The Washington-based institution said a two-speed recovery - with advanced economies growing at a significantly slower pace than emerging economies - was shifting gears as tax cuts in the US boosted consumption.
The IMF projected the global economy's output would expand by 4.4 per cent in 2011, slightly higher than the 4.2 per cent annual rate it forecast in October.
Its latest updates, released in Johannesburg, highlighted an improving but mixed global economic picture.
"In advanced economies, activity has moderated less than expected but growth remains subdued, unemployment is still high, and renewed stresses in the euro area periphery are contributing to downside risks," the IMF said.
"This reflects stronger-than-expected activity in the second half of 2010 as well as new policy initiatives in the United States that will boost activity this year," it added.
The global annual pace of growth, however, would still be slower than the 5 per cent seen in 2010. The banking sector remains volatile, Jose Vinals, the IMF's director of monetary and capital markets, told reporters in Johannesburg.
"More than two years after the onset of the financial crisis, global financial stability is still not assured. It is still at risk," he said.
"Banks face significant funding needs now and over the next two years. In many advanced economies, we need to deal with the legacy of the crisis by resolving financial fragilities once and for all," he added.
The IMF said a new US fiscal package passed in late 2010 was expected to boost growth in the world's biggest economy by 0.5 per cent.
The US economy had the sharpest markup by far: a 0.7 point gain to GDP growth of 3 per cent in 2011.
However, Olivier Blanchard, the IMF's director for research, said joblessness would continue to blight America.
"We have a long way to go ... we have to accept the fact that there is going to be an unemployment problem for a long time," he told AFP, also urging China to heed Washington's call to speed up the yuan's appreciation.
"It would be a good thing for China and for the rest of the world," he said.
There was no change in the 1.5 per cent growth forecast for the 17-nation eurozone or for Japan, where 1.6 per cent growth is predicted.
Growth in emerging economies remained "buoyant" but inflation pressures persist and there are signs of overheating in part from capital inflows as investors chase higher yields.
Growth in the top two Asian nations, China and India, was unrevised at 9.6 per cent and 8.4 per cent, respectively.
Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to produce the strongest growth of any region, at 5.8 per cent.
Policymakers in the emerging economies, which account for more than two-thirds of global growth, should take steps to keep overheating pressures in check, the 187-nation institution said.
The IMF also warned of risks from the financial and debt crises in eurozone countries such as Greece and Ireland, amid tepid progress in financial reforms.
"The most urgent requirements for robust recovery are comprehensive and rapid actions to overcome sovereign and financial troubles in the euro area and policies to redress fiscal imbalances and to repair and reform financial systems in advanced economies more generally," it said.
There is also a need to step-up eurozone financial support for member countries in need, and to ensure better stress tests on banks, the IMF said.
"Markets remain skittish about potential losses in the region's banks and have not been assuaged by stress tests conducted to date."
The IMF forecast commodity prices would remain high in 2011 in response to strong global demand and it hiked its oil price per barrel estimate to nearly $US90 ($90.34), from the October figure of $US79, citing robust demand.
The global annual pace of growth, however, would still be slower than the 5 per cent seen in 2010. The banking sector remains volatile, Jose Vinals, the IMF's director of monetary and capital markets, told reporters in Johannesburg.
"More than two years after the onset of the financial crisis, global financial stability is still not assured. It is still at risk," he said.
"Banks face significant funding needs now and over the next two years. In many advanced economies, we need to deal with the legacy of the crisis by resolving financial fragilities once and for all," he added.
The IMF said a new US fiscal package passed in late 2010 was expected to boost growth in the world's biggest economy by 0.5 per cent.
The US economy had the sharpest markup by far: a 0.7 point gain to GDP growth of 3 per cent in 2011.
However, Olivier Blanchard, the IMF's director for research, said joblessness would continue to blight America.
"We have a long way to go ... we have to accept the fact that there is going to be an unemployment problem for a long time," he told AFP, also urging China to heed Washington's call to speed up the yuan's appreciation.
"It would be a good thing for China and for the rest of the world," he said.
There was no change in the 1.5 per cent growth forecast for the 17-nation eurozone or for Japan, where 1.6 per cent growth is predicted.
Growth in emerging economies remained "buoyant" but inflation pressures persist and there are signs of overheating in part from capital inflows as investors chase higher yields.
Growth in the top two Asian nations, China and India, was unrevised at 9.6 per cent and 8.4 per cent, respectively.
Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to produce the strongest growth of any region, at 5.8 per cent.
Policymakers in the emerging economies, which account for more than two-thirds of global growth, should take steps to keep overheating pressures in check, the 187-nation institution said.
The IMF also warned of risks from the financial and debt crises in eurozone countries such as Greece and Ireland, amid tepid progress in financial reforms.
"The most urgent requirements for robust recovery are comprehensive and rapid actions to overcome sovereign and financial troubles in the euro area and policies to redress fiscal imbalances and to repair and reform financial systems in advanced economies more generally," it said.
There is also a need to step-up eurozone financial support for member countries in need, and to ensure better stress tests on banks, the IMF said.
"Markets remain skittish about potential losses in the region's banks and have not been assuaged by stress tests conducted to date."
The IMF forecast commodity prices would remain high in 2011 in response to strong global demand and it hiked its oil price per barrel estimate to nearly $US90 ($90.34), from the October figure of $US79, citing robust demand.
Source: news.com.au
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