

administered price controlled price administrative price

administration of control [AREAER]

administration of restrictions [IMF]

11


English administrative action

Arabic

administrative budget [IMF]

Administrative Division [INS/AV]

administrative expenses [IMF] administrative costs

administrative receivership [insolvency, UK]

Administrative Services [TGS/D]

advance deposit import deposit

12


English advance mission [IMF]

Arabic

advance redemption advance repayment

advanced economy

adverse feedback loop negative feedback loop

adverse selection [banking; insurance]

Advisor on Diversity, Senior [IMF-HRD]

Advisor to the Executive Director [IMF-OED]

Advisor [IMF]

13


English advisory report [IMF]

Arabic

affiliated enterprise affiliate

affluent society

Africa Action Plan [G-8] G8 Africa Action Plan Kananaskis Africa Action Plan

Africa Capacity Building Initiative [IMF]

Africa Regional Division [MCM/R1]

African Caucus [IMF]

( ) ( )

14


English African Department [IMF] AFR

Arabic

African Development Bank AfDB ADB

African Development Fund AfDF ADF

African Financial Community [BCEAO] CFA

African Forum and Network on Debt and Development AFRODAD

African Group [IMF-IBRD] Group of African Governors African Caucus

15


English African peer review mechanism [NEPAD] APRM

Arabic

African Regional Technical Assistance Center AFRITAC

African Union AU

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACP Group ACP States

after taxes

agency

agency bond

16


English agency fee [capital market]

Arabic

Agency for International Development [USA] AID USAID

agency transaction [GFS 1986]

Agenda and Procedures Committee [IMF] APC

agent

agent's fees [BPM5]

[1993 ] -

agflation

17


English aggregate calculated quota share

Arabic

aggregate demand

aggregate real gross national product aggregate real GNP

aggregate real private investment

aggregation bias

aggregation, degree of

aggregator bank bad bank

aging of the population aging population

agreed minute [Paris Club]

18


English Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures [WTO] ASCM

Arabic

agreement, use by [SDR]

agricultural exporter

agricultural extension services agricultural extension extension services

aid effectiveness

aid flows

Aid for Trade

aid fragmentation

19


English aid-dependence syndrome

Arabic

aide-mmoire [IMF]

allocate

allocation

allocation mechanism

allocation of SDRs SDR allocation

allocative efficiency of resources Pareto efficiency Pareto optimal Pareto optimality Paretian optimality

allotted number of votes [IMF]

20


English alternative measure of variability

Arabic

amended Articles of Agreement ][IMF Articles of Agreement as amended

)amendment (to the Articles of Agreement ][IMF

) (

amendment ]39[SNA

] -3991[

AML supervisory principles

amortization

) (

amortization profile

amount of access ][IMF

) (

12


English amount outstanding

Arabic

amount payable forthwith

anchor [monetary policy]

ancillary meetings [IMF-IBRD Annual Meetings]

ancillary services

annual arrangement [ESAF, PRGF]

Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics [World Bank] ABCDE

22


English Annual Meetings (of the Boards of Governors) of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank [IMF-World Bank] Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors Annual Meetings

Arabic

annual rate of basic pay

Annual Report of the Executive Board[IMF]

Annual Report

Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions[IMF; publication not translated] AREAER ARER

Annual Report on Portfolio Performance [IBRD] ARPP

annuity

23


English anticipated growth rate

Arabic

anticyclical reserve fund

anticyclical tax

antidumping duty

anti-money laundering AML

anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism AML/CFT

apex institution

application for membership [IMF]

appointed Executive Director [IMF]

24


English apportionment of appropriations [USA]

Arabic

appreciate

( )

appropriation

appropriation ceiling

appropriation-in-aid [budget]

Arab accounting dinar [AMF] AAD

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa ABEDA BADEA

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development AFESD

25


English Arab Monetary Fund AMF

Arabic

arbitrager arbitrageur

arbitration clause

area department [IMF]

arithmetic mean mean

arm's length [trade]

arrangement [IMF]

arrangements

26


English arrears country [IMF] country with payment arrears

Arabic

Article IV consultation discussions [IMF] consultation discussions

Article IV consultation [IMF]

Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund[IMF] Articles of Agreement Fund Agreement Articles of the Fund

artificial person legal entity corporation corporate body

27


English artisanal industry cottage industry

Arabic

Asia and Pacific Department [IMF] APD

Asia and Pacific Regional Division [MCM/R2]

Asian Development Bank AsDB ADB

Asian noodle bowl

" " ""

28


English Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum APEC APEC Council APEC Forum Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Asia-Pacific Economic Forum

Arabic

assessment letter [IMF] comfort letter assessment statement

assessment mission [IMF-IBRD]

Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation AFSSR

assessment roll [taxation] assessment list

29


English assessment [SNA93]

Arabic

assessor [taxation]

asset

asset liability management ALM

asset operation

asset redemption

asset-backed commercial paper ABCP

asset-backed securities ABS

30


English Assistant to the Director [IMF]

Arabic

Assistant to the Secretary [IMF-SEC]

associated borrowing arrangement [IMF, GAB] associated agreement

associated enterprise associate associated company

Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN

( )

Atlantic Division [WHD/AT]

attendance list

31


English attrition rate

Arabic

auction rate ][exchange rates

auction-rate security ARS

audit committee

audit office auditing department

audit opinion

audit auditing

audited financial statements

23


English Auditor [IMF-OIA]

Arabic

Auditor, Senior [IMF-OIA]

augmented resources [IMF] augmented Fund resources

authorized bank [exchange market]

authorized capital

automatic release warrant

automatic stabilizer built-in stabilizer

autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model ARCH Model

33


English average daily balance

Arabic

average-inflation country

avoidance of cross-conditionality [IMF]

back office

background paper

backloaded stimulus package

back-loading [IMF]

backtest [bank supervision] backtesting

34


English back-to-back credit back-to-back loan

Arabic

back-to-back missions [IMF]

back-to-office report BTO forty-eight-hour report debrief [IMF]

84

backward shifting

bad asset

bad asset overhang

bad loan bad debt [accounting]

35


English bail in

Arabic ( )

bailout rescue

( )

Balance of Payments and External Debt Division I, II [STA/A1, A2]

() )(

Balance of Payments Compilation Guide

balance of payments constraint

balance of payments financing

Balance of Payments Manual[IMF] BPM

balance of payments need [IMF]

