A mission was undertaken in Beirut, Lebanon, from September 2 to 4, 2025, by the IMF Middle East Regional Technical ...

Botswana faces mounting macroeconomic risks from intensifying climate trends and fiscal strain from electricity subsidies.

Botswana faces growing fiscal challenges driven by declining diamond revenues, rigid expenditure, and weakened fiscal ...

Sea-level rise presents long-term risks in Aruba that can lead to sizable permanent costs with potentially large ...

The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) faces severe challenges due to its vulnerability to climate change and natural ...

Climate change is macro-critical to Andorra: with (mostly winter) tourism accounting for one third of its economy, Andorra is ...

This paper evaluates Armenia’s fiscal framework, focusing on fiscal rule design and implementation. Despite the 2018 reforms ...

Croatia’s public spending efficiency in education and healthcare can be increased. Increased efficiency would free fiscal ...

The profound shifts in the global economic landscape have been captured in the most-read blogs of 2025. This coverage has ...

An IMF team and the Egyptian authorities have reached staff level agreement on the fifth and sixth reviews under the Extended ...

While Botswana achieved strong post-independence growth supported by prudent macroeconomic management and diamond revenues, economic performance has weakened over the past two decades, with slower ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation with Albania and ...