IMF staff and the Seychellois authorities reached a staff-level agreement on the policies needed to complete the two final reviews under the 36-month Extended Fund Facility and Resilience and ...
The Solomon Islands economy is estimated to have grown by 3.5 percent in 2025, driven by agriculture and gold production. The conflict in the Middle East, if prolonged, would weigh on economic ...
Why is the IMF concerned about money laundering and terrorism financing? The IMF is concerned about the consequences of money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing (providing ...
Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of global financial turbulence. While favorable external conditions (in other words, good luck) often helped, ...
Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about 93 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of this year and will approach 100 percent of GDP by 2030. This ...
Against the backdrop of improved macroeconomic stability and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)’s ambition to achieve upper-middle-income (UMI) status by 2035, this paper examines the impact ...
Comprehensive regulatory reforms, including a simplified and coherent national licensing and permitting policy, can help ...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2026 Post-Financing assessment (PFA) with the Republic of Congo.
Mauritius has adhered to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus, the highest tier of the IMF’s Data Standards Initiatives. It is the first country in Africa and the 32nd country ...
Djibouti’s low and declining tax-to-GDP ratio underscores the need for well-designed tax policy reforms. Against this backdrop, the authorities requested capacity development support from the IMF’s ...
This paper employs a Growth-at-Risk (GaR) framework to assess the impact of macro-financial variables on the growth rate distribution of Malta over a one-to-two-year horizon. The analysis suggests ...
This technical assistance report responds to Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance request to support the development of a comprehensive framework for assessing tax expenditures. The report finds ...