National statistical systems generate the statistics that underpin policy, economic analysis, and public trust. Yet, despite decades of investment in statistical capacity, two persistent challenges, ...

This report presents the results of a repeat Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) assessment conducted in Bangladesh during October 2025. The assessment evaluated the National Board ...

The EU has ambitious goals for climate and energy security. Its targets and policies may have large macroeconomic ...

Keynote Speech by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at Japan's Ministry of Finance's "Future of the Global Economy amid a Fluid International Economic and Monetary Order" Symposium ...

Principado de Andorra: Declaración del personal técnico al término de la misión de la consulta del Artículo IV correspondiente a 2026 ...

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

La croissance mondiale devrait ralentir et les risques de dégradation s’accentuer à mesure que se dessinent des réorientations majeures en matière de politiques publiques. Après une succession de ...

The 2026 IMF Annual Research conference seeks to bring together researchers and policymakers to discuss recent research and to discuss the prospects of shifting from a unipolar multipolar world and ...

The small developing states (SDS) have unique economic characteristics and face specific constraints that shape their economic performance. We study a set of key challenges facing SDS using the case ...

This paper develops a theory of sovereign debt sustainability driven by the government’s motive for redistribution. It studies a heterogeneous-agent small open economy in which redistribution relies ...

Crime shocks are frequent and disruptive, often heightening public concerns about violence and personal safety. Yet little is ...

This paper studies the macroeconomic consequences of undermining central bank independence through politically motivated ...