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Opening Remarks and Presentation: IMF Press Briefing on Economic Outlook for Asia Pacific and Korea

May 3 , 2023
Opening Remarks and Presentation: IMF Press Briefing on Economic Outlook for Asia Pacific and Korea, by Krishna Srinivasan, Director of Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, delivered at the press conference in Incheon, Korea, May 4, 2023  

Transcript of the Regional Economic Outlook on Asia and Pacific Press Briefing

May 3 , 2023
Transcript of the Regional Economic Outlook on Asia and Pacific Press Briefing  

Central African Republic: Selected Issues

May 2 , 2023
Country Report No. 2023/156  

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Nepal and Completes First and Second Reviews under the Extended Credit Facility

May 1 , 2023
Completion of the first and second reviews under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) provides Nepal with access to SDR 39.20 million (about US$52.8 million). Following a strong post pandemic recovery, external shocks and necessary policy adjustment led to a softening of GDP growth. The much needed monetary policy tightening helped stabilize the external position and lower inflation, while the recent mid year budget review is expected to address near term fiscal risks.  

Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Permanently Decline if Geopolitical Tensions Escalate

May 1 , 2023
Countries will need to build resilience to manage the inevitable shifts in trade and foreign direct investment.  

Revisiting the Countercyclicality of Fiscal Policy

April 29, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/089  

Mining Revenues and Inclusive Development in Guinea

April 29, 2023

Do Fiscal Rules Foster Fiscal Discipline in Resource-Rich Countries?

April 29, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/088  

Nicolas Kazadi on DRC’s Natural Wealth and the Energy Transition

April 28, 2023
The Democratic Republic of the Congo faces many challenges to its development, but the country’s natural wealth has the potential to lift more people out of poverty and help the world make the transition to renewable energy.  

Eye of the Storm: The Impact of Climate Shocks on Inflation and Growth

April 28, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/087  

State-Dependent Exchange Rate Pass-Through

April 28, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/086  

IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Costa Rica on the Fourth Review of the Extended Fund Facility and the First Assessment of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement

April 28, 2023
“The Costa Rican authorities and IMF staff have reached a staff-level agreement on the completion of the fourth review under the EFF and the first review under the RSF. The agreement is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board, contingent on the implementation of a prior action by the authorities linked to implementing the public employment law.  

Vietnam: Technical Assistance Report-Taxpayer Compliance Risk Management–Tourism Compliance Improvement Plan

April 28, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/151  

United Republic of Tanzania: Selected Issues

April 28, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/154  

United Republic of Tanzania: 2023 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the United Republic of Tanzania

April 28, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/153  

IMF Executive Board Approves a US$191.4 million Extended Credit Facility Arrangement with the Central African Republic

April 27, 2023
A decade after the 2013 civil war, CAR is facing crisis upon crisis resulting in exceptional hardship to its population and bringing the country to the brink of a humanitarian crisis with acute food insecurity. The country remains one of the poorest in the world, with almost 80 percent of people living in poverty.  

Republic of Moldova: Third Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility Arrangements, and Request for a Waiver for Nonobservance of Performance Criterion-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Moldova

April 27, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/152  

IMF Executive Board Concludes Review of Colombia’s Performance Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

April 27, 2023
The current two-year FCL arrangement for Colombia was approved by the IMF’s Executive Board on April 29, 2022 (see Press Release No. 22/135) in an amount equivalent to SDR 7.1557 billion (about US$9.8 billion). The Colombian authorities stated their intention to continue treating the FCL arrangement as precautionary.  

Colombia: Review Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia

April 27, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/150  

Revamping the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Fiscal Framework

April 26, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/028  

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