36


English balance of payments position payments position

Arabic

balance of payments statistics BOP statistics

balance of payments surplus

balance of payments test [IMF]

balance of payments [IFS; SNA93]

balance of risks

balance of trade trade balance [IFS]

balance sheet approach to financial crisis balance sheet approach

37


English balance sheet cleansing balance sheet clean-up

Arabic

balance sheet mismatch

balance sheet vulnerabilities

balance sheet general balance sheet statement of financial position statement of financial condition statement of condition statement of assets and liabilities balance sheet statement

balanced distribution of holdings [IMF]

balanced positions [IMF]

balancing item

38


English balancing statement [SNA]

Arabic

Bali Action Plan

Bali Roadmap

balloon loan

bank advisory committee [London Club] advisory committee steering committee

bank assessment

bank call report form bank report form report form [IFS]

39


English bank call report call report

Arabic

bank cash ratio

bank examination

Bank for International Settlements BIS

bank liquidity ratio

bank money

Bank of Central African States BEAC

bank of issue currency issuing agency

bank secrecy

40


English bank supervision banking supervision

Arabic

bank supervisors

Bank/Fund Conferences Office ][SEC/AI/BF BFCO

banker's acceptance bank acceptance

bankers' bank

bankers' deposit ][central bank

bankers' reserves

)(

banking authorities

14


English banking soundness

Arabic

banking survey [GMBS; IFS]

banking banking sector

banklike institutions, other [GMBS]

bankruptcy

bankruptcy law

bar [gold]

bargaining power

42


English barrier to entry [trade]

Arabic

barter

barter economy

base money monetary base reserve money central bank money high-powered money

base period

Basel Capital Accord [BIS]

Basel capital [MPI]

43


English Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BCBS Basel Committee Cooke Committee

Arabic

Basel II [BIS]

2

baseline projection

baseline scenario [IMF] reference scenario RS benchmark scenario trend scenario business-as-usual scenario BAU nonintervention scenario

base-to-income elasticity

44


English base-weighted price index base-weighted index Laspeyres index [FSIG]

Arabic

basic balance [BPM5]

basic foodstuffs staples

basic period [IMF]

basic rate of charge [IMF]

basic vote [IMF]

basis of assessment

45


English basis of reporting

Arabic

basis point BPS

basket peg basket pegging composite peg

bear market [securities exchange] bearish market

bearer instrument bearer paper bearer security

before taxes pretax

beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-thy-neighbor policy

46


English behavior variable

Arabic

behavioral economics

behavioral equation

below the line [BPM5, GFS 1986]

below-the-line item

benchmark bond index [IMF]

benchmark [IMF, PRGF] performance benchmark

benefit benefits

47


English benign neglect

Arabic

best estimate

best practices BP

better-policies scenario [WEO] best-policies scenario optimistic scenario

bias [statistics]

( )

biased estimator

biased [statistics]

48


English bicyclic procedure [IMF consultations] bi-cycle

Arabic

bid price

( )

bid-ask spread [FSIG; MPI]

( )

bidder tenderer

bid-offer spread [exchange rates]

biennial consultation [IMF]

biennial surveillance review BSR Biennial Review of Surveillance

49


English bilateral central rate [EMS]

Arabic

bilateral creditor [HIPC Initiative]

bilateral payments agreement [GMBS] bilateral payments arrangement

bilateral surveillance [IMF] Article IV surveillance

bilateral swap lines for foreign exchange liquidity / Temporary reciprocal currency arrangement / swap line

/ / / / /

bilateral trade weight

bill

50


English billion [IMF-IBRD; USA]

Arabic

binding

bipolar view

blended GDP variable

blending of resources

blocked account [GMBS]

blue chip gilt-edged security [GBR]

Board Discussion

51


English Board of Executive Directors [WB] Board

Arabic

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [USA] Federal Reserve Board FRB

Board of Governors [IMF]

board seminar

bond

bond market fixed-income market

bond portfolio holdings of bonds

52


English bond warrant debt warrant

Arabic

bonded good

bonus interest rate

bonus share bonus stock

book profit

book-entry security paperless security

border tax adjustment

border trade

border worker

53


English borrow short and lend long

Arabic

Borrowed Resources Suspense Accounts [IMF] BRSA

borrowed resources [IMF]

borrowing arrangement [IMF] borrowing agreement

borrowing capacity

borrowing rate

borrowing ratio [IMF borrowing]

borrowing requirement

54


English borrowing-quota ratio [IMF borrowing]

Arabic

bottleneck inflation

bottom out

bracket creep [taxation] bracket progression

Brady Plan

" "

branch

[1993 ] -

Brazil, Russia, India and China Club BRIC Club

" "

break-even inflation

55


English break-even point

Arabic

Bretton Woods Institutions BWI

Bretton Woods system [exchange rates]

bridge table [statistics]

briefing

briefing note

broad financial market

broadening of the tax base

56


English broadly defined money supply broad money money broadly

Arabic

broker stockbroker

brokerage fee brokerage

[1993 ] -

Brussels Office [IMF-EUR] EUO/BR

bubble economy

" "

budget appropriation process budget appropriation appropriation budgetary appropriation budgetary appropriation process

57


English budget constraint

Arabic

budget cut

budget deficit budget gap

budget estimate budget forecast

budget execution

budget framework law

budget institution budgetary unit spending agency spending department spending unit

budget law approved budget

58


English budget outturn budget performance

Arabic

budget proposal [GFS 1986] draft budget budget bill

Budget Reform Division [OBP/BR]

budget savings

Budget Strategy Division [IMF-OBP/BS]

budget universality principle general budget rule

budget year

59


English budgetary balance budgetary equilibrium

Arabic

budgetary expenditure budgetary outlay fiscal expenditure

budgetary financing gap budgetary gap

budgeted funds

budgeting

/ / /

budgetization fiscalization

)(

buff (paper) [IMF] buff statement

( )

60


English Buffer Stock Financing Facility [SNA93] BSFF

Arabic

building and loan associations [SNA93]

building society [GBR]

built-in elasticity of a tax system

( )

bull market [securities exchange] bullish market

bullet loan

bunching of maturities debt bunching

61


English buoyancy

Arabic

burden sharing [IMF; BPM5]

( ) ( )

burden-sharing mechanism [IMF]

business activity

business community

business continuity plan

business corporation corporation

62


English business cycle economic cycle trade cycle boom and bust boom-bust cycle

Arabic

business expenses representation expenses

business investment

business plan

business profits trading profits

business services [BPM5, BPM6]

business travel [BPM5]

[1993 ] -

63


English buy-and-hold investor

Arabic

buyback agreement debt buyback debt repurchase

buyback arrangement [WTO] buyback [WTO]

buy-down loan [IBRD]

buyer's credit [WTO]

buyer's market soft market

64


English buying exchange rate buying rate buyer's rate bid rate

Arabic

buying member [IMF]

