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Regional Economic Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa
A Conversation with the IMF's Managing Director on the Global Economy
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 US$172.1 Million Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility for Sierra Leone.
The country’s ECF-supported program aims to tackle new challenges that have arisen since June 2017, including addressing fiscal slippages, while at the same time improving the prospects for long term growth.
IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under the ECF Arrangement with Guinea-Bissau, Approves US$ 4.3 Million Disbursement, and Augments Access and Extends Arrangement.
The extension and augmentation will help anchor macroeconomic stability during the upcoming election period, support reforms focused on revenue mobilization and addressing gaps in essential infrastructure, and help meet balance of payments needs.
Learn MoreResearch and Publications
- Illuminating Economic Growth
- Debt Build-up in Frontier Low-Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) since 2012: Global or Country-specific Factors and Way Forward?
- The Impact of Community Based Health Insurance Schemes on Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending: Evidence from Rwanda
- Importing Inputs for Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Agricultural Productivity
- Fiscal Implications of Government Wage Bill Spending
- In Search of Information: Use of Google Trends' Data to Narrow Information Gaps for Low-income Developing Countries
- IMF-Supported Programs and Income Convergence in Low-Income Countries
- Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook 2018: Seizing the Momentum
- Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2018: Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Private Investment
- Regional Economic Outlook Update: Middle East and Central Asia
Policy Papers
- Review of Implementation of IMF Commitments in Support of the 2030 Development Agenda
- 2018 Review of Program Design and Conditionality
- Fiscal Policies for Paris Climate Strategies—from Principle to Practice
- Key Trends in Implementing the Fund's Transparency Policy
- Fiscal Policy and Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investments for the SDGs
- Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth
- Pursuing Women's Economic Empowerment
- A Window of Opportunity Remains Open: The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda Update
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
- A Delicate Moment for the Global Economy: Three Priority Areas for Action
- Looking Ahead to Chart Today’s Course: The Future of Work in sub-Saharan Africa
- New Economic Landscape, New Multilateralism
- 'Steer, Don't Drift': Managing Rising Risks to Keep the Global Economy on Course
- Keynote Address at Secretary-General’s High-Level Meeting on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
News/Blogs
- How to Ensure the Effective and Sustainable Financing of International Development
- Financing for Sustainable Development: Tackling Big Challenges
- High Debt Hampers Countries’ Response to a Fast-Changing Global Economy
- The Global Economy: A Delicate Moment
- Equality for All
- New Data on Global Debt
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