The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Namibia ...

Peru’s mining wealth holds the promise to substantially accelerate potential growth. However, many mining projects have been stalled for several years due to conflicts with local communities that feel ...

Opening Remarks by the IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath at the Conference on “Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery: Debt and Governance” Shangri-La Hotel Colombo ...

Substantial savings from past oil production can help build a thriving economy for future generations—if spent better and ...

Greater debt transparency builds investor confidence, helps reduce borrowing costs, and strengthens debt sustainability—reducing the risk of shocks that can lead to a debt crisis ...

This Technical Assistance followed a request by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan for a review of their nowcasting and near-term forecasting system. Over the past few years, the central bank has ...

On June 10, 2025, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Dominica and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Sarwat Jahan visited Kathmandu during May 26 to June 10, 2025. After constructive discussions, Ms. Jahan issued the following statement at the end ...

Cross-border payments are essential to the global financial system, facilitating trade and investment. The global cross-border traditional and crypto payment market approached a value of about one ...

El contexto de creciente incertidumbre en el que debe actuar la política fiscal hace necesario que los presupuestos públicos ...

Focusing on a cross-border perspective, this paper identifies four key binding constraints that hinder firms’ ability to innovate and scale up within the EU single market—fragmented regulations, ...

During a major crisis, the transitional dynamics of conditional convergence are unlikely to apply. In this paper, we introduce a Markov chain approach which integrates the study of crises and ...