The IMF provides technical assistance and training mainly in four areas:
monetary and financial policies (monetary policy instruments, banking system supervision and restructuring, foreign management and operations, clearing settlement systems for payments, and structural development of central banks);
fiscal policy and management (tax and customs policies and administration, budget formulation, expenditure management, design of social safety nets, and management of domestic and foreign debt);
compilation, management, dissemination, and improvement of statistical data; and
economic and financial legislation.