This web page provides information on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Afghanistan and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Afghanistan and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Afghanistan.
Office Activities
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IMF Survey: Economic Gains Prepare Afghanistan for Transition Year
With the presidential elections and the drawdown of foreign troops under way, Afghanistan faces a year of transition.
May 21, 2014
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Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today on the death of Mr. Wabel Abdallah, the IMF’s Resident Representative in Afghanistan
January 17, 2014
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Mideast Countries See Opportunity Amid Unrest
The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia, released April 27, projects growth in the Middle East and North Africa region at 3.9 percent in 2011, unchanged from 2010.
April 27, 2011
IMF’s Work on Afghanistan
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December 20, 2019
Author/Editor:International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Series:Country Report No. 19/378 -
December 20, 2019
Author/Editor:International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Series:Country Report No. 19/382 -
December 19, 2019
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Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia
October 28, 2019
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Why Improving Fiscal Institutions is Critical to the Middle East and Central Asia
October 28, 2019
In the decade since the global financial crisis, countries in the Middle East and Central Asia have grappled with rising deficits and debt, with overall fiscal balances for the region turning from a surplus of about 10 percent of GDP in 2008 to consistently negative in recent years. Fiscal challenges have also arisen in the context of underdeveloped and ineffective fiscal institutions. The latest Regional Economic Outlook explores how these institutions relate to fiscal outcomes.
Regional Economic Outlook
October 28, 2019
The impact on growth in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) region from global headwinds remains muted thus far, while growth in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region is stable. However, growth is too low to meet the needs of growing populations, while risks to the outlook have increased. They include global trade uncertainties, volatile oil prices, geopolitical tensions, and domestic vulnerabilities in some countries.Read the Report