The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Sixth and Seventh Reviews of Sierra Leone’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, and approved the authorities’ request ...

Disclaimer: This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the ...

A speech by Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith’s birth University of Glasgow, June 5, 2023 ...

Growth is projected to slow from 5.6 percent last year to 2½ percent this year. Recovery in tourism and an influx of foreign companies is set to continue, but elevated inflation and tighter financial ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Cyprus on a lapse-of-time basis. Cyprus’s economy has been resilient to the fallout from ...

But there are trade-offs between price and financial stability during times of stress, especially when inflation is high.

Food insecurity dramatically increased in Madagascar over the last 10 years, hampering human development. Using most recent data and surveys conducted by UN Agencies and local authorities, this paper ...

This chapter investigates the link between informality and growth in Madagascar and aims for a better understanding of the informal sector. It provides an analysis of the characteristics of informal ...

The paper examines Madagascar's education, health, and social assistance spending and outcomes. Government spending on education is relatively low compared to peers, and the quality of education has ...

Benefiting from high oil production and prices, Kuwait’s economic recovery continues. Inflation has been contained, while the fiscal and external balances have strengthened, and financial stability ...

Four years ago, one of us wrote an article on the future of trade for the June 2019 issue of this magazine, celebrating the ...

Rising from the ashes of three disastrous decades of deglobalization, extremism, and world war, our two institutions were ...