Capital markets integration, expanding opportunities for workers, and bigger consumer markets will allow companies to grow faster ...

Comprehensive regulatory reforms, including a simplified and coherent national licensing and permitting policy, can help ...

Europe’s objective is clear: a system that provides affordable, low-carbon energy while ensuring resilience and security of supply. The encouraging news is that these objectives reinforce one another.

This paper studies the macroeconomic consequences of undermining central bank independence through politically motivated ...

South Africa exhibits one of the highest levels of income inequality globally, reflecting persistent spatial exclusion. This ...

Keynote Speech by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at Japan's Ministry of Finance's "Future of the Global Economy amid a Fluid International Economic and Monetary Order" Symposium ...

The EU has ambitious goals for climate and energy security. Its targets and policies may have large macroeconomic ...

National statistical systems generate the statistics that underpin policy, economic analysis, and public trust. Yet, despite decades of investment in statistical capacity, two persistent challenges, ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Varapat Chensavasdijai, visited San José during February 25–March 9, 2026 for the 2026 Article IV consultation. At the conclusion of the ...

This report presents the results of a repeat Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) assessment conducted in Bangladesh during October 2025. The assessment evaluated the National Board ...

This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module (Data ROSC) assesses the quality of Cambodia’s key macroeconomic statistics programs. The assessment is based on the 2025 pilot version ...

South Africa stands out as having one of the most restrictive business environments among peers. Burdensome government ...