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The High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report series provides high-level summaries of the assistance provided to IMF capacity development recipients, describing the high-level objectives, findings, and recommendations.

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• São Tomé and Príncipe: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: September 18, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Summary: São Tomé and Príncipe faces a pivotal moment to address its critical power sector challenges. Taking advantage of this, there is window of time to take swift and decisive climate-related actions that could reshape its development trajectory while strengthening the country’s resilience to the long-term implications of climate change, including changing rainfall patterns and sea level rise. Important development needs competing over limited resources and development partner support require a more strategic and integrated approach to mainstreaming climate change into comprehensive and realistic policy planning at the sectoral and the national level. Climate change related challenges call for cross sectoral coordination for land policy, water management, energy access, forest protection, and disaster risk prevention. The mission reviewed the current fiscal policies supporting climate action and provided recommendations to support the long-term climate resilience in São Tomé and Principe, while aligning with its overall development objectives.
• The Gambia: Identifying and Integrating the Macro-Fiscal Impacts from Natural Disasters in Fiscal Planning
  • Published: September 18, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Summary: The Gambia faces rising fiscal risks from recurrent droughts, floods, and storms, which increasingly strain its limited fiscal space and heavily exposed sectors such as agriculture and tourism.
• Egypt: Developing a Disaster Risk Financing Strategy
  • Published: September 17, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Summary: Developing a Disaster Risk Financing Strategy (DRFS) presents a strategic opportunity for Egypt to advance key Vision 2030 priorities, including macroeconomic stability, fiscal consolidation, strengthened medium term planning, expanded social protection, and enhanced climate resilience.
• Pakistan: Disaster Risk Financing
  • Published: September 17, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Summary: Disasters pose macro critical fiscal risks to Pakistan, with average annual losses from floods estimated at about 1 percent of GDP and severe events generating large financing needs of several percentage points of GDP.
• Uganda: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: September 17, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Summary: This report provides a diagnostic assessment of Uganda’s climate policy framework, focusing on adaptation and mitigation strategies, institutional capacity, and climate finance.
• Philippines: Macroeconomic Framework Technical Assistance: An Interim Report
  • Published: September 16, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Authors: Alex Ho; Naomitsu Yashiro
  • Summary: This report outlines the progress and findings of a technical assistance project initiated by the Department of Finance (DOF) of the Philippines to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), aimed at further strengthening the DOF’s macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis capabilities.
• Mauritius: Design Options for Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Supporting Fiscal Institutions
  • Published: September 16, 2026
  • Series: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports
  • Authors: Torben S Hansen; Nompumelelo Radebe; Chathebert Mudhunguyo; M. Cangiano
  • Summary: The Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) supported the Government of Mauritius through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) to undertake a diagnostic review of the existing legal framework for Public Financial Management (PFM) and supporting fiscal institutions with a view to advise on design options and implementation requirements for fiscal responsibility legislation (FRL). The technical assistance report proposes a comprehensive FRL framework that incorporates fiscal responsibility principles, numerical and procedural fiscal rules, mandates the development of a detailed medium-term fiscal framework (MTFF), and establishes robust transparency requirements and corrective mechanisms to facilitate effective implementation. Reinforcement or reform of several priority fiscal institutions, such as macro-fiscal forecasting, MTFF, budget preparation process, fiscal risk management and fiscal reporting is required to support effective implementation of the FRL.
• Ukraine: Enhancing the Asset Declaration System for Public Officials
  • Published: September 9, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report evaluates Ukraine’s Asset Declaration System (ADS) managed by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), focusing on its effectiveness in deterring corruption and verifying public officials’ asset declarations.
• Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: September 3, 2026
  • Summary: Armenia’s development agenda is closely intertwined with climate action, presenting an opportunity to align national priorities with its Transformation Strategy 2050 as new political momentum emerges in 2026.
• Kyrgyz Republic: Public Compensation Management: Benchmarking and Implementation
  • Published: September 1, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance mission assesses options for the improved management of government wages and employment. The key focuses are to: (1) Assess wage levels and dispersion across key public sector occupations, (2) Examine recruitment, retention, and motivation challenges, (3) Identify wage and
• Ethiopia: Enhancing Macroeconomic Forecasting Framework Capacity in the Ministry of Finance Ethiopia
  • Published: August 26, 2026
  • Summary: This document describes the technical needs that have given rise to a Fund’s technical assistance (TA) project: ‘Enhancing Macroeconomic Forecasting Framework Capacity in the Ministry of Finance Ethiopia’, as well as its objectives and key work program elements.
• Rwanda: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation Update
  • Published: August 25, 2026
  • Summary: This report updates Rwanda’s 2019 Fiscal Transparency Evaluation. Rwanda has advanced fiscal transparency notably since 2019, especially in fiscal risk analysis and management, supported by the 2022 Organic Law for Public Financial Management and accrual accounting transition.
• Vietnam: Building Capacity in Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting
  • Published: August 25, 2026
  • Summary: This report discusses the implementation of the Technical Assistance (TA) project delivered by ICD and CDOT to build capacity in macroeconomic analysis and forecasting in the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) that later merged with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in early 2025.
• Cambodia: Risk based Supervision in Capital Markets
  • Published: August 7, 2026
  • Summary: This TA mission was conducted at the request of SERC to implement risk-based supervision (RBS) for Cambodian securities markets. The mission consisted of a diagnostic assessment of the market, risks, and the supervisory framework, and a high-level training on the topic.
• Dominican Republic: Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP) – Gap in the Tax on Transfers of Industrialized Commodities and Services (ITBIS)
  • Published: August 7, 2026
  • Summary: A capacity development mission by the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) of the IMF was conducted in a hybrid format, comprising three activities between December 2024 and March 2025.
• Uruguay: Diagnostics and Capacity Building to Assist the DGI on CRM Implementation Journey
  • Published: August 7, 2026
  • Summary: This high-level summary details IMF technical assistance to Uruguay’s tax authority (DGI) in strengthening Compliance Risk Management (CRM).
• Angola: VAT credits and refunds
  • Published: August 3, 2026
  • Summary: This HLS summarizes IMF technical assistance provided to Angola on strengthening the management of VAT credits and refunds. The mission assessed the significant accumulation of excess VAT credits—equivalent to 0.
• Kenya: Report on Residential Property Price Index Mission (October 13–17, 2025)
  • Published: August 3, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted to support the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in developing a first-time Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) for Kenya.
• Republic of Botswana: Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program: Value-Added Tax Top-Down Gap Estimation
  • Published: August 3, 2026
  • Summary: Botswana’s VAT performance has been steady as a share of GDP, averaging about 3-4 percent of GDP annually. An IMF CD mission in 2025-26 applied the RA-GAP top-down VAT gap model to Botswana’s data for 2017-2024 to estimate both the VAT compliance gap and policy gap.