By-Laws [IMF] by-laws

By-Laws, Rules and Regulations[IMF]

byproduct by-product

calculated market interest rate calculated market rate

65


English calculated quota share [IMF] share in calculated quotas [IMF]

Arabic

calendar year

call account

call for committed funds call

call in debt

call money

call option clause call option call provision

66


English call option call

Arabic

callable bond

CAMELS composite rating capital, assets, management, earnings, liquidity CAMEL

"CAMEL" " CAMELS"

Canadian International Development Agency CIDA

cancellation of SDRs [IMF]

capacity building

capacity constraint

67


English capacity output

Arabic

capacity underutilization underutilization

capacity utilization

capital

capital account convertibility

capital account crisis

capital account ][budget

capital adequacy

capital adequacy ratio CAR

86


English capital and financial account [BPM5]

Arabic

capital asset fixed asset fixed capital non-current asset long-term asset long-lived asset plant and equipment

capital assets pricing model CAPM

capital base

capital budget [IMF]

capital buffer

69


English capital controls

Arabic

capital cost cost of capital

capital cushion

capital deepening

capital expenditure CAPEX capital outlay

capital flight [SNA93] flight of funds

capital flow capital movements

70


English capital formation [SNA93]

Arabic

capital gain holding gains

capital gains tax

capital gearing ratio gearing ratio leverage [corporate finance, USA] gearing [GBR] financial gearing

capital good producer good

capital income

71


English capital intensiveness capital intensity

Arabic

capital investment

capital loss

capital market

Capital Market Development and Financial Infrastructure Division [MCM/CD]

Capital Requirement Directive CRD

capital revenue [GFSY]

capital stock

72


English capital transfer

Arabic

capital value

capital widening widening of capital

capital, excluding reserve assets capital, excluding reserves

capital-asset ratio [banking] capital ratio

capital-debt ratio equity-debt ratio

capital-exporting country

capital-importing country

73


English capital-intensive

Arabic

capitalization (of interest) [Paris Club]

capitalized value

capital-labor ratio

capital-loan ratio [banking]

capital-output ratio

/ /

carbon capture and storage CCS carbon capture

carbon credits

74


English carbon emissions trading scheme carbon trading scheme cap and trade scheme

Arabic

carbon market

carbon pricing scheme

career stream career pattern

Caribbean Community CARICOM Caribbean Common Market

Caribbean Development Bank CARIBANK CDB

Caribbean Financial Action Task Force [money laundering] CFATF

75


English Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center [IMF-CARICOM-UNDP] CARTAC

Arabic

carry trade

carryforward carryover loss carryforward loss carryover tax loss carryforward tax loss carryover

carrying cost (of inventories)

carrying value carrying amount written-down value book value

Cartagena Agreement Andean Subregional Integration Agreement

76


English cascading [taxation]

Arabic

case study

cash

cash account [IMF, SDA]

cash balance

cash basis accounting cash accounting

cash bond [contracts]

cash buyback [debt]

77


English cash crop

Arabic

cash economy cash-based economy

cash flow

cash flow budget cash budget cash plan

cash flow relief cash relief

cash in bank cash held by banks

cash in hand cash on hand ][GFSM

87


English cash loan disbursement

Arabic

cash loan financial loan

cash management

cash margin

cash payment

cash position

cash rate overnight rate call rate call money rate interbank call rate overnight call money rate

79


English cash ratio requirement minimum cash requirement

Arabic

cash settlement

cash voucher [GFS 1986]

cashier's check official check treasurer's check bank check

catalytic effect

catch-up demand

ceiling price

Center for Latin American Monetary Studies CEMLA

80


English Central Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center [IMF] Central AFRITAC

Arabic

Central African Banking Commission COBAC

Central African Economic and Monetary Community CAEMC Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa

Central African Monetary Union CAMU

Central African States Development Bank CASDB

Central American Common Market CACM

Central American Division [WHD/CA]

81


English Central American Free Trade Agreement CAFTA Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement CAFTA-DR

Arabic

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program [ADB] CAREC

Central Bank Gold Agreement CBGA Washington Agreement on Gold

Central Bank of West African States BCEAO

central bank central banker

central banking

82


English Central Banking Division [MCM/CB]

Arabic

central counterparty CCP

Central Division, I, II, III [EUR/C1, C2, C3]

() )( )(

central government

central rate [IMF]

centrally planned economy [SNA93] CPE

certificate of indebtedness CI

83


English certified check marked check certified bank check [GMBS]

Arabic

ceteris paribusall other things being equal other things equal other things being equal

CFA Franc Zone franc zone franc area

chair [IMF Governance]

Chairman of the Executive Board [IMF]

Chairman's Statement [IMF]

84


English Chairperson of the Oversight Panel

Arabic

change in holdings [BPM5]

change of ownership

Changes: Successful Partnerships for Africa's Growth Challenge

:

charge [in general]

chargeback

chart of accounts

charter [banking]

cheap money policy easy money policy

85


English checkable deposit

Arabic

checkable savings account [IFS]

checks and balances system

Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization CMI Multilateralization Post-CMI

Chiang Mai initiative CMI

child allowance [IMF-HRD]

civil service

86


English Civil Society Policy Forum CSPF Civil Society Forum

Arabic

civil society civic society

claim [finance]

claims on deposit money banks [GMBS; IFS]

claims on general government [GFS 1986]

claims on nonfinancial public enterprises [GMBS; IFS]

claims on nonresidents [BPM5]

87


English claims on official entities ][GMBS; IFS

Arabic

claims on other financial institutions ][GMBS; IFS

claims on private sector ][GMBS; IFS

claims on state and local governments ][GMBS; IFS

cleansing of banks

clear the market

clearing account ][IFS

clearing arrangement

88


English clearing bank

Arabic

clearing mechanism

clearinghouse clearing house [SNA93]

client due diligence [money laundering] customer due diligence know your customer know your client KYC

Client Services Division [TGS/IC]

cliff effect

Climate Investment Fund CIF

89


English close substitute

Arabic

close the books

closing liabilities

code of conduct [IMF member]

Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (2001)[IMF]

-

Revised Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency

Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (2007)[IMF]

()

Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies: Declaration of Principles[IMF] MFP Transparency Code MFP Code

90


English cofinancing arrangement [IBRD]

