Results from the Survey of IMF Staff in Connection with the Evaluation of the PRSP/PRGF -- August 23, 2004

The survey was undertaken during December 2003 and January 2004 and targeted mission chiefs and resident representatives for PRGF-eligible countries. A total of 75 IMF staff responded, about 40 percent of the targeted universe. Close to 40 percent of the respondents indicated that they had been engaged as mission chiefs or resident representatives before December 1999 and the rest afterwards. While the results presented here focus on the means of the responses, we shall also look at the extent to which IMF staff responses indicated consensus or broad divergence of views with respect to the issues raised in the survey. The results are presented thematically (see Table A1).