• Uganda: Report on Index of Industrial Production Mission (October 14–18, 2024)
  • Published: August 3, 2026
  • Summary: This capacity development (CD) project financed by the Data for Decisions (D4D) Fund, was developed in response to a request from the Macro-Economic Statistics Division of Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) to provide technical assistance (TA) on rebasing the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for
• Technical Assistance in Public Debt Projections and Analysis: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • Published: July 31, 2026
  • Summary: This document summarizes the completion and main outcomes of a Technical Assistance project aimed at strengthening the capacity of Mauritania’s National Committee on Public Debt (CNDP) in public debt projection and analysis.
• Kosovo: Report on Residential Property Price Index (October 27–31, 2025)
  • Published: July 30, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance mission, conducted from October 27 to 31, 2025, supported the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) in developing the country’s first official Residential Property Price Index (RPPI).
• Ukraine: Report on Residential Property Price Index Mission (September 15 – 19, 2025)
  • Published: July 30, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance mission, conducted from September 15 –19, 2025, aimed to support the State Statistical Service of Ukraine (SSSU) in advancing the compilation and dissemination of the House Price Index (HPI).
• Ghana: Report on Monthly Indicator of Economic Growth (July 7–18, 2025)
  • Published: July 29, 2026
  • Summary: This capacity development (CD) project, financed by the Data for Decisions (D4D) Fund, was initiated in response to a request from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to provide technical assistance (TA) on developing a Monthly Indicator of Economic Growth (MIEG).
• South Africa: Workshop on Fraud and Investigations Involving Crypto Assets
  • Published: July 28, 2026
  • Summary: In response to a request from the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducted a capacity development workshop in November 2025 focused on fraud and investigations involving crypto assets. The workshop was the first of its kind.
• The Gambia: Enhancing Property Taxation
  • Published: July 27, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance (TA) report responds to The Gambia’s request for support in enhancing its property tax system, a priority embedded in the Domestic Revenue Mobilization Strategy (DRMS) and the National Land Policy (NLP).
• Malaysia: Implementing a Medium-term Expenditure Framework
  • Published: July 17, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance provided guidance to implement a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) in Malaysia anchored in the 2023 Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which represented progress in establishing fiscal rules supported by a medium-term fiscal perspective.
• Macro frameworks technical assistance to the Central bank of Iraq: TA project report
  • Published: July 9, 2026
  • Summary: The document outlines the development and implementation of a macroeconomic projection tool at the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), emphasizing collaboration and the growth of the CBI team. In a complex economic landscape, effective policymaking relies on robust forecasting and analysis.
• Dominican Republic – Fiscal Transparency Evaluation
  • Published: July 8, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report evaluates the fiscal transparency practices of the Dominican Republic (DR) against the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Fiscal Transparency Code.
• Uganda: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
  • Published: July 7, 2026
  • Summary: In November–December 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Uganda against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• Cambodia: Strengthening the Control over Budget Execution
  • Published: July 2, 2026
  • Summary: The technical assistance identifies strengths in budget execution – including in the legal framework, digitalization, cash management and implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) –and in fiscal responsibility and upstream investment planning but also highlights the need to continue reform
• Bangladesh: Technical Assistance on Developing a Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) at the Bangladesh Bank
  • Published: June 18, 2026
  • Summary: The Bangladesh Bank (BB), with IMF support, has made significant progress in developing a modern Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS).
• Cambodia: Carbon Pricing Options
  • Published: June 18, 2026
  • Summary: Cambodia requested technical assistance from the Fiscal Affairs Department regarding the design and implementation of carbon pricing. This is a summary of the technical assistance report and the recommendations provided to the authorities.
• Somalia: Effective Implementation of the Petroleum Fiscal Regime
  • Published: June 18, 2026
  • Summary: The Federal Government of Somalia solicited FAD support to ensure that the country’s petroleum fiscal regime, amid growing interest in oil and gas exploration, is robust from fiscal revenue and investment-attraction perspectives.
• Philippines: Stakeholder Engagement and Roadmap for Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency
  • Published: June 5, 2026
  • Summary: The IMF conducted a technical assistance (TA) mission to the BSP to explore potential use cases of a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC) in addressing challenges within the Philippines’ wholesale payment landscape.
• The Bahamas: Technical Assistance Project on Debt-Investment-Growth and Natural Disasters (DIGNAD)
  • Published: June 5, 2026
  • Summary: The technical assistance (TA) scoping mission to Nassau (November 2025) aimed to establish a robust framework for quantifying the macroeconomic impacts of climate-related natural disaster risks in The Bahamas.
• Italy: Budgetary Frameworks and the Net Expenditure Path
  • Published: June 4, 2026
  • Summary: At the request of the Ragioniere Generale dello Stato in the Ministry of Economy and Finance, an IMF FAD mission supported Italy to strengthen its budgetary framework and implement the net expenditure path (NEP) under the revised European Union (EU) fiscal framework.
• Lebanon: Diagnostic of Governance and Corruption
  • Published: May 29, 2026
  • Summary: This Diagnostic of Governance and Corruption (DGC) report for Lebanon, conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff at the request of Lebanese authorities, assesses the nature and severity of corruption and governance weaknesses across key state functions of fiscal governance, financial
• Angola: Assistência Técnica sobre o Quadro Macroeconómico: Missão de Escopo; Relatório de Assistência Técnica Sumária de Alto Nível do FMI nº 2026/027
  • Published: May 27, 2026
  • Summary: This document outlines the initiation and early stages of a Technical Assistance project designed to improve Angola's Ministry of Planning (MinPlan) macroeconomic framework, ensuring consistency across the four sectors of the economy.
• Portugal: Public Investment Management Assessment with the Climate Module
  • Published: May 26, 2026
  • Summary: This report presents the findings of the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and the Climate PIMA (C-PIMA) conducted for Portugal at the request of the Ministry of Finance.
• Republic of Kyrgyzstan: Review of Quarterly Projection Model of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • Published: May 19, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report summarizes the findings and recommendations from two missions conducted by the International Monetary Fund to the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) in 2023.
• Suriname: Macroprudential Framework
  • Published: May 15, 2026
  • Summary: The technical assistance mission supported the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) in developing a comprehensive macroprudential framework.
• Suriname: Strengthening the Fiscal Framework Ahead of the Anticipated Oil Boom
  • Published: May 15, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report was prepared in response to Suriname’s request for support in strengthening its fiscal framework ahead of the anticipated offshore oil production starting in 2028.