Arabic

cofinancing trust account [IMF] CTA

coinage minting

coincident indicator coincidental indicator

Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative CABRI

collateral account [IMF rights approach]

collateral pooling system

91


English collateral security collateral guarantee collateral [BPM6; GFSM]

Arabic

collateral value

collateralize

collateralized bond

collateralized bond obligation CBO

collateralized debt obligation squared CDO squared

-

collateralized debt obligation CDO

92


English collateralized loan obligation CLO

Arabic

collateralized mortgage obligation CMO

collect tax

collection of data gathering of data

collective action clause [debt] CAC

collective bargaining

collective bargaining agreement collective labor agreement labor contract union contract

93


English collective good public good social good

Arabic

collective judgment sense of the meeting

collective representation clause

collusive bidding collusive tendering bid rigging

Cologne terms

co-manager [syndicated loans] co-lead manager

combating the financing of terrorism CFT

94


English combined market interest rate [SDR] combined market rate

Arabic

comfort zone

command economy controlled economy

commercial arrears

commercial bank

commercial creditor

commercial debt bank debt

commercial GDP [SNA] commercialized GDP

95


English commercial interest reference rate CIRR

Arabic

commercial lender

commercial lending commercial loan commercial credit [Paris Club] nonconcessional loan

commercial mortgage-backed security CMBS

commercial paper [FSIG]

commercial position

96


English Commission of the European Communities [EC] CEC European Commission EC

Arabic

Commission on Growth and Development

Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress Stiglitz Commission

commitment basis accounting [budget] commitment basis

commitment fee commitment charge

commitment gap [IMF]

97


English commitment period

Arabic

committed resources [IMF] commitments

Committee of Eminent Persons to Study Sustainable Long-Term Financing of the IMF Committee to Study Sustainable Long-Term Financing of the IMF Committee of Eminent Persons Crockett Committee

Committee of the Whole for the Development Committee [IMF, Executive Board] CWDC

Committee of the Whole on Review of Quotas [IMF, Executive Board] CQuota

Committee on Article XIV Consultations [IMF, Executive Board]

98


English Committee on IMF Governance Reform

Arabic

Committee on Interpretation [IMF, Executive Board] COI

Committee on Membership -- [country] [IMF, Executive Board] membership committee

[ - ]

Committee on the Annual Report [IMF, Executive Board] CAR

commodities price shock

commodity

commodity composition of trade

commodity currency

99


English commodity exchange commodities exchange exchange

Arabic

commodity fund

commodity future [BPM5]

commodity futures market

commodity gold [BPM5; SNA93]

commodity index fund

commodity index investment

commodity market

100


English commodity-indexed bond commodity bond commodity-linked bond

Arabic

commodity-linked finance commodity-backed financing

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA

Common Monetary Area [AFR] CMA

common share common stock ordinary share stock

commons

101


English Commonwealth of Independent States CIS

Arabic

community-based organization CBO

community-driven development CDD

comparable worth

comparative advantage

Compensation and Benefits Policy Division [HRD/CB]

compensation package

compensation [SDR]

102


English Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility [IMF] CCFF

Arabic

compensatory drawing [IMF]

Compensatory Financing Facility [IMF] CFF

compensatory financing of export fluctuations

compensatory financing of fluctuations in the cost of cereal imports [CCFF] cereal facility [IMF] cereal component

competitive bid [securities auctions]

103


English competitive depreciation [exchange] competitive devaluation

Arabic

competitive disadvantage

competitiveness competitive ability

compilation of data compilation [BPM5]

completion point triggers [IMF--HIPC Initiative]

completion point [IMF; HIPC Initiative]

compliance (with performance criteria) [IMF]

( ) ( )

104


English component currency [IMF]

Arabic ( )

composition of creditors [bankruptcy] composition agreement creditors' arrangement

Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves [IMF] COFER currency composition of foreign exchange reserves

compound interest rate compound rate

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CAADP

Comprehensive Development Framework [IBRD] CDF

105


English compression booster

Arabic

compression factor

Comptroller General

compulsory reserve deposit

compulsory withdrawal [IMF]

concertation of policies

concessional assistance concessional aid

concessional counter-cyclical loan

concessional element concessionary element

106


English concessional financing

Arabic

concessional flow concessionary flow

concessional interest rate

concessional lending

concessional loan

concessional terms concessionary terms

concessional treatment [Paris Club] concessionality

concessional concessionary

107


English concessionality

Arabic

concurrence of the member [IMF]

conditional relief arrangement [customs]

conditionality for the tranches [IMF]

conditionality [IMF]

conduit

conduit company conduit

Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development

108


English confidence interval ][statistics

Arabic

confidence level ][statistics

conforming mortgage

connected lending ][FSIG connected loan

consent ][IMF quotas

conservator

) (

consistency check

/ /

901


English consistency of valuation [BPM5]

Arabic

consistency [statistics]

consistent estimator [statistics]

consolidated central government [GFS; GFSY]

consolidation

consolidation period [debt restructuring]

consortium (for country X)

( )

conspicuous consumption

110


English constant return

Arabic

constituency [IMF Executive Board and committees] chair

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

constraint

consultation cycle [IMF]

Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues CGER Consultative Group on Exchange Rates

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [IBRD] CGIAR

111


English .Consultative Group on International Economic and Monetary Affairs, Inc Group of Thirty

Arabic

consumer credit ]39[SNA

consumer durable hard good

consumer price index CPI

consumer spending household expenditure

consumer surplus

consumer tastes consumer preferences

211


English consumerism

Arabic

consumption expenditure consumption spending

consumption function

consumption pattern consumption behavior

consumption tax

contagion effect contagion [FSIG]

contemporaneous reserve accounting CRA

113


English contingencies [FSIG; GFSM]

Arabic

contingency clause [IBRD/CCFF]

contingency financing contingent financing contingent credit line

contingency fund [GFS 1986] contingency reserve

contingency measure

contingency mechanism contingency mechanism for the adjustment of targets

contingent claim contingent asset

114


English contingent claims approach CCA

Arabic

contingent contract [GFSM 2001]

Contingent Credit Line(s) [IMF] CCL

contingent liability

contingent risk

continuous session [IMF, Executive Board]

contra account valuation allowance

contractionary bias

115


English contractionary impulse

Arabic

contractionary policy

contractual maturity [BPM5]

contrived scarcity

control

convertible arbitrage strategy

convertible debt instrument

cooperation test [IMF]

cooperative arrangements (for maintenance of value of currencies) [IMF, exchange arrangements]

( )

116


English cooperative monetary arrangement [monetary policy] cooperative arrangement common arrangement common monetary arrangement

Arabic

cooperative sector [SNA93]

