1. It acts as short term credit institution at the international level.
2. It provides machinery for ordinary adjustments of exchange rates.
3. It has a reservoir of currencies of the member countries from which a borrower can borrow currencies of other nations.
4. It promotes economic stability and global growth by encouraging countries adopt sound economic and financial policies.
5. It offers technical assistance and training to help member countries strengthen and implement effective policies. Technical assistance is offered in formulating banking, fiscal, monetary and exchange policies.
6. It helps member countries correct their imbalance in balance of payment.