• Haiti: Public Investment Management Assessment – PIMA and Climate PIMA Follow Up
  • Published: May 13, 2026
  • Summary: While Haiti faces significant challenges in public investment management (PIM) driven by insecurity, weak institutions, and fragmented information systems, a practical and systematic path forward is needed.
• Republic of Tajikistan: Tax Administration Development Program 2026-2030
  • Published: April 17, 2026
  • Summary: The IMF supported the development of a draft Tax Administration Development Program (TADP) 2026-2030 for the Republic of Tajikistan which outlines a comprehensive strategy to modernize and digitalize the national tax administration system.
• Kenya: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
  • Published: April 9, 2026
  • Summary: In July 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Kenya against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• South Africa: Strengthening Fiscal Frameworks
  • Published: March 26, 2026
  • Summary: The South African government has reaffirmed its commitment to stabilizing debt and is consulting on an appropriate fiscal anchor. The IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department worked with the National Treasury to develop proposals for strengthening South Africa’s fiscal framework.
• Cambodia: A Roadmap for Tax Expenditure Assessment
  • Published: March 16, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report responds to Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance request to support the development of a comprehensive framework for assessing tax expenditures.
• Djibouti: Upgrading Tax Policy
  • Published: March 16, 2026
  • Summary: Djibouti’s low and declining tax-to-GDP ratio underscores the need for well-designed tax policy reforms. Against this backdrop, the authorities requested capacity development support from the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department to identify reform options and priorities.
• Bangladesh TADAT Assessment
  • Published: March 9, 2026
  • Summary: This report presents the results of a repeat Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) assessment conducted in Bangladesh during October 2025. The assessment evaluated the National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) performance across nine key outcome areas against international good practice.
• People’s Republic of China: Structured Approaches to Risk Assessment
  • Published: March 9, 2026
  • Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducted a technical assistance mission to the People's Republic of China to enhance risk assessment methodologies within the State Taxation Administration (STA).
• Republic of Serbia: Building A Framework for Tax Expenditures Reporting
  • Published: March 3, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report responds to the Republic of Serbia’s request for a comprehensive framework to report tax expenditures across the personal income tax (PIT), corporate income tax (CIT), and value-added tax (VAT).
• Gabon: Technical Assistance for the Development of a Macroeconomic Model for Projection and Simulations - Scoping Mission
  • Published: February 24, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report documents the key phases of the scoping mission for the development of a macroeconomic model based on financial programming, conducted in Libreville from May 5 to 15, 2025, on behalf of the Ministry of Economy and Participations of Gabon.
• Uzbekistan: Public Investment Management Assessment Update with the Climate Module
  • Published: February 21, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance assessed Uzbekistan’s public investment management practices and their climate sensitivity using the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) with the Climate Module (C-PIMA).
• Bhutan: Review and Diagnostic of the Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Framework
  • Published: February 18, 2026
  • Summary: This report summarizes the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) technical assistance mission to the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA), focused on reviewing and strengthening the fintech regulatory sandbox (RS) framework.
• Lebanon: Government Personnel Spending: Scoping a Medium-Term Spending Envelope
  • Published: February 13, 2026
  • Summary: This public sector pay mission scoped the available data and presents an indicative baseline and scenarios for reform. There is limited room for major increases in personnel spending and careful prioritization is needed.
• Republic of Tajikistan: TADAT Assessment
  • Published: February 12, 2026
  • Summary: The IMF conducted a repeat Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) evaluation of the Republic of Tajikistan's tax administration system from October 17 to November 1, 2025.
• Liberia: Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) Update and Climate PIMA
  • Published: February 11, 2026
  • Summary: Liberia is at a pivotal stage in its post-conflict recovery, where infrastructure investment is crucial for economic growth and stability.
• Cabo Verde: Technical Assistance Report: Public Debt Projections and Analysis with the Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT)
  • Published: January 26, 2026
  • Summary: The Direction of Planning (DNP) of the Ministry of Finance has sought Technical Assistance from ICD to help develop capacity for public debt projections and analysis. Pre-scoping and pre-mission meetings revealed that there was no single unit responsible for producing public debt projections.
• Burkina Faso: Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and Climate-PIMA
  • Published: January 21, 2026
  • Summary: An IMF team found that, compared to the 2017 PIMA results, Burkina Faso has made progress in improving its public investment management system, but this is still insufficient to strengthen PIM efficiency.
• Republic of Kazakhstan: Next steps and Considerations for the Digital Tenge
  • Published: January 14, 2026
  • Summary: An IMF mission visited both Astana and Almaty during May - June 2024. This mission was a second engagement with the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) and National Payments Corporation of Kazakhstan (NPCK) following a virtual engagement during February - March 2024.
• Sierra Leone: Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Report
  • Published: January 9, 2026
  • Summary: At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone, an inter-departmental IMF team conducted a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic (GCD).
• Fiji: Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool Performance Assessment Report
  • Published: January 7, 2026
  • Summary: This report presents the 2025 TADAT assessment of Fiji’s tax administration against international good practices across nine performance areas. Strengths include taxpayer service information, risk profiling, and voluntary compliance support.
• Republic of Yemen: Customs Reform and Emergency Revenue Mobilization
  • Published: January 6, 2026
  • Summary: This technical assistance report presents a comprehensive assessment of the Yemen Customs Authority’s (YCA) operational challenges and reform opportunities amidst an ongoing conflict and economic crisis.
• Lebanon: Implementing a Digital Transformation Roadmap for Tax Administration
  • Published: December 26, 2025
  • Summary: This summary provides an overview of guidance provided to Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance regarding the digital transformation of tax administration. It opens by describing the need to take a holistic approach to digital transformation.
• Liberia: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: December 24, 2025
  • Summary: Climate-related risks are macro-critical considerations for Liberia. This Climate Policy Diagnostic identifies policy reforms that reduce balance of payment risks, boost fiscal resilience, and generate positive climate outcomes.
• Republic of Kazakhstan: Enhancing Monetary Analysis and Forecasting Capacity of the National Bank of Kazakhstan
  • Published: December 24, 2025
  • Summary: In August 2024, the IMF's CCAMTAC conducted a scoping mission at the request of the National Bank of Kazakhstan to enhance the forecasting capabilities of the Monetary Analysis Division.
• Togo: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: December 23, 2025
  • Summary: Togo aspires to attain middle-income status by 2030, anchored in social inclusion, job creation, and modernization. However, the country faces important development challenges.
• Burkina Faso : Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: December 22, 2025
  • Summary: Climate-related risks are macro-critical considerations for Burkina Faso. This Climate Policy Diagnostic identifies policy reforms that reduce balance of payment risks, boost fiscal resilience, and generate positive climate outcomes.