Coordinated Compilation Exercise CCE

Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey [IMF, OECD] CPIS

Coordination and Standards Division [PDR/CS]

core bank

117


English core data category [GDDS]

Arabic

core fund [Global Environment Facility, WB]

core inflation underlying inflation built-in inflation

core lending [IBRD]

Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision [BIS;Basle Committee] core principles Basel Core Principles

corners hypothesis

corporate accounting standards

118


English corporate banking

Arabic

corporate bond

corporate equity

corporate governance

corporate income tax CIT

corporate raider ][stock exchange raider

corporate risk spreads

911


English corporate sector workout corporate workout workout

Arabic

correlation coefficient [statistics]

correspondence table conversion key

correspondent bank

cost & freight c. & f. CFR

cost accounting

cost effectiveness effectiveness

120


English cost of carry

Arabic

cost of living adjustment COLA

cost price

cost pricing

cost recovery ]5[BPM

cost, insurance, and freight .c.i.f cost, insurance, freight ]39[SNA

)(

cost-benefit analysis

121


English cost-push inflation cost inflation

Arabic

Council [IMF, AA]

Counsel, Consulting [IMF-LEG]

Counsellor (of the Fund) [IMF]

( )

countercyclical action anticyclical measure

/ /

countercyclical facility

counterpart entry counterpart item

counterpart to allocation/cancellation [IMF, BPM5]

/

122


English counterpart to monetization/demonetization of gold counterpart to monetization/demonetization

Arabic / /

counterpart to valuation changes [BPM5; IFS Descriptors] revaluation counterpart

Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group CRMPG Counterparty Risk Management Group Corrigan Group

counterpurchase [trade]

/ /

countertrade [BPM5]

countervailing duty antibounty duty

123


English country brief [IBRD]

Arabic

country coordinator [GDDS]

Country Director [IBRD]

Country Information System [IMF] CIS

country ownership borrower ownership program ownership ownership

country page [IFS]

124


English country partnership strategy ][World Bank CPS country assistance strategy ][IBRD CAS

Arabic

country risk ]5[BPM

country shares

country surveillance

]country-owned [strategy, program

] [

coupon bond

coupon rate

521


English covenant lite loan cov-lite

Arabic

cover [export credit]

coverage [IMF-EBB]

( ) ( )

covered interest rate arbitrage [exchange market] CIA

covered interest rate differential [exchange market]

crawling peg adjustable peg fixed but adjustable exchange rate

credit

126


English credit balance

Arabic

credit ceiling credit limit lending ceiling

credit cooperative ][GMBS

credit crunch credit squeeze credit freeze tightening of credit

credit default swap CDS

credit downgrade

credit easing

721


English credit freeze security freeze

Arabic

credit from monetary authorities [IFS; GMBS]

credit policy

credit rating

credit rating agency [corporations] credit agency mercantile agency international rating agency rating agency rating services

credit rationing

128


English credit risk indicator CRI

Arabic

credit risk [FSIG] counterparty risk

credit spread

credit tranche drawing [IMF]

credit tranche position

credit tranche purchase [IMF]

credit tranche [IMF]

129


English credit union cooperative savings association

Arabic

credit-enhanced obligation [securities] enhanced obligation

creditor bank

creditor country

creditor position asset position

creditor [GFSM; SNA93]

creditworthiness credit standing

130


English creeping inflation (steady) persistent inflation

Arabic

crisis prevention facility

Crisis Resolution Issues Division [SPR/CR] CRI

criticized asset

crony capitalism

" "

cronyism

""

crop year

cross debts

cross elasticity

131


English cross rate

Arabic

cross-border claim transborder claim transborder interbank claim

cross-border coordination

cross-border lending foreign lending

cross-border risk

cross-classification multiple classification [statistics]

cross-conditionality [IMF-IBRD]

132


English cross-country analysis cross-country review cross-country study

Arabic

Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor The State of Public Finances: A Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor

:

cross-currency warrant

cross-cutting issue

cross-default clause [London Club]

cross-section analysis cross-sectional study

crowding-in effect

133


English crowding-out effect crowding out of private investment

Arabic

crystallization (of a loss)

( )

CSO Townhall Meetings

cumulative net drawings [IMF]

currency acceptable to the Fund [IMF]

currency basket basket of currencies

134


English currency board arrangement [IMF exchange rate classification system, 2006] CBA currency board [GFSM]

Arabic

currency component [IMF]

currency composite composite of currencies

currency composition

currency conversion [BPM5]

currency convertibility

135


English currency holdings ][IMF IMF holdings of currencies Fund holdings of currencies currencies held by the Fund ][IMF

Arabic

currency in circulation

currency issue

currency liabilities

currency mismatch ][FSIG

currency option bond

currency outside banks cash outside banks

631


English currency redenomination

Arabic

currency substitution

currency swap

currency union

currency unit

currency valuation adjustment [IMF, accounts] CVA valuation adjustment

currency warrant

currency [BPM5; BPM6; GFSM; SNA93]

137


English current account

Arabic

current account balance balance on current account

current account convertibility

current asset short-term asset

current budget

current capital net current assets working capital [SNA93]

Current Communications Division

current expenditure

138


English current liability short-term liability current debt

Arabic / /

current maturities

current prices in current prices at current prices [CPI]

current ratio

current replacement cost replacement cost

current revenue [GFSY] current receipts [SNA93] CR

139


English current value present value

Arabic

current, to be [IMF]

current-weighted index Paasche index

customary business practices

customs bond

customs bonded warehouse bonded warehouse

customs clearance

customs duty

customs duty bill

140


English customs frontier

Arabic

customs tariff tariff [SNA93]

customs union tariff union

customs valuation

cutback(s) [fiscal policy]

cutoff date [Paris Club]

cyclical influence

cyclical position

/ /

141


English cyclical unemployment

Arabic

cyclically adjusted

cyclically neutral budget

Data Dissemination Standards Division [STA/DD]

Data Quality Assessment Framework [IMF, DSBB] DQAF

Data Quality Reference Site [IMF, DSBB]

data reporting [IMF-STA] reporting [IMF-STA]

142


English Data Standards Initiative [IMF] Standards Initiative

Arabic

dataset-specific quality assessment framework dataset-specific framework specific assessment framework

de minimis clause[Paris Club]

deadweight loss efficiency loss

dealer [USA] jobber [GBR]

debenture debt

143


English debenture ][GBR; USA

Arabic ) ( ] [ ] [

debit

debit balance

debriefing ][IMF

debt amortization amortization

debt and debt service reduction DDSR

debt burden

debt capital loan capital

441


English debt ceiling

Arabic

debt consolidation debt funding funding

debt conversion [Paris Club] debt swap debt-debt swap bond swap

debt covenant covenant

debt disbursed and outstanding

debt fatigue

debt financing debt finance

145


English debt for aid swap [Paris Club]

