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Kosovo’s Electricity Sector Challenges and Opportunities: Republic of Kosovo

April 20, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/025  

Tax Revenue Growth and Formalization: Republic of Kosovo

April 20, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/026  

Union of the Comoros: Second Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program-Press Release; and Staff Report

April 20, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/143  

IMF Management Completes the Second Review of the Staff-Monitored Program with the Union of the Comoros

April 20, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have severely affected Comoros, exacerbating already weak macroeconomic conditions. While benefiting from substantial aid from the diaspora and development partners during the pandemic, Comoros’ economic activity stagnated in 2020-2021. The expected recovery in 2022 was interrupted by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its spillovers on global commodity prices, with inflation reaching record double-digit levels in 2022 and a considerably worsened fiscal outlook. Effects of the shocks are expected to recede in 2023, with growth expected at 3 percent, although considerable uncertainty remains in the global outlook.  

IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with the Republic of Kosovo on a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) and a Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF)

April 20, 2023
An IMF mission led by Mr. Gabriel Di Bella visited Pristina during March 8-24; and held follow-up virtual and in-person meetings during March 27-April 14, to discuss macroeconomic policies, the energy sector, the reform agenda, climate change mitigation and adaptation policies, and possible IMF support.  

Sweden: Financial Sector Assessment Program–Technical Note on Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

April 20, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/139  

Jordan — Financial Sector Assessment Program and Financial System Stability Assessment

April 20, 2023
Jordan’s financial sector, dominated by banks, has withstood several large external shocks (Global Financial Crisis, Arab Spring, war in Syria and influx of refugees, and COVID-19) since the latest FSAP that was conducted in 2008-09 in part thanks to measures implemented by the authorities to enhance the system’s resilience and oversight. At the current juncture, global growth headwinds, high energy and food prices, and higher interest rates are putting pressure on corporate and household sector balance sheets.  

IMF Conference on Geoeconomic Fragmentation

April 19, 2023

Surviving Low Interest Rates Central Banks in Kosovo and Other Western Balkan Countries: Republic of Kosovo

April 19, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/027  

IMF and World Bank Group to Hold 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok Thailand

April 19, 2023
The last time the Annual Meetings were held in Bangkok was in 1991.  

Trinidad and Tobago: Strengthening Cybersecurity in Financial Institutions

April 17, 2023
High Level Summary Technical Assistance Report No. 2023/003  

African Consultative Group Meeting: Statement by the Chairman of the African Caucus and the Managing Director of the IMF

April 16, 2023
Mr. Olavo Correia, Cabo Verde’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Chair of the African Caucus and Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement at the conclusion of the African Consultative Group meeting.  

Transcript of April 2023 European Department Press Briefing

April 14, 2023
Transcript of April 2023 European Department Press Briefing  

Transcript of the April 2023 African Department Press Briefing

April 14, 2023
Transcript of the April 2023 African Department Press Briefing  

Transcript of the April 2023 IMFC Press Briefing

April 14, 2023
Transcript of the April 2023 IMFC Press Briefing  

Transcript of April 2023 MD Kristalina Georgieva Press Briefing on GPA

April 14, 2023
Transcript of April 2023 MD Kristalina Georgieva Press Briefing on GPA  

Chair's Statement of Forty-Seventh Meeting of the IMFC

April 14, 2023
Since February 2022, we have witnessed the war in Ukraine further adversely impact the global economy. There was a discussion on the issue. We reiterated our national positions as expressed in other fora, including the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, which, in Resolution No. ES-11/1 dated 2 March 2022, as adopted by majority vote (141 votes for, 5 against, 35 abstentions, 12 absent), deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and demands its complete and unconditional withdrawal from the territory of Ukraine. Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed that it is causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy - constraining growth, increasing inflation, disrupting supply chains, heightening energy and food insecurity, and elevating financial stability risks. There were other views and different assessments of the situation and sanctions. Recognizing that the IMFC is not the forum to resolve security issues, we acknowledge that security issues can have significant consequences for the global economy.  

IMF's Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook The Big Funding Squeeze

April 14, 2023
Amid a global slowdown, growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to decelerate to 3.6 percent before rebounding to 4.2 percent in 2024 in line with a global recovery, subsiding inflation, and a winding down in monetary policy tightening, according to the latest IMF regional economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa published today. This will be the second consecutive year that SSA records a lower rate of growth than the previous year.  

Transcript of April 2023 Asia and Pacific Department Press Briefing

April 13, 2023
Transcript of April 2023 Asia and Pacific Department Press Briefing  

Transcript of April 2023 Middle East and Central Asia Department Press Briefing

April 13, 2023
Transcript of April 2023 Middle East and Central Asia Department Press Briefing  

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