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 ...

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 ...

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 paper examines how Malta’s justice system impacts the efficiency of debt enforcement and insolvency proceedings, with implications for credit allocation and business and investment environment.

This paper presents a nowcasting model for global trade that allows for regional dynamics and spillovers. World trade growth is driven by common global factors but also regional trends. While existing ...

This paper presents a global empirical analysis of how industrial policies (IPs) affect patent applications, with an instrumental-variable strategy that addresses selection in policy targeting by ...

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 ...