• Mauritius: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
  • Published: December 8, 2025
  • Summary: In September 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Mauritius against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• The Gambia: Carbon-based taxation options
  • Published: December 3, 2025
  • Summary: The Gambia requested technical assistance from the Fiscal Affairs Department regarding the implementation of a carbon-based excise. This is a summary of the technical assistance report and the recommendations provided to the authorities.
• Republic of Fiji: Public Investment Management Assessment – PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 2, 2025
  • Summary: This report presents the findings of the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) conducted in Fiji during March 2025.
• Armenia: TADAT Assessment
  • Published: November 25, 2025
  • Summary: The IMF conducted a repeat Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) evaluation of Armenia's tax administration system from May 12 to May 27, 2025.
• Bangladesh: Local Currency Bond Market Development Diagnostic
  • Published: November 25, 2025
  • Summary: At the request of the authorities, an IMF-World Bank team undertook a technical assistance mission to Bangladesh, from July 5-17, 2023, to support efforts to develop the government local currency bond market.
• Republic of Yemen: Developing a Short-Term Emergency Revenue Plan Embedded in Structural Reforms for the General Taxation Department
  • Published: November 25, 2025
  • Summary: This technical assistance report responds to a request from Yemen’s Prime Minister and acting Minister of Finance to support the General Taxation Department (GTD) in formulating a short-term emergency revenue plan embedded within broader structural reforms.
• Pakistan: Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Report
  • Published: November 20, 2025
  • Summary: This Governance and Corruption Diagnostic (GCD) was conducted at the request and with the support of the Government of Pakistan to identify and analyze governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities that undermine economic performance and reform efforts.
• Ghana: Governance Diagnostic Report
  • Published: November 5, 2025
  • Summary: This Governance Diagnostic (GD) Report has been prepared by IMF staff at the request of the Ghanian authorities. Informed by political economy analysis, the GD discusses the nature and severity of corruption and provides a comprehensive analysis of governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilitie
• Vietnam: Technical Assistance (TA) on Developing the Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)
  • Published: October 9, 2025
  • Summary: The SBV, with IMF support, developed a functioning FPAS to support monetary policy making and communications. During 2019-24, the multi-phase TA project built SBV’s analytical capacity, customized a Quarterly Projection Model, and worked towards integrating forecasts into policy processes.
• Preparing a Fiscal Risk Statement: Sri Lanka
  • Published: October 1, 2025
  • Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided technical assistance to Sri Lanka to prepare a Fiscal Risk Statement (FRS) as part of its broader public financial management reforms. In response to the recent fiscal crisis, the authorities have implemented reforms to mitigate fiscal risks.
• Thailand: Technical Assistance Project on the Development of a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Tool: Scoping Report
  • Published: September 12, 2025
  • Summary: This document describes the technical needs that have given rise to a Fund’s technical assistance (TA) project for the development of a customized structural micro-founded (DSGE) model in the Ministry of Finance of Thailand, as well as its objectives and key work program elements.
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Strengthening Governance and Compliance Management in the Free Zone of Nouadhibou
  • Published: August 19, 2025
  • Summary: A capacity development mission was held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from May 4 to 16, 2025, to support tax and customs compliance and governance in the Free Zone of Nouadhibou (FZN) following the July 2024 law.
• Sierra Leone: Operationalizing the Crisis Management Framework for Banks
  • Published: August 8, 2025
  • Summary: This report provides technical assistance to Sierra Leone in operationalizing its crisis management framework for banks, following the adoption of a legal framework for bank resolution and liquidation in 2019.
• Botswana: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
  • Published: August 6, 2025
  • Summary: In May 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Botswana against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• Republic of Tajikistan: Customs Diagnostic and Needs Assessment Mission
  • Published: August 5, 2025
  • Summary: In December 2022, the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) and the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC) initiated CD assistance to formulate a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) at the request of the Minister of Finance (MOF).
• Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) & Climate-PIMA: Colombia
  • Published: August 4, 2025
  • Summary: An IMF team, accompanied by the IDB, conducted a Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and Climate PIMA (C-PIMA) in Colombia.
• Curaçao and Sint Maarten: Stress Testing: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report
  • Published: July 31, 2025
  • Summary: The technical assistance mission supported the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten in strengthening its capacity to assess banking sector resilience through the development of a new macro-stress testing framework.
• Guinea: Operationalization of the statutory special resolution regime
  • Published: July 2, 2025
  • Summary: The report outlines the efforts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to assist the Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea (BCRG) in operationalizing a special resolution regime (SRR) for credit institutions.
• Haiti: Governance Diagnostic Report: High-Level Summary Technical Assistant Report
  • Published: July 1, 2025
  • Summary: The Governance Diagnostic (GD) Report is prepared by IMF staff at the request of the Haitian authorities. Informed by political economy analysis, the GD discusses the nature and severity of corruption, its relevance to Haiti’s fragility, and its impact on the anti-corruption, anti-money laundering f
• Peru: Cybersecurity Strategy for the Financial Sector
  • Published: June 16, 2025
  • Summary: Cyber risk is recognized by authorities as posing a significant threat to the financial sector and overall financial stability in Peru. With further digitalization expected, authorities have plans to develop a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy for the financial sector.
• Republic of Uzbekistan: Review of Near-Term Forecasting Framework of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan
  • Published: June 11, 2025
  • Summary: This Technical Assistance followed a request by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan for a review of their nowcasting and near-term forecasting system. Over the past few years, the central bank has developed a nowcasting and near-term forecasting entirely with their own resources.
• Dominican Republic: Technical Assistance Project on the development of a Macroeconomic Projections Tool: End-project Report
  • Published: June 9, 2025
  • Summary: This document outlines the main achievements of the Technical Assistance Project led by the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development in the Dominican Republic from January 2023 to September 2024.
• Romania: A Tax Mix to Achieve Fiscal Sustainability and Fairness
  • Published: June 5, 2025
  • Summary: Romania’s medium-term fiscal framework calls for the fiscal deficit to decline gradually from about 8 percent of GDP in 2024 to 7 percent in 2025 and 3 percent (or less) by 2031.
• Zimbabwe: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
  • Published: June 4, 2025
  • Summary: In February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the Republic of Zimbabwe against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• Lao, People's Democratic Republic: Training on Risk-Based Supervision
  • Published: May 30, 2025
  • Summary: Supporting the Authority´s objectives on development of risk-based supervision of the banking sector, this technical assistance for the Bank of Lao P.D.R.
• Union of Comoros: Operationalization of the Revised Law on the Resolution of Financial Institutions
  • Published: May 23, 2025
  • Summary: In August-September 2024, the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department assisted the Central Bank of Comoros (BCC) in operationalizing a special resolution regime under the Law on the Recovery and Resolution of Financial Institutions (LRIF).
