To employ a growing population, the region needs to transform informal jobs, reduce barriers to business growth, and create ...

The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) has launched a new Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP). Unlike the previous plans that were implemented for five years, the new plan will be executed ...

International standards and best practice supports the implementation of a risk-based solvency regime in the regulation and supervision of insurers. Several emerging market and developing economies ...

We provide new estimates of the return on US external claims and liabilities using confidential, high-quality, security-level data. The excess return is positive on average, since claims are tilted ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Rahul Anand, Mission Chief for the Republic of Korea, visited the country from November 7 to November 20, 2024, to hold discussions for the 2024 ...

Severe spillovers from the conflict in Sudan, including refugee inflows and damages to an oil pipeline, have exacerbated South Sudan’s difficult humanitarian and macroeconomic situation, resulting in ...

This paper delves into the intricate relationship between uncertainty and remittance flows. The prevailing focus has been on tangible risk factors like exchange rate volatility and economic downturn, ...

An International Monetary Fund mission led by Ivanna Vladkova Hollar held in-person discussions with the authorities during November 6-20 in Cairo.

Combined measure allows for a deeper understanding of how wealth distribution affects the overall health of economies ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

The Bahamian economy has staged a remarkable recovery following Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the Covid-19 pandemic.