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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hong Kong SAR’s economy is on a path of gradual but uneven recovery after a protracted period of shocks. With continued economic slack and external and domestic headwinds, policies should be geared ...

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 This paper provides a comprehensive overview of corporate sector vulnerabilities that have emerged post-pandemic. The main ...

European electricity markets are in the midst of unprecedented changes—caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the rise of renewable sources of energy. Using high-frequency data, this paper ...