The IMF’s Evolving Role Within a Constant Mandate

ABSTRACT The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is by design an economic institution, with exclusive mandate. Traditionally, this has meant that the IMF focused its work on monetary, fiscal, exchange rate, and financial sector policies, along closely related structural aspects. In recent years, however, IMF’s widened to cover a broader range of substantive topics, including governance anti-corruption, climate change, fintech digitalization finance, inequality, social protection, gender. This article posits in these emerging areas demonstrated criticality for institution’s macroeconomic stability mandate not expansion mandate, but rather reflects continuing evolution understanding what critical achievement explores how macro-criticality assessed within legal institutional framework context core powers generally special focus It also discusses strategies engagement member countries three areas.