Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on December 20, 2024, a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) with Haiti which runs through December 19, 2025. The new 12-month SMP was designed by ...

The IMF Executive Board today approved a 40-month ECF arrangement for São Tomé and Príncipe, in the amount of SDR 18.5 million (approximately US$24 million, or 125 percent of the country's quota), to ...

The IMF Executive Board completed today the first review under the ECF-arrangement for Togo, allowing the authorities to draw the equivalent of about US$57.4 million (SDR 44.0 million). The Executive ...

The IMF Board today completed the Sixth Review of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ukraine, enabling a disbursement of about US.1 billion (SDR 834.9 million) to ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the second review under The Gambia’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, approved by the IMF Executive Board on ...

We study how one-time subsidies for adoption of modern technology drove Korea's industrialization in the 1970s. Leveraging unique historical data, we provide causal evidence consistent with ...

On December 4, 2024, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2024 Article IV consultation with the Philippines.

Economic output and livelihoods in Pacific Island economies (PIEs) rely greatly on ocean-related sectors and products, known as the ”Blue Economy”. Yet, marine ecosystems are under mounting pressure ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Second Review under the 48-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement that was approved on September 21, 2023. The ...

IMF staff and the El Salvadoran authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a new arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for about US.4 billion to support the government’s ...

We document novel evidence that confidence in macrofinancial stability has a positive impact on financial inclusion in CCA countries and more broadly. This channel is particularly important for CCA ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the first review of the EFF arrangement for Ecuador and concluded the 2024 Article IV consultation.