Arabic

debt for development swap

debt for environment swap

debt for nature swap [Paris Club]

debt forgiveness debt cancellation cancellation of debt forgiveness

debt holder

debt management

146


English debt moratorium [London Club] debt standstill payments standstill

Arabic

debt overhang

Debt Policy Division [ IMF-SPR ]

debt principal principal

Debt Reduction Facility for IDA-Only Countries [IBRD] IDA Debt Reduction Facility

""

debt reduction operations DROPS

debt refinancing

147


English debt relief

Arabic

Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries: The Enhanced HIPC Initiative

: ""

debt reporting system [IMF]

debt repudiation [GFSM]

debt rescheduling rescheduling

debt restructuring debt reconstruction restructuring

debt security debt instrument

148


English debt service payment service payment

Arabic

debt service ratio

debt service debt servicing ]39[SNA

debt sustainability

debt sustainability analysis ][IMF DSA

debt sustainability framework DSF

debt sustainability threshold

941


English debt workout debt renegotiation workout

Arabic

debt-distressed country severely indebted country

debt-distressed situation debt distress

debt-equity ratio

debt-equity swap [Paris Club] debt for equity swap debt for equity conversion conversion of debt into equity debt-to-equity swap

debt-export ratio debt-to-exports ratio

150


English debtor country

Arabic

debtor position liability position

Debtor Reporting System, World Bank [IBRD] DRS

( )

debt-servicing capacity

decentralized agency [GFS 1986]

decision maker

decision making (process)

Decision on Bilateral Surveillance over Members' Policies [IMF]

151


English decision point [IMF; HIPC Initiative]

Arabic

declaration of censure [IMF overdue financial obligations] censure

declaration of ineligibility [IMF]

declaration of noncooperation [IMF]

decoupled income support decoupled support decoupling [EU]

decoupling theory

dedicated investor

152


English deep financial market

Arabic

deep-discount bond deep-discounted bond

deep-pocketed investor

default contagion

default on obligations

default on payment default

deferred charges [IMF accounts]

deferred compensation

deferred credit

153


English deferred deduction executive remuneration

Arabic

deferred income [IMF accounts]

deficit financing deficit spending pump priming

( )

deficit reduction package

deflate (prices)

deflationary demand measure

deflationary gap

deflationary pressure

deflator

154


English delegation of authority ][BL

Arabic ] - 7991[

deleverage deleveraging

delinquency

delinquent borrower

delinquent tax

demand curve

demand deposit checking account deposit sight deposit

551


English demand elasticity elasticity of demand

Arabic

demand function

demand management

demand restraint

demand schedule

demand, payable on [banking]

demand-pull inflation demand inflation

demonetization

( )

demonstration effect

156


English denomination [banknotes]

Arabic

Department for International Development [UK] DFID

Department Head [IMF]

departmental agency

departmental enterprise

depletion allowance [SNA93]

deposit bank [IFS]

157


English deposit claims

Arabic

deposit guarantee scheme

Deposit Insurance Fund deposit insurance scheme

deposit liabilities

deposit money bank

deposit rate ]39[SNA

deposit run

deposit taking ][banking attracting deposits

851


English deposit/loan ratio

Arabic

depository corporation depository institution

depository [IMF]

depreciation

( )

depressed area

depth of the market [financial market] market depth

Deputy [G-24, IDA]

deregulation decontrol

159


English derivation table [GFS 1986]

Arabic

derivative instrument financial derivative derivative

derivative [calculus]

(... )

designated depository [IMF]

designation plan [IMF]

designation [IMF; SDR]

160


English desk economist (for ... [country]) [IMF] desk officer for ( ... [country]) country desk

Arabic ( )

destabilizing disequilibrating [capital flows]

deterrence measure [IMF overdue financial obligations] deterrence deterrent measure deterrent

devaluation [SNA93]

developing and transition countries (DTC)

developing and transition countries DTC

161


English developing country

Arabic

development aid development assistance [BPM5]

Development Assistance Committee [OECD] DAC

Development Grant Facility [IBRD] DGF

Development Issues Division [SPR/DS] DID

development partner

development policy loan DPL

162


English difference equation

Arabic

difference [calculus]

( ) .. ( ) ..

differential

( ) ..

differential equation [calculus]

diminishing returns

direct investment

direct investment income [BPM5]

directed credit

163


English

Arabic

Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook[IMF; publication not translated]

DOTS YearbookDOTSY

Direction of Trade Statistics[IMF-STA; publication not translated] DOTS

direction of trade geographical direction of trade

Director and Special Representative to the United Nations [IMF-UNR]

Director for Special Operations

Director [IMF]

Director, Assistant [IMF]

164


English Director, Associate [IMF]

Arabic

Director, Deputy [IMF]

Director, Offices in Europe [IMF/EUO]

directorship [IMF, Executive Board]

disaggregated data

Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration [Congo (DRC)] DDR

disbursed debt

165


English disbursement

Arabic

discharge an obligation [IMF]

disclosure of on- and off-balance sheet risk

discount

discount bond discounted bond

discount note

discount rate [central banking] minimum lending rate [GBR] MLR bank rate [GBR]

166


English discount window [central banking]

Arabic

discountable eligible for discounting eligible for rediscounting

discrete devaluation step devaluation

discrete [mathematics]

discriminating monopoly

discriminatory currency practice [IMF]

discriminatory tariff preference

diseconomy

167


English dishoarding

Arabic

disincentive

disinflation

disinflationary

disintermediation

disinvestment

disorderly exchange market conditions

disposable income ]39[BPM5; SNA

861


English disposal

Arabic

disposal of problem assets

disposition (of assets) disposition

( )

disruption

dissaving negative saving

Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board [IMF] DSBB

distance to default

distance to distress DD

169


English distortion

Arabic

distressed asset

distributed earnings [BPM5]

[1993 ] -

distribution channel

distribution function [statistics]

distribution of income income distribution

distributional effect distributive effect

disturbance

170


English divergence indicator [EMS]

Arabic

diversified borrower

divestiture (of public enterprises)

( ) ( ) ( )

Division 1, 2, 3, ... [AFR/01, 02, 03, ...]