• People’s Republic of China: Advancing Risk Management for Large Taxpayers
  • Published: May 20, 2025
  • Summary: This summary provides an overview of guidance provided to State Taxation Administration officials on ways to advance risk management for large taxpayers. Building from previous FAD guidance, this report focused on enhancing risk management, and governance and accountability.
• Philippines: Developing a Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Operational Resilience
  • Published: May 13, 2025
  • Summary: Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) department delivered a hybrid technical assistance (TA) mission to assist the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in developing a supervisory framework for operational resilience.
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Improving Administration of Hydrocarbon Tax Revenues
  • Published: May 5, 2025
  • Summary: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania will soon commence gas production through the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim, a major natural gas development situated offshore between Mauritania and Senegal.
• South Africa: Report on the Virtual Energy Accounts Mission
  • Published: April 9, 2025
  • Summary: The IMF's Statistics Department has been actively assisting Statistics South Africa in the development of energy and air emissions accounts, through a project backed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
• Malawi: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
  • Published: April 8, 2025
  • Summary: In January/February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Malawi against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• Bangladesh: Disaster Risk Financing
  • Published: April 3, 2025
  • Summary: Disasters have posed significant economic costs to Bangladesh, and financing needs associated with disaster response are estimated to be substantial. Bangladesh has put in place fiscal mechanisms, social protection programs, and financial instruments to respond to natural disasters.
• Barbados: Stress testing
  • Published: April 2, 2025
  • Summary: The technical assistance mission developed a multi-factor, multi-period solvency stress testing framework for banks supervised by the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) and credit unions supervised by the Financial Services Commission (FSC).
• Curaçao and Sint Maarten: Systemic Risk and Financial Stability, Financial Stability Report
  • Published: April 2, 2025
  • Summary: The technical assistance aimed to enhance the Financial Stability Report (FSR) of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. It reviewed the 2023 FSR and discussed the report's composition and the related financial stability analyses and assessments.
• Turks and Caicos Islands: Financial Stability Report Review, Credit Risk Modelling, and Stress Testing
  • Published: April 1, 2025
  • Summary: The technical assistance (TA) missions to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) aimed to enhance the Financial Services Commission’s (TCIFSC) financial stability efforts.
• Suriname: Financial Stability, Monetary Policy, and Central Bank Communication
  • Published: March 31, 2025
  • Summary: The technical assistance mission evaluated the Central Bank of Suriname’s (CBvS) communication on monetary policy and financial stability to enhance transparency, consistency, and stakeholder engagement.
• Uzbekistan: Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy and Annual Borrowing Plan
  • Published: March 17, 2025
  • Summary: At the request of the authorities, a joint World Bank-IMF technical assistance (TA) mission visited Tashkent, Uzbekistan during October 9–20, 2023 to help the authorities in developing a mediumterm debt management strategy (MTDS), designing an Annual Borrowing Plan (ABP), and to train the authoritie
• Papua New Guinea: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: March 13, 2025
  • Summary: This technical assistance conducts a Climate Policy Diagnostic (CPD) for Papua New Guinea, covering climate adaptation and mitigation policy, as well as enabling institutions.
• The Gambia: Public Investment Management Assessment Update with the Climate Module
  • Published: March 7, 2025
  • Summary: The assistance assessed The Gambia’s public investment management practices and their climate sensitivity using the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) with the Climate Module (C-PIMA).
• Bhutan: Development of an Interest Rate Corridor Framework
  • Published: February 27, 2025
  • Summary: At the request of the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA), an IMF South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) visited Thimphu during August 20-29, 2024.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Technical Assistance Report-Technical Assistance to Develop a Macroeconomic Framework at the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Published: February 26, 2025
  • Summary: Technical assistance to develop a macroeconomic framework was delivered to the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH) between April 2021 and December 2023.
• Namibia: Retail Central Bank Digital Currency Exploration and Roadmap
  • Published: February 10, 2025
  • Summary: At the request of the Bank of Namibia (BoN), an IMF mission team conducted a technical assistance (TA) from January 15 to February 1, 2024.
• Diagnóstico de Política Climática en la República Dominicana: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: January 22, 2025
  • Summary: \[This title is only available in Spanish\] The Dominican Republic requested capacity development on climate policy from the Fiscal Affairs Department. This is a summary of the technical assistance report and the recommendations provided to the authorities.
• India - State of Odisha - Public Investment Management Assessment — PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: January 8, 2025
  • Summary: An IMF team found that the State of Odisha had an overall public investment management (PIM) system that compared well with other emerging market economies, reflecting in particular strong institutions at the execution stage, which have helped the State increase significantly its public investment e
• Sierra Leone: Report on Employment and Remuneration Matrices Mission (May 13–24, 2024)
  • Published: January 8, 2025
  • Summary: A field-based-work mission to Sierra Leone was conducted in the framework of the Data for Decisions (D4D) Project and the Sierra Leone National Accounts rebasing project.
• Maldives: Mainstreaming Climate Change into Public Financial and Investment Management Green PFM and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 30, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF Team assessed the green public financial management (PFM) practices, drawing on the IMF’s Green PFM framework, and conducted a Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) in the Maldives.
• Papua New Guinea: Climate Public Investment Management Assessment – CPIMA
  • Published: December 30, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team conducted a Climate Public Investment Management Assessment in Papua New Guinea. This analysis identified some emerging areas of effectiveness related to management of public investment from a climate perspective, but also identified many key weaknesses throughout the public investment c
• United Republic of Tanzania: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics Mission (September 23–27, 2024)
  • Published: December 30, 2024
  • Summary: In September 2024, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the United Republic of Tanzania against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• Zambia: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics (September 30–October 4, 2024)
  • Published: December 30, 2024
  • Summary: In October 2024, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the Republic of Zambia against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS.
• Guatemala: Assessing Public Investment Management – PIMA and Climate Change PIMA
  • Published: December 28, 2024
  • Summary: In order to improve the efficiency of their capital investment and improve the access of the population to high-quality infrastructure, the Finance Ministry and the Planning general secretariate SEGEPLAN requested an IMF mission to apply: (i) the public investment management assessment (PIMA) method
• Barbados: Public Investment Management Assessment - PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 27, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team conducted a Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) and Climate PIMA in Barbados. The country is recognized as a global leader on climate issues and has various initiatives underway to strengthen climate resilience.
• Honduras: Public Investment Management Assessment – PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 27, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team conducted a Public Investment Management Assessment including the module on climate change in Honduras. It identified strengths related to the recent reforms in the National Public Investment System of Honduras (SNIPH), but also several weaknesses along the investment cycle that affect i
• Mongolia: Ministry of Finance Macroeconomic Framework Technical Assistance: Scoping Mission Report
  • Published: December 27, 2024
  • Summary: Further to Mongolia's Ministry of Finance (MOF) request, an assessment mission was carried out from May 24 to June 2, 2023.
