An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mariana Colacelli visited Mauritius from March 31 to April 11, 2025, to conduct the 2025 Article IV Consultation.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Niko Hobdari visited Bissau during April 2-10, 2025, to hold discussions on the 2025 Article IV consultation and on the economic policies ...

Low efficiency and reliability in the energy sector, paired with high costs, dampens competitiveness and holds up growth in The Bahamas. This chapter takes stock of the country’s electricity sector ...

To analyze Bahamian sovereign spreads, a fundamentals-based model is estimated using data on emerging market economies. The main findings are: first, while both domestic and global covariates are ...

The Bahamas is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including gradual sea level rise, biodiversity loss, and intensifying hurricanes. Together, these challenges threaten to undermine ...

The IMF staff team had very productive discussions with the Sri Lankan authorities on economic performance and policies underpinning the Fourth Review under the IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) ...

Though the population in The Bahamas has expanded swiftly since 2010, the stock and affordability of new housing has not kept pace due to limited wage growth and financing constraints. This chapter ...

The Spanish economy has been performing strongly and growth is expected to remain significantly above the euro area average in the near term, before slowing gradually as its recent drivers normalize ...

Countries have durably reduced household debt by lowering the stock of existing obligations while preventing excessive new ...

IMF staff and the Ivoirian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic reform program supported by the EFF and ECF arrangements, and the third ...

A technical assistance (TA) mission was delivered virtually to Statistics South Africa between February 13–17, 2025. The objective of the mission was to provide assistance to Statistics South Africa ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, Mission Chief for Burkina Faso, held meetings in Ouagadougou during April 1–8 in the context of the third review of Burkina Faso's ...