... () )( )(

Division Chief [IMF]

Division Chief, Deputy [IMF]

doctored data

Doha Development Agenda [WTO] DDA

171


English Doha Development Round Doha Round development round ][trade

Arabic

Doing Business rankings ][World Bank

/ " " /

dollar balances

dollar overhang

domestic content ][imports

domestic credit expansion DCE

domestic currency unit value

271


English domestic currency [GFSM] local currency [GFSM]

Arabic

domestic liabilities [GFSM]

domestic liquidity

domestic market home market

domestic resource cost DRC

domestic saving

domestic securities

domino effect

173


English donor country

Arabic

donor [SNA93]

donors and creditors donors and lenders

dormant debt

double counting [SNA93]

double taxation dual taxation

double-entry accounting system double-entry system double-entry accounting double-entry bookkeeping

174


English doubtful loan doubtful credit

Arabic

down payment

downgrading

)(

downside risk

downside variability

downstream capacity

downstream integration

571


English downturn cyclical downturn downswing cyclical downswing

Arabic

downward adjustment

downward bias negative bias

downward pressure

downward spiral

downward trend falling trend downtrend

downward-sloping curve

draft resolution [IMF]

176


English draw down [London Club]

Arabic ( )

draw on the IMF

drawback [customs]

( )

drawdown period

drawing country [IMF] drawer

drawing down [stocks]

( ) ( )

drawing facility [IMF]

( )

drawing on loans extended [BOP]

177


English drawing right [IMF]

Arabic

dual economy

dual exchange market

dual pricing

dual rate system [exchange rates]

due and payable

due date

due diligence

dummy out

dummy variable

178


English dumping [trade]

Arabic

durable good

duration (of an investment) duration [MPI]

( )

Durbin-Watson statistic DW

-

Dutch auction

Dutch disease [oil or natural gas exporting countries]

duty-free

dynamic multiplier

179


English early repurchase expectation [IMF] prompt repurchase expectation

Arabic

early repurchase [IMF] advance repurchase

early stabilizer

early warning system model EWS

earmark

( )

earmarked account [GMBS]

earmarked tax

earned income [BPM5]

180


English earning asset income-earning asset productive asset

Arabic

earnings

easing credit

easing softening

East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center East AFRITAC

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank ECCB

Eastern Caribbean Currency Union ECCU

181


English easy rider bank [debt restructuring] easy rider

Arabic

economic agent economic entity economic unit

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific [UN-ECOSOC] ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [UN-ECOSOC] ESCWA

Economic and Social Council, United Nations [UN] ECOSOC

Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa AFRISTAT

182


English economic circumstances economic conditions economic environment

Arabic

Economic Commission for Africa [UN-ECOSOC] ECA

Economic Commission for Europe [UN-ECOSOC] ECE

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECLAC

Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS

( )

Economic Counsellor [IMF-RES]

183


English Economic Data Sharing System [IMF] EDSS

Arabic

economic fundamentals fundamentals fundamental determinants

Economic Information System [IMF-STA] EIS

Economic Issues [IMF publication series]

" "

economic life [SNA93] useful life service life [GFSM]

economic performance

184


English economic price efficiency price

Arabic

Economic Recovery Assistance Program [IMF] ERAP

economic recovery recovery

economic slack

economic slowdown

Economic Systems Division [TGS/IE]

economic welfare welfare

185


English economics

Arabic

economies of scale

Economist Program [IMF] EP

economy

Editorial and Publications Division [EXR/EP]

educated guess

effective date

effective exchange rate EER

186


English effective rate of protection ERP

Arabic

Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units

elasticity of a tax system

elasticity of expectations

elasticity of supply supply elasticity

elected Executive Director [IMF]

elective Executive Director [IMF]

electronic data processing EDP data processing informatics

187


English electronic funds transfer EFT

Arabic

eligibility [GFSM]

eligible

eligible asset [banking]

eligible debt [Paris Club]

eligible vote [IMF]

embedded derivative

embodied cost

188


English emergency assistance [IMF]

Arabic

Emergency Facility for Natural Disasters [IMF Facilities]

emergency financing mechanism [IMF]

Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance ENDA Emergency Assistance for Natural Disasters

emergency post-conflict assistance [IMF] EPCA emergency and post-conflict assistance policy of emergency assistance to post-conflict countries

emergency provisions [AA]

189


English emergency purchase [IMF facilities]

Arabic

emerging market

emerging market country

emerging market economy EME

emerging markets and developing countries EMDCs

Emerging Markets Bond Index EMBI

emigration of the tax base

empirical evidence

empirical study

190


English employee attrition rate

Arabic

Employers participating in the troubled assets relief program

employer's social contributions [SNA] employer contribution

employment rate

employment slack

empowerment

enabling environment

encash [IMF]

191


English encashability of bonds [ NAB ] encashable bonds

Arabic

encashable

encashable loan claim

encashment

encashment right [IMF]

encumbered [BPM5]

end consumer

end product final product

192


English end use

Arabic

end user final user

endogenous shock

endogenous variable

endowment

Energy for the Poor Initiative EFPI

energy-intensive

energy-saving technology

enforceable [IMF]

193


English enforcement action

Arabic /

enforcement of security realization of collateral

enforcement power [IMF]

engagement of the IMF in a country IMF engagement Fund involvement Fund engagement engagement

[ ] [ ]

enhanced concessions [Paris Club]

enhanced credit credit enhancement

194


English enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries [IMF] enhanced HIPC Initiative [IMF] Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative

Arabic ""

Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to leastdeveloped countries Enhanced IF EIF

Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Trust [IMF] ESAF Trust

" "

Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility [IMF] ESAF enhanced SAF

enhanced surveillance procedure [IMF] enhanced surveillance

195


English enhancement money [debt restructuring]

Arabic

enhancement of resources

enhancement of SDRs

enlarged access resources [IMF] EAR

enlarged access to the Fund's resources [IMF] EAR enlarged access to Fund resources

enterprise economy

entitlement program [USA]

196


English entrepreneur

Arabic

entrepreneurial income

entrepreneurship [SNA93]

entry [accounting]

environmental action plan [IBRD]

environmental depletion depletion of natural resources [BPM5]

environmental impact

197


English environmental tax green tax

Arabic

equal value exchange rate [SDR]

equal value principle [SDR]

equalization of burden fund equalization fund

equation of exchange Fisher equation

( )

equilibrating capital flow equilibrating capital movement

equilibrium effects

equilibrium exchange rate

198


English equilibrium path

Arabic

equilibrium unemployment equilibrium rate of unemployment

equiproportionality [SDR allocation]

equity capital inflow

equity financing equity finance

equity income

equity investment

equity loan

199


English equity market stock market equity market / stock market (entry 7155)