• Panama: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation
  • Published: December 27, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team found that Panama has a cash-based system of budgeting and accounting that generates good information on many aspects of public finances. There are, however, many weaknesses in the system which diverge from the sound practices included in the Fund's Fiscal Transparency Code.
• Togo: Public Investment Management Assessment - PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 27, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team conducted a Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) in Togo. The analysis identified emerging good practices for an effective management of public investment from a climate perspective, but also identified weaknesses throughout the public investment cycle that affect eff
• Paraguay: Public Investment Management Assessment – PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 24, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team conducted a Public Investment Management Assessment including the module on Climate Change in Paraguay. The team identified strengths related to the recent reforms in the National Public Investment System (SNIP) and several weaknesses along the investment cycle that affect its efficiency
• Sierra Leone: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: December 19, 2024
  • Summary: Sierra Leone faces important development challenges. This includes dealing with the impacts of climate change such as rising temperatures, more frequent extreme hot days, and increasingly erratic rainfall patterns, with intensified single-day precipitation events.
• Republic of Mozambique: Public Investment Management Assessment – PIMA and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 16, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team conducted a Public Investment Management Assessment including the module on Climate Change in Mozambique. The team identified strengths related to the recent reforms in the national public investment system and several weaknesses along the investment cycle that affect its efficiency.
• Sri Lanka: Debt Management Reform Plan
  • Published: December 16, 2024
  • Summary: At the request of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Sri Lanka, a joint IMF-World Bank technical assistance (TA) mission team visited Colombo, Sri Lanka during February 20–March 3, 2023 to support the government in designing a Debt Management Reform Plan, with a focus on the reform of the debt managem
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Customs diagnostic and needs assessment mission
  • Published: December 10, 2024
  • Summary: The Ministry of Finance has developed the Public Finance Reform Master Plan 2021-2025 (SD-RFP 2021-2025), which aims to set strategic orientations for reforms and operational guidelines for their implementation over a five-year period.
• Tajikistan: Public Investment Management Assessment with the Climate Module
  • Published: November 27, 2024
  • Summary: The assistance assessed Tajikistan’s public investment management practices and their climate sensitivity using the Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) with the Climate Module (C-PIMA).
• Kiribati: Agricultural Subsidies for Copra: Improving Efficiency and Equity and Balancing Trade-offs
  • Published: November 21, 2024
  • Summary: This technical assistance mission assessed Kiribati’s agricultural output price scheme that subsidizes the production of copra (dried coconut). The mission estimates that subsidies in 2023 amounted to 7.8 percent of GDP.
• India: Review and Evaluation of the Reserve Bank of India’s Stress Test Model Framework
  • Published: November 20, 2024
  • Summary: This report provides a brief summary of the purpose and findings of a technical assistance (TA) mission that was intended to review and evaluate the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s stress test model suite, which took place in April 2023.
• Burkina Faso: Report on Government Finance Statistics Mission (March 18–29, 2024)
  • Published: November 18, 2024
  • Summary: This technical assistance (TA) mission report is on government finance statistics (GFS) and public sector debt statistics (PSDS).
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Technical Assistance Project on Public Debt Projections: Scoping Mission Report
  • Published: November 14, 2024
  • Summary: This document outlines the initiation and early stages of a Technical Assistance project designed to enhance the capacity of Mauritania's National Committee on Public Debt (CNDP) in the areas of public debt projection and analysis.
• Bosnia And Herzegovina: Indirect Taxation Authority – Diagnostic Review Of Progress Of Reforms
  • Published: November 8, 2024
  • Summary: The implementation of capacity development (CD) advice and reforms since a 2018 TADAT assessment shows slower progress than expected. Renewed recommendations suggest initiating a transformation program for integrated reform.
• Republic Of Tajikistan: Fiscal Risk Management and Transparency of State-Owned Enterprises
  • Published: November 8, 2024
  • Summary: High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report: Republic Of Tajikistan: Fiscal Risk Management and Transparency of State-Owned Enterprises
• Honduras: High-level Summary Technical Assistance Report: Climate Policy Diagnosis
  • Published: November 8, 2024
  • Summary: \[This report is only available in Spanish\] Honduras solicitó asistencia técnica al Departamento de Finanzas Públicas sobre políticas climáticas. Este es un resumen del informe de asistencia técnica y las recomendaciones brindadas a las autoridades.
• Grenada: Systemic Risk Monitoring
  • Published: November 6, 2024
  • Summary: The technical assistance aimed to build capacity to monitor and assess systemic risk for non-bank financial institutions in the Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions (GARFIN).
• Jamaica: Systemic Risk Monitoring
  • Published: November 6, 2024
  • Summary: The technical assistance mission aimed to build capacity to enhance financial stability analyses and assessments in the Bank of Jamaica. It reviewed the latest available Financial Stability Report and the analytical toolkit.
• Uganda: Strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Regime
  • Published: September 27, 2024
  • Summary: This report summarizes findings and recommendations from a Fund CD mission in Uganda from August 28 to September 1, 2023, in response to a request from the Bank of Uganda (BoU), focusing on AML/CFT measures.
• The Gambia: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: September 13, 2024
  • Summary: The Gambia’s economic and social development is highly impacted by climate change, including sea level rise, increasing temperature and decreasing rainfall. Salinization and declining agricultural productivity lead to increased deforestation. Groundwater depletion is an emerging risk.
• Dominican Republic: Assessing the Implications of a retail Central Bank Digital Currency (Phase 1 and 2)
  • Published: August 28, 2024
  • Summary: The mission helped the BCRD to assess a CBDC's potential macro-financial, legal, and financial integrity implications, and shared lessons from other countries' CBDC and digital money projects, technology considerations, practices for stakeholder engagement, and how CBDC can increase financial inclus
• Rwanda: Technical Assistance on Public Debt Projections and Analysis with the Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT)
  • Published: August 27, 2024
  • Summary: This Technical Assistance followed a request by the Debt Management Directorate of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) of Rwanda to develop the capacity in public debt projections and analysis.
• Seychelles: Government Finance Statistics and Public Sector Debt Statistics Mission
  • Published: August 9, 2024
  • Summary: A diagnostic technical assistance mission from the IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) visited Seychelles during April 8-19, 2024, to support the authorities in improving the compilation and dissemination of government finance statistics (GFS) and public sector debt statistics (PSDS).
• Sierra Leone: Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment
  • Published: August 1, 2024
  • Summary: The assistance assessed how climate change impacts and mitigation and adaptation responses are addressed in the public investment cycle using the Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA).
