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The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda Spring Meetings 2026: Managing Shocks and Transformations
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Since 2022, Burkina Faso has undertaken ambitious structural reforms to enhance domestic revenue mobilization, driven by reduced external support and increasing social and humanitarian needs amid security challenges. These efforts have produced notable results, with total government revenue reaching an estimated 21.4 percent of GDP in 2025, up from 17.8 percent in 2021. Burkina Faso now has the highest tax revenue to GDP ratio in the WAEMU region and is among the leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa. The government's medium-term tax and customs revenue strategy focuses on broadening the tax base, digitalization, and improving revenue administration efficiency, prioritizing tax administration and resource management over increasing tax rates. Key reforms include the digitalization of tax and customs processes, electronic tax filing and payment, reinforced electronic invoicing, and the elimination of checks for payments. Investments have also strengthened tax and customs offices, non-intrusive cargo controls, anti-fraud measures, and VAT withholding. Mining sector reforms have increased government participation, oversight, and transparency, boosting revenues, especially with rising gold prices. Additionally, the Patriotic Support Fund, supported by voluntary contributions and special levies, has added 1–2 percent of GDP to domestic revenues for security spending.
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Delia Velculescu, IMF Mission Chief for South Africa, presents the Fund's latest assessment of the South African economy and answers questions from the press.
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After withstanding higher trade barriers and elevated uncertainty last year, global activity now faces a major test from the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Assuming that the conflict remains limited in duration and scope, global growth is projected to slow to 3.1 percent in 2026 and 3.2 percent in 2027. Global headline inflation is projected to rise modestly in 2026 before resuming its decline in 2027. Slowdown in growth and increase in inflation are expected to be particularly pronounced in emerging market and developing economies.
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The latest World Economic Outlook reports slowing global growth and renewed inflationary pressures. Policies need to be agile, carefully manage the trade-offs involved in ramping up defense spending, and lay the foundation for a sustained recovery.
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The global economy is again disrupted, this time with the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Rising commodity prices, firmer inflation expectations, and tighter financial conditions are testing the recent resilience. Under the assumption of a limited conflict, global growth is projected at 3.1 percent in 2026 and 3.2 percent in 2027, below recent outcomes and well under prepandemic averages. Global inflation is expected to tick up in 2026 and resume its decline in 2027. Pressures are concentrated in emerging market and developing economies, especially commodity importers with preexisting vulnerabilities. Risks are decisively on the downside. A prolonged conflict, deeper geopolitical fragmentation, disappointment over AI-driven productivity, or renewed trade tensions could weaken growth and unsettle markets. High public debt and eroded policy buffers add vulnerability. Policies should foster adaptability, enhance credibility, and reinforce international cooperation.
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