Mr. Nigel Clarke, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Nairobi at the conclusion of his visit to Kenya over December 8–10, 2024: ...

Somalia’s program performance has been strong, demonstrating the authorities’ steadfast commitment to macroeconomic stability and strengthening institutional capacity and frameworks.

This article reviews the evidence on the importance of domestic institutions for economic growth and examines the role of international financial institutions, and particularly the IMF and its ...

Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Haiti.

Haiti is facing exceptional challenges. While security has deteriorated steadily since the last 2019 Article IV Consultation, it reached crisis proportions in the first few months of 2024. Gangs ...

San Marino has shifted to a new growth model during the last decade. As the once oversized banking sector embarked on a painful deleveraging process following the Great Financial Crisis, manufacturing ...

It is expected that the next Article IV consultation with Chad will be held on the standard 12-month cycle.

New accession candidates will need to undertake equally ambitious reforms to make the next expansion a comparable success ...

Affordability and other complex housing issues challenging governments can be better revealed in broader economic analysis ...

Comprehensive, country-specific understanding of housing and mortgage markets can help calibrate monetary policy ...

Had walkways been in place between macroeconomics and real estate economics, we might have better anticipated developments ...

Climate fintech—the intersection between climate change, financial services, and digital technologies—is playing an important role in attracting more investment into climate finance by leveraging ...