Mr. Geoff Gottlieb, IMF Senior Regional Representative for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, made the following statement: ...

The country has emerged as a regional anchor of growth and stability thanks to impressive economic resilience and reform ...

AI may widen inequality, but policymakers can counteract this with more effective social safety nets, reskilling programs, ...

Uruguay recently confronted the impact of a once-in-a-century severe drought, which affected key agricultural areas, and caused significant direct losses to the agricultural sector, especially for ...

This technical assistance report outlines the current state and future objectives for regulating crypto assets in the Republic of Kenya. The report, prepared at the request of Kenya's Capital Markets ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met today to discuss the Ex-Post Evaluation (EPE) of Argentina’s exceptional access under the 2022 extended arrangement under the Extended ...

In parallel with global developments, inflation in the Central Asia and Caucasus (CCA) has exhibited large swings in recent years. This paper investigates inflation dynamics in the CCA and its main ...

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 ...

We explore the effect of (big) shocks on the allocation of (bilateral) aid using natural disasters as natural experiments. We find that aid commitment statistically significantly increases following ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The Middle East (ME) is often perceived as region with rentier economies and uncompetitive markets. Evidence of market ...