• COLOMBIA: Autonomous Committee for the Fiscal Rule Macroeconomic Framework Technical Assistance: Scoping Mission Report
  • Published: July 29, 2024
  • Summary: This note summarizes the main findings and action plan of the IMF Technical Assistance (TA) Scoping Mission to support the Colombian Autonomous Committee for the Fiscal Rule (CARF) in building capacity on macroeconomic forecasting and analysis.
• High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report: Mauritania: Tax Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: July 25, 2024
  • Summary: The IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department has been working with Mauritania on capacity building in tax policy. Mauritania has recently created a tax policy unit and adopted a new General Tax Code in 2019 with a corporate income tax and a semi-dual approach to personal income taxation.
• Government Finance Statistics Mission: Cambodia
  • Published: July 18, 2024
  • Summary: A technical assistance mission from the IMF's Statistics Department visited Cambodia during April 10-21, 2023, to support the authorities in continuing to improve the compilation and dissemination of government finance statistics (GFS) and public sector debt statistics (PSDS).
• Public Sector Debt Statistics Mission: Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Published: July 18, 2024
  • Summary: A technical assistance mission from the IMF's Statistics Department visited Lao People's Democratic Republic during May 11-12, 2023, to support the authorities in continuing to improve the compilation and dissemination of public sector debt statistics (PSDS).
• High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report: Namibia –Petroleum Fiscal Regime Review
  • Published: June 21, 2024
  • Summary: Following a surge in petroleum sector exploration, the Namibian authorities requested a review of their petroleum upstream fiscal regime. The petroleum fiscal regime balances investor and government interests and is fit for purpose although untested in practice.
• Jordan: Climate Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: June 13, 2024
  • Summary: This technical assistance conducts a climate policy diagnostic for Jordan, covering climate adaptation and mitigation policy, as well as enabling institutions. Jordan faces acute challenges of climate-food-water nexus—innovative climate policy approaches are key, given limited fiscal space.
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Climate Mitigation Policy Diagnostic
  • Published: May 30, 2024
  • Summary: Mauritania requested capacity development from the Fiscal Affairs Department on carbon taxation, fossil fuel pricing and fiscal aspects of hydrogen development. This is a high-level summary of the technical assistant and the recommendations provided to the authorities.
• Papua New Guinea: Government Finance and Public Sector Debt Statistics Mission (August 2 – 15, 2023)
  • Published: May 20, 2024
  • Summary: The International Monetary Fund’s mission to Papua New Guinea sought to revitalize the development of fiscal and debt statistics following a period of disruption caused by a ransomware attack, Covid-19, and high staff turnover.
• Jordan: Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment and Green Public Financial Management
  • Published: May 17, 2024
  • Summary: The assistance assessed how climate change impacts and mitigation and adaptation responses are addressed in the public investment cycle using the Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA).
• Barbados: Financial Stability Report
  • Published: May 9, 2024
  • Summary: The technical assistance is focused on enhancing the joint financial stability report of the Central Bank of Barbados and the Barbados Financial Services Commission.
• South Africa: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation
  • Published: May 7, 2024
  • Summary: South Africa has many elements of sound fiscal transparency practices. Based on an assessment of fiscal transparency practices against the IMF’s Fiscal Transparency Code, South Africa’s practices are strongest in fiscal reporting, followed by fiscal forecasting and budgeting, and weakest in fiscal r
• Kingdom of Eswatini: Financial Sector Stability Review
  • Published: May 3, 2024
  • Summary: The IMF conducted a diagnostic review of the financial system of the Kingdom of Eswatini and proposed a Technical Assistance Roadmap to support the authorities’ detection of risks and vulnerabilities and to enhance capacity in financial sector oversight.
• Guinea Bissau: Further Improvements in Tax Compliance
  • Published: April 30, 2024
  • Summary: This summary provides an overview of the guidance provided to the Guinea-Bissau tax administration on the consolidation of its modernization agenda, underpinned by the tax administration´s digital transformation.
• Cabo Verde: Climate Policy Assessment
  • Published: April 23, 2024
  • Summary: Cabo Verde faces development challenges from multiple structural factors, including insularity, territorial discontinuity, fragility of ecosystems, and scarcity of natural resources, namely water and arable land. Climate change implications are amplifying these challenges.
• Arabic Republic of Egypt: Egyptian Tax Authority: Maintaining Momentum in the Implementation of the Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS)
  • Published: April 23, 2024
  • Summary: The Egyptian Tax Administration (ETA) is undergoing a significant transformation within the framework of the MTRS. This summary provides an overview of ETA's progress in implementing the MTRS tax administration initiatives and highlights priority areas for future action.
• Mongolia: Public Investment Management Assessment Update
  • Published: April 23, 2024
  • Summary: An IMF team found that Mongolia has made progress in public investment management since the 2016 PIMA. However, several challenges persist, and new issues are emerging.
• Iraq: General Commission for Taxes: Strategic Direction for Prioritized Reforms
  • Published: April 10, 2024
  • Summary: The Government of Iraq has embarked on a considerable modernization journey for the General Commission for Taxes (GCT) with the goal of expanding the revenue base following a tax/GDP decline of 1 percentage point in 2022 (from 2 percent in 2020).
• Jordan: Developing Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process SRP Framework
  • Published: March 14, 2024
  • Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) is currently assisting the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) in enhancing its risk-based supervision through the development of a Supervisory Review and Evaluation SRP framework inspired from European Central
• Report on Financial Soundness Indicators Technical Assistance
  • Published: March 12, 2024
  • Summary: The mission assisted the staff of the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) to compile financial soundness indicators (FSIs) in line with the IMF’s 2019 FSIs Compilation Guide, improve the data frequency of FSIs for deposit takers to monthly, and prepare new FSIs for insurance corporations.
• Report on the Financial Soundness Indicators Technical Assistance Mission
  • Published: March 5, 2024
  • Summary: The mission assisted the staff of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CBAR) in compiling financial soundness indicators (FSIs) in line with the IMF’s 2019 FSIs Compilation Guide.
• Uganda: PFM Climate Assessment: Public Investment and Fiscal Risks Management
  • Published: February 28, 2024
  • Summary: Uganda has committed to an ambitious climate change mitigation and adaption agenda. To achieve this, the country has developed a sound framework to enhance climate change sensitivity across public financial and public investment management.
• Report on Government Finance & Public Sector Debt Statistics Technical Assistance: Egypt, Arab Republic of
  • Published: February 13, 2024
  • Summary: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Statistics Department (STA) and Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) provided technical assistance (TA) on government finance statistics (GFS) and public sector debt statistics (PSDS) to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of the Arab Republic of Egypt during July 4–17
• Republic of Serbia: Report on Government Finance Statistics Technical Assistance
  • Published: February 13, 2024
  • Summary: In 2022, Serbia introduced a new budget system law with fiscal rules based on general government, as defined in the international statistical standards. The Serbian Ministry of Finance is committed to upgrading their fiscal reporting so as to report against these fiscal rules by 2025.
