This report discusses the findings and recommendations of the 2025 assessment of the data quality of the public debt statistics of Zimbabwe against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF).

Following the successful conclusion of Stand-by (SBA) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangements on May 24, 2025, the Kosovo authorities have made use of SDR 80.122 million (€96.22 ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the fifth review under the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) for Rwanda ...

The Kyrgyz Republic has shown remarkable resilience amid heightened global uncertainty. Inflation has declined to mid-single digits, but underlying demand pressures require continued vigilance.

The Kyrgyz Republic has shown strong economic performance despite global uncertainties with robust growth, stabilizing inflation, and declining public debt.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Justin Tyson visited Malawi from May 22 to June 3 to hold meetings with the Malawian authorities and other counterparts from the public and private sec ...

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 ...

Increased trade integration helped fuel a spectacular rise in global living standards. Lower trade costs increased global GDP ...

The EU has sought to diversify access to critical minerals through trade agreements. But these remain vulnerable to a ...

Economists have long helped shape policy by offering analysis to guide decisions on trade, taxation, regulation, and economic ...

When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions that make it possible, ...

More than a quarter century after The Economist first dubbed Germany the “sick man of Europe,” the label applies again. And this time, the illness is a chronic condition, requiring a long-term ...