Videos
Confronting the Crisis: Priorities for the Global Economy
Public Debt and Fiscal Policy
Achieving Economic Diversification in Low-Income Countries
Infrastructure Seminars
This seminar series provides a forum for leading experts to share latest insights on key policy issues related to public infrastructure.
Learn More Developing Economies Seminars
A flagship seminar at the Fund, the Developing Economies Seminar Series focuses on topical policy issues for developing countries and is a platform for economists to discuss and share their knowledge, with a strong policy angle.
Learn More IMF Lending
IMF Executive Board Approves New US$18.2 Million Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
The Extended Credit Facility arrangement aims to support São Tomé and Príncipe’s economic and structural reforms, that would help mobilize revenue, enhance control over public spending, reduce contingent liabilities from SOEs, improve financial stability, and promote sustainable and inclusive growth to reduce poverty, including through empowering women economically.
Research and Publications
- Bridging the Mobile Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: Costing under Demographic Change and Urbanization
- Macroeconomic Outcomes in Disaster-Prone Countries
- Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis
- Fiscal Monitor, October 2019 : How to Mitigate Climate Change
- Multiple Dimensions of Human Development Index and Public Social Spending for Sustainable Development
- A Guide to Sovereign Debt Data
- Weather Shocks and Output in Low-Income Countries: The Role of Policies and Adaptation
Policy Papers
- IMF Policies and Practices on Capacity Development
- Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)—Statistical Update
- The Revised EBA-Lite Methodology
- Building Resilience in Developing Countries Vulnerable to Large Natural Disasters
- Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust-Review of Interest Rate Structure
DFID/IMF Project
The IMF has partnered with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) to study critical macroeconomic policy issues in low-income countries to promote sustainable and inclusive growth in low-income countries.
Learn MoreSpeeches
- The Informal Economy and Inclusive Growth
- Debt: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: 2019 Annual Research Conference
- Decelerating Growth Calls for Accelerating Action
- The Future of Bretton Woods
- How to Ensure the Effective and Sustainable Financing of International Development
News/Blogs
- Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa 2030 Challenges and Opportunities for Mozambique
- Building on South Asia's Economic Success
- Latest Economic Developments in Latin America
- The IMF’s Purpose: Delivering for People
- How Elevated Global Uncertainty Is Creating Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa
Factsheets
- IMF Support for Low-Income Countries
- IMF and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Poverty Reduction Strategy in IMF-supported Programs
- Debt Relief Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
- Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust