Publications By Subject

Title: State Capacity, Institutions and Growth: Taxing for Takeoff—Revisiting the Tax Tipping Point

Author: Bellon, Matthieu ; Warwick, Ross

Series: Working Paper No. 2025/203

Date: October 3, 2025

Subject: Corruption Crime Expenditure Financial markets Financial sector development Fiscal policy Public investment spending Revenue administration Revenue mobilization

Title: Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Councils: Recent Trends and Revisions since the Pandemic

Author: Alonso-Albarran, Virginia ; Arroyo, Clara ; Aydin, Ozlem ; Davoodi, R Hamid ; Lam, Raphael Waikei ; Balasundharam, Vybhavi ; Hegab, Gabriel ; Nguyen, D. M. Anh ; Salazar, Natalia ; Sher, Galen ; Solovyeva, Alexandra ; Tchelishvili, Nino

Series: Working Paper No. 2025/198

Date: October 3, 2025

Subject: Budget planning and preparation Emerging and frontier financial markets Financial markets Fiscal councils Fiscal governance Fiscal policy Fiscal rules Public financial management (PFM)

Title: Colombia: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia

Series: Country Report No. 2025/280

Date: September 29, 2025

Subject: External debt Fiscal policy Fiscal stance Public debt Revenue administration

Title: Perceptions of Public Debt and Policy Expectations: Evidence from Cross Country Surveys

Author: Bianchi, Francesco ; Dabla-Norris, Era ; Khalid, Salma

Series: Working Paper No. 2025/197

Date: September 29, 2025

Subject: Expenditure Fiscal consolidation Fiscal policy Government debt management Public debt Public financial management (PFM) Revenue administration

Title: Fiscal Rules, Robust Correction Mechanisms, and Sovereign Spreads

Author: Acalin, Julien ; Martinez, Leonardo ; Roch, Francisco

Series: Working Paper No. 2025/195

Date: September 26, 2025

Subject: Fiscal consolidation Fiscal policy Fiscal risks Fiscal rules Fiscal stance Public debt Public financial management (PFM)

Title: Fiscal Guardrails against High Debt and Looming Spending Pressures

Author: Acalin, Julien ; Alonso-Albarran, Virginia ; Arroyo, Clara ; Lam, Raphael Waikei ; Martinez, Leonardo ; Nguyen, D. M. Anh ; Roch, Francisco ; Sher, Galen ; Solovyeva, Alexandra

Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2025/004

Date: September 25, 2025

Notes: Fiscal Guardrails against Rising Debt and Looming Spending Pressures: Technical Annexes
Event Link - Fiscal Guardrails: Global Debt Levels and Looming Government Spending Pressures

Subject: Debt sustainability Expenditure External debt Fiscal councils Fiscal governance Fiscal policy Fiscal rules

Title: Djibouti: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

Series: Country Report No. 2025/276

Date: September 22, 2025

Subject: Debt sustainability External debt Fiscal consolidation Fiscal policy Public debt

Title: Kingdom of Lesotho: Selected Issues

Series: Country Report No. 2025/268

Date: September 18, 2025

Subject: Fiscal policy Fiscal rules Fiscal stance Job creation Labor Public debt

Title: Belize: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Belize

Series: Country Report No. 2025/262

Date: September 15, 2025

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) Crime Economic sectors Fiscal policy Fiscal stance Public debt Public sector

Title: Thailand: Technical Assistance Project on the Development of a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Tool: Scoping Report

Author: Andrle, Michal ; Baksa, Daniel ; Gelashvili, Mirza ; Soler, Alberto

Series: High Level Summary Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/035

Date: September 12, 2025

Subject: Development assistance Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models Econometric analysis Economic forecasting Fiscal policy Foreign aid Macroeconomic risks Macro-fiscal framework Public financial management (PFM)