Industrial Policy Coverage in IMF Surveillance— Broad Considerations

Download or read book Industrial Policy Coverage in IMF Surveillance— Broad Considerations written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper aims to provide a conceptual framework and guiding principles for the coverage of Industrial Policy (IP) in IMF surveillance. It proposes a working definition of industrial policy, discusses its objectives and main instruments, and provides a brief review of academic literature on IP. The paper discusses the four broad sets of considerations for assessing IP: justification, design, cost-benefit assessment, and implementation. It stresses that IP should be covered in IMF surveillance when it is deemed macro-critical and/or has the potential to generate significant cross-border spillovers. The paper also discusses specific aspects of industrial policies, including trade-related IP, green IP, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), and provides examples of the IP coverage in the Article IV consultations with China, Euro Area, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.