• Angola: Modernization of Income Taxation
  • Published: February 5, 2024
  • Summary: A capacity development mission of the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) of the IMF visited Luanda, during the period November 6-17, 2023, to provide advice on tax policy and administration reforms to modernize and improve the income tax system.
• South Sudan: Strengthening Budget Execution
  • Published: February 5, 2024
  • Summary: Public financial management reforms in the Government of South Sudan are proceeding within a challenging environment as the post-civil war recovery remains fragile.
• Bangladesh: Ministry of Finance Macroeconomic Framework Technical Assistance: Scoping Mission Report
  • Published: January 30, 2024
  • Summary: The Finance Division (FD) of the MoF has sought Macroeconomic Framework Technical Assistance from ICD and SARTTAC to support them in improving their Medium-term Macroeconomic Framework.
• Jordan: Health Spending Efficiency: Issues and Reform Directions
  • Published: January 8, 2024
  • Summary: This report reviews Jordan’s public health expenditure and develops options to enhance spending efficiency that support the government’s health and fiscal consolidation efforts.
• Lebanon: Tax and Customs Administration: An Urgent Need for Intervention
  • Published: December 5, 2023
  • Summary: This summary provides an overview of guidance provided to Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance, its VAT and Revenue Directorates, and the Lebanese Customs Administration.
• Republic of Kosovo: Public Investment Management Assessment Update and Climate PIMA
  • Published: December 4, 2023
  • Summary: Kosovo is working to improve its public investment management to support future economic growth and improvements in wellbeing. This assessment applies the IMF Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) framework, including the Climate-PIMA module.
• Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Climate Public Investment Management Assessment
  • Published: November 13, 2023
  • Summary: Mauritania is working to improve its public investment management framework to boost the efficiency of public investment and to make it more adaptable to climate change. support future economic growth and improvements in wellbeing.
• Republic of Moldova: Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment
  • Published: November 13, 2023
  • Summary: Moldova has committed to an ambitious climate change mitigation and adaption agenda, which is underpinned by significant public investments, particularly in the energy sector which accounts for more than 2/3 of the country’s GHGs.
• Peru: Central Bank Digital Currency Stakeholder Engagement
  • Published: November 3, 2023
  • Summary: An IMF mission visited Peru in June 2023. This mission was the third engagement with the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP) aimed at enhancing staff capacity for engaging directly with key stakeholders on strategic and policy matters regarding Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
• Suriname: Financial Stability Report
  • Published: October 25, 2023
  • Summary: This High-Level Summary technical assistance report presents mission’s summary and recommendations of financial stability report (FSR). The technical assistance aimed to enhance the FSR of the Central Bank of Suriname.
• Zimbabwe: FSSR Follow Up Technical Assistance—Implementation of the Basel II/III Capital Framework
  • Published: October 17, 2023
  • Summary: This paper highlights High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report on implementation of the Basel II/III Capital Framework.
• Republic of Armenia: Review of Tax Expenditures
  • Published: September 29, 2023
  • Summary: This paper presents a high-level summary technical assistance report on Republic of Armenia’s review of tax expenditures.
• Project Summary:: Nordic-Baltic Technical Assistance Project – Financial Flows Analysis, AML/CFT Supervision, and Financial Stability
  • Published: September 1, 2023
  • Summary: This paper focuses on the summary of Nordic-Baltic Regional Technical Assistance Project Financial Flows Analysis, Anti-Money Laundering and combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Supervision, and Financial Stability.
• Colombia: Assessment of Financial Stability
  • Published: August 31, 2023
  • Summary: This paper presents Colombia’s Assessment of financial stability report (FSR). The FSR of the Banco de la República of Colombia (BR) provides broad coverage of macroeconomic environment and the assessment of risks in the financial system.
• The Bahamas: Operationalizing the New Bank Resolution Framework and Amended Deposit Insurance Legislation - Second Mission
  • Published: August 22, 2023
  • Summary: This technical assistance report on The Bahamas focuses on operationalizing the new bank resolution framework and amended deposit insurance legislation-second mission.
• Maldives: Developing a Legal, Policy and Operational Framework for the Sovereign Development Fund
  • Published: August 8, 2023
  • Summary: This High-Level Summary technical assistance report focuses on developing a legal, policy and operational framework for the sovereign development fund (SDF) in Maldives.
• Republic of San Marino: Report on the Financial Soundness Indicators and Monetary and Financial Statistics Technical Assistance Mission
  • Published: June 30, 2023
  • Summary: This paper presents the report on the financial soundness indicators (FSI) and monetary and financial statistics (MFS) technical assistance mission in San Marino. The mission reviewed and updated the bridge tables that are used to compile the FSIs for transmission to the statistics department (STA).
• Curaçao and Sint Maarten: Report on the Financial Soundness Indicators
  • Published: June 16, 2023
  • Summary: This paper discusses the high-level summary technical assistance report for Curaçao and Sint Maarten on financial soundness indicators (FSI).
• Costa Rica: Sovereign Asset and Liability Management – Scoping Mission
  • Published: June 15, 2023
  • Summary: This paper presents high-level summary technical assistance report on sovereign asset and liability management (SALM) for Costa Rica.
• Mongolia: Central Bank Communications
  • Published: May 26, 2023
  • Summary: This paper presents High-Level Summary Technical Assistance (TA) report on Mongolia Central Bank Communications. The TA report reviews the existing communication framework of Bank of Mongolia (BOM).
• Philippines: Developing a Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Operational Resilience
  • Published: May 12, 2023
  • Summary: This paper discusses Philippines’ Summary Technical Assistance Report series that provides high-level summaries of the assistance provided to IMF capacity development recipients, describing the high-level objectives, findings, and recommendations.
• Trinidad and Tobago: Strengthening Cybersecurity in Financial Institutions
  • Published: April 17, 2023
  • Summary: This technical assistance report focuses on strengthening cybersecurity in financial institutions in Trinidad and Tobago. Cybersecurity governance at The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) is set up according to generally accepted practices with recently updated policies and procedures.
• BOTSWANA: Domestic Bond Market Development
  • Published: March 20, 2023
  • Summary: This paper discusses high-level summery technical assistance report that focuses on Botswana’s domestic bond market development.
• Jordan: Retail Central Bank Digital Currency Exploration
  • Published: February 23, 2023
  • Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyzed the retail payments markets of Jordan to identify pain points that retail Central Bank Digital Currency (rCBDC) could address.