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Jun 30, 2025
The Arab Monetary Fund Organizes the 19th Meeting of the Arab Committee for Credit Information
The 19th regular meeting of the Arab Committee for Credit Information commences today, Monday, and will be held over two days via video conferencing. The Committee, for which the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) serves as the Secretariat, is a specialized body established under the Council of Governors of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Agencies. Its...
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Jun 26, 2025
Arab Monetary Fund Launches Executive Education Program on "Tax Policy and Tax System Management"
In collaboration with HEC Paris and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)As part of a pioneering step to enhance institutional capacity across the Arab region, the Arab Monetary Fund, in collaboration with HEC Paris and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has launched an Executive Education Program titled "Tax Policy and Tax System Management."
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May 29, 2025
The Arab Monetary Fund Issues the 57th Edition of the “Arab Financial Market Monthly Bulletin” – April 2025
Arab financial market recorded a decline in April 2025, influenced by global market volatility following the United States’ announcement of increased tariffs on imports from 180 countries, including 19 Arab nations. Concerns over slowing economic growth, rising inflation, and geopolitical tensions further weighed on the performance of most...
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May 25, 2025
Iraq Launches National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2025–2029
Under the patronage of H.E. Prime Minister Mr. Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani, Iraq launched its National Financial Inclusion Strategy for the period 2025–2029 during an official conference held in Baghdad. The event was organized by the Central Bank of Iraq, in collaboration with the Arab Monetary Fund, and in partnership with the German Agency for...
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May 19, 2025
AMF and IFSB Formalise Partnership to Advance Financial Resilience and Growth in the Arab Region
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Strategic Partnership Framework to strengthen cooperation in advancing Islamic finance regulation, financial resilience, and sustainable financial and economic development across the Arab region.
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Latest Arab World's Economic News and Financial Status
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- The Arab Accounting Dinar
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- Connecting Experts
- With Technical Assistance &
- Capacity-building Opportunities
Events
The events and workshops organized by the Arab Monetary Fund
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The Arab Economic Database (AEDB) was launched in December 2014. It contains time series for the economic sectors.
Initiatives and Work Groups
Committees and Work Groups emanating from the Board of Governors of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Institutions
The Arab Committee on Banking Supervision
The Arab Committee on Banking Supervision (ACBS) was established in 1991 by the Council of Governors of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Agencies.
The Arab Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems
The Council of Governors of Arab central banks and monetary agencies decided in its 2004 annual meeting, to establish the Arab Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (ACPSS).
The Arab Committee on Credit Information
The Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities’ Governors decided in 2015 to establish the Arab Committee on Credit Information.
Financial Stability Task Force
The Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities’ Governors decided in 2014 to establish, the Financial Stability Task Force (FSTF). The Task Force is composed mainly of Directors in charge of financial stability issues at Central Banks in the region and meets at least twice a year
Arab Financial Inclusion Task Force
The main objective of the Task Force is to contribute to the ongoing efforts to increase financial inclusion in the Arab countries, by assisting national authorities in strengthening their regulations and instruments to expand financial services coverage, enhance financial awareness in the Arab region...
Arab Regional Fintech Working Group
A working group comprising technicians and experts from the Arab countries from the public and private sectors in addition to experts from regional and international financial institutions, service providers and leading organizations in Fintech industry at the international level.
The Financial Inclusion for the Arab Region Initiative (FIARI)
FIARI is a key driver for increasing financial inclusion and translating the willingness of the Arab Monetary Fund to strengthen the technical assistance and the capacity development to support member states and make efforts to provide financial services to Arab countries.
Arab Debt Market Development Initiative
The initiative to develop debt markets in Arab countries is a joint project between the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which aims to promote and enhance the functioning of both, government and private, debt markets in the Arab countries.
ArabStat Initiative
The Arab initiative has for mission to assist Arab countries to strengthen, improve and adapt their statistical system and also involves the promotion and harmonization of statistics among Arab countries through the use of identical methodologies, concepts, definitions and classifications.
Digital Economy
The Arab Monetary Fund focuses on implementing a set of qualitative activities and interventions with a strategic dimension in the areas of the digital economy related to the Fund's work and its establishment agreement.
OBJECTIVES AND MEANS
Introduction
Arab Monetary Fund is a Regional Arab Organisation, Founded in 1976, and has started operations in 1977. Member Countries (22) are: Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Somalia, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Yemen, Comoros.
Objectives
The fund aims at contributing to the achievement of the following objectives:
- Correcting disequilibria in the balance of payments of member States.
- Striving for the removal of restrictions on current payments between member States.
- Establishing policies and modes of Arab monetary co-operation.
- Rendering advice, whenever called upon to do so, with regard to policies related to the investment of the financial resources of member States in foreign markets.
- Promoting the development of Arab financial markets.
- Paving the way towards the creation of a unified Arab currency.
- Promote trade among member States.
Means
The Fund shall co-operate with similar Arab institutions to achieve its objectives, likewise, when necessary, it shall co-operate with similar international organisations.