The Regional Economic Outlook (REO) report provides comprehensive insights into recent economic developments and future ...

As governments design policy packages to address the main macroeconomic questions of our times, putting a gender lens on macroeconomics can amplify reform impact. In this note, IMF staff’s analysis ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Frederic Lambert conducted discussions for the 2024 Article IV consultation and first reviews of the arrangements supported by the Extended Credit ...

Activity is decelerating. Despite an expansionary fiscal stance, growth is slowing to around 1½ percent this year, partly due ...

This paper investigates public attitudes toward product market regulation (PMR) reforms aimed at fostering private ...

Effective communication, civic engagement, and earning the public's trust are the keys to advance pro-growth reforms ...

The inflation surge followed a unique disruption to the global economy, but it still offers important lessons for central banks ...

One of the best-known gauges is the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, which tallies how many news stories in major publications cite uncertainty, the economy, and policy. Others track the difference ...

This paper investigates public perceptions and support for policies aimed at integrating immigrant workers into domestic labor markets. Through large-scale surveys involving 6,300 respondents from ...

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Albert Touna Mama, held discussions with the Central African Republic (CAR)’s authorities in Bangui from September 23 - October 2, 2024, ...

Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about 93 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of this year and will approach 100 percent of GDP by 2030. This ...