Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Regional Resident Representative Site

Regional Resident Representative Office in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic

January 2010

This web page presents information about the work of the IMF in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic, including the activities of the IMF Regional Representative Office. Additional information can be found on the IMF country pages of the enlarged Central American region (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English and Spanish that deal with Central America as a region and with each of its countries.

News and Highlights

Press Release: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic: Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis

January 21, 2013 

Letter of Condolence of the IMF Deputy Managing Director, Naoyuki Shinohara, to Guatemala's IMF Governor, Bank of Guatemala's President Edgar Barquín

November 12, 2012 

Elected president meets IMF authorities

XI Annual Regional Conference on Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic; July 26-27, 2012 

Danilo Medina discuss possible agreement with IMF

XI Annual Regional Conference on Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic; July 26-27, 2012 

Danilo Medina takes on agreement with IMF

XI Annual Regional Conference on Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic; July 26-27, 2012 

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Central America and The IMF

Transcript of a IMF Western Hemisphere Department Press Briefing

April 19, 2013

Panama: 2012 Article IV Consultation

March 28, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/88 

Panama: Selected Issues

March 28, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/89 

IMF Survey : Panama: Growth to Remain Buoyant

March 28, 2013
With average annual growth rates of 8.5 percent, Panama’s per capita GDP has more than doubled over the past decade. This impressive growth performance has been driven by a steady rise in public and private investment in a stable economic environment buttressed by prudent policies. 

Costa Rica: 2012 Article IV Consultation

March 22, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/79 

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Regional Economic Outlook Update: Western Hemisphere

Growth in Latin America is set to pick up to about 3½ percent in 2013, broadly in line with potential. The region continues to benefit from favorable external financing conditions and relatively high commodity prices, but these tailwinds are unlikely to last forever. The key challenges for policymakers today are preserving macroeconomic and financial stability, and building strong foundations for sustained growth in the future. More prudent fiscal policy would help ease pressure on capacity constraints, mitigate the widening of current account deficits, and prepare the economies better to deal with adverse external shocks. Exchange rate flexibility and prudential measures should continue to be used to discourage speculative capital flows. Sustaining strong output growth will require structural reforms to raise productivity growth.