IMF Country Focus

• France is Building Resilience Through Bold Reforms

  February 1, 2023

  

  Further measures to strengthen public finances could curb the budget deficit and check rising debt.

• How Ukraine is Managing a War Economy

  December 22, 2022

  

  Ukraine’s central bank governor speaks to Country Focus about the challenges of maintaining economic and financial stability.

• Savings from Oil Revenues Could Help Africa's Producers Manage Price Swings

  December 21, 2022

  

  Buffers insure against volatile crude prices and lower debt risks.

• How the Green Transition Will Impact U.S. Jobs

  December 13, 2022

  

  Supporting affected workers through transfers, tax breaks, and training would ease the shift in the labor force.

• Venezuela’s Migrants Bring Economic Opportunity to Latin America

  December 7, 2022

  

  By promptly integrating migrants, the economies of host countries stand to increase their GDP by as much as 4.5 percentage points by 2030.

• As Commodity Prices Surge Again, MENA Countries Can Draw Lessons from the Past

  December 7, 2022

  

  Policymakers have been more restrained in their response to surging commodity prices this time around.

• Russia's War in Ukraine Could Raise Poverty in Caucasus, Central Asia

  November 30, 2022

  

  A decline in remittances from Russia and rising cost of living could push an additional one million people into poverty in the region.

• Gulf Countries Should Maintain Reform Momentum, Despite Oil Boom

  November 29, 2022

  

  Additional revenues from higher energy prices could help the region achieve long-term prosperity by maintaining the recent reform momentum.

• Costa Rica to Tackle Climate Change with New Resilience and Sustainability Facility

  November 15, 2022

  

  Costa Rica is now the first country to benefit from the IMF’s new Resilience and Sustainability Facility to support the country’s climate change reforms.

• Ugandan Climate Activists Fight Deforestation by Planting

  November 10, 2022

  

  Two Ugandan activists are making the case that when communities get involved, climate adaptation doesn’t have to cost much.

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