Arabic

equity or debt position

/

equity ownership equity participation equity interest equity share

equity participation note

equity price movements

equity security

equity transaction

200


English equity equity capital

Arabic

equity-like instrument

ESAF-HIPC Trust Account ][IMF

escalator clause escalation clause

escape clause

escrow account ][IMF/WB; HIPC

ESF Subsidy Account ][IMF

102


English ESF-PRGF Subsidy Account ][IMF

Arabic

essential goods

estate duty estate tax

estimated expenditure

Ethics Office ][IMF-OMD

EU Policies Division ][EUR/EU

Eurepo

""

euro area euro zone

202


English Eurobond

Arabic

Eurobond market

Eurocommercial paper ]5[BPM ECP Euro-CP

Eurocredit Eurocurrency loan

euroization

Euromarket

Euronote

302


English Europe and Middle East/Central Asia Regional Division [MCM/R3] Regional Division 3

Arabic /

Europe Regional Division [MCM/R3]

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD

European Central Bank ECB

European currency unit ECU

European Department [IMF] EUR

European Development Fund EDF

204


English European Economic Area EEA European Economic Space

Arabic

European Financial Stability Facility EFSF

European Free Trade Association EFTA

European Investment Bank EIB

European Monetary System EMS

European narrow margins arrangement snake in the tunnel snake system currency snake system multicurrency intervention system

" " " "

205


English European Network on Debt and Development EURODAD

Arabic " "

European Stabilization Mechanism ESM European Financial Stabilization Mechanism

European System of Central Banks [EU] ESCB Eurofed

European Union EU

Evaluation Committee [IMF, Executive Board] EVC

even par swap

206


English event of default [London Club]

Arabic

Evian approach

ex ante

ex post assessment of Fund-supported programs Ex Post Assessment EPA

ex post evaluation [IMF] EPE

exceptional circumstances clause [IMF, access limit]

excess capital formation excess capital accumulation

207


English excess demand

Arabic

excess employment

excess holding ratio [SDR]

excess profit economic profit supranormal profit

excess purchasing power

excess reserves

excess tax burden excess burden deadweight loss efficiency loss

exchange allocation

208


English exchange arrangement exchange rate arrangement exchange rate regime exchange system

Arabic

exchange arrangements with no separate legal tender [IMF exchange rate classification system, 2006]

exchange contract

exchange control exchange restriction

exchange house exchange bureau

exchange rate anchor [IMF monetary policy framework classification system, 2006]

exchange rate differential

209


English exchange rate future

Arabic

Exchange Rate Issues Division [RES/ER]

exchange rate management

Exchange Rate Mechanism II ERM II

Exchange Rate Mechanism [EMS] ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism I ERM I

exchange rate pass-through ERPT

exchange rate policy exchange policy foreign exchange policy

210


English exchange rate realignment currency realignment

Arabic

exchange rate targeting exchange rate targeting strategy

exchange rate rate of exchange

exchange rates within crawling bands [IMF exchange rate classification system, 2006]

exchange reserves foreign exchange reserves

exchange risk

exchange risk insurance foreign exchange insurance exchange insurance

exchange stability

211


English exchange valuation adjustment

Arabic

exchange foreign currency foreign exchange forex

exchange-traded fund ETF tracker

excise tax excise

excluded holdings ][IMF

Executive Board ][IMF Board

212


English executive compensation

Arabic

Executive Director (Mr./Ms. ...) [IMF-OED] ED

Executive Director, Alternate [IMF-OED]

executive remuneration

Executive Secretary [IMF-IBRD, Development Committee]

executive session [IMF, Executive Board]

exercise an option

213


English exercise price [options] striking price strike price contract price

Arabic

exhaustible resource

exit agreement [debt restructuring]

exit bank [debt restructuring]

exit bond [debt restructuring] exit instrument

exit consent [debt restructuring]

214


English exit rescheduling [Paris Club]

Arabic

exit strategy [exchange rate pegging]

exogenous shock

Exogenous Shocks Facility ESF shocks facility

exogenous variable

expansionary impulse

expansionary policy

expected economic lifetime expected economic life

215


English expected rate

Arabic

expected utility EU

expected value [statistics] EV mathematical expectation

expenditure authorization

expenditure commitment commitment

expenditure item [GFS 1986] expense item [GFSM 2001]

Expenditure Policy Division [FAD/EP]

216


English expenditure tax [GFS 1986]

Arabic

expenditure validation validation

expenditure verification verification

""

expenditure-switching policy switching policy

expense expenditure

explanatory variable [economic models]

export capacity

export credit

217


English export credit agency [Debt Guide, 1993; External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, 1993] ECA

Arabic

export duty export tax

export earnings export proceeds export receipts

export performance

export processing zone EPZ industrial free trade zone industrial free trade area

export promotion

218


English export retention scheme foreign exchange retention scheme foreign exchange retention

Arabic

export shortfall

export surplus

exporting industry

export-led recovery

ex-post [economics]

extended arrangement charge [IMF]

Extended Arrangement [IMF] EA

219


English extended burden sharing [IMF] extension of burden sharing

Arabic

Extended Credit Facility ECF

Extended Fund Facility [IMF] EFF Extended Facility

extension of Toronto terms

external account [BPM5]

external asset (assets owned abroad by residents) foreign asset

( )

External Audit Committee [IMF]

220


English external audit mechanism, legal structure and independence of the central bank, financial reporting practices, internal audit mechanism, and the system of internal controls [IMF, safeguards assessments] ELRIC

Arabic ""

external auditor

external claim foreign claim

external contingency element [CCFF] contingency element [CCFF]

external current account

external debt foreign debt

221


English external disturbance

Arabic

external financing ]39[SNA

external imbalance

External Relations Department ][IMF EXR

external resource envelope

)External Review Committee (on World Bank-IMF Collaboration

) (

external sector foreign sector

external sustainability

222


English extrabudgetary account extrabudgetary fund EBF

Arabic

Extractive Industries Review EIR

ex-works price EXW price ex factory price factory (gate) price

Facilities Chapeau paper

Facilities Management Division [TGS/DF]

factor cost, at

factor endowment

223


English factor income share factor share

Arabic

factor income ]39[SNA

factor payments

factoring ][finance

factor-price distortion

failed institution

fair market value market value sale value fair market price fair price

422


English fair trade

Arabic

fair value

fairness and evenhandedness

family living expenses

farm gate price

FATF-Style Regional Bodies [FSSA] FSRBs

feasibility study

Fed

glossary a

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