Contar con el apoyo de la opinión pública es fundamental para llevar a cabo reformas difíciles que pueden ayudar a los países a reducir su deuda y acelerar su crecimiento ...

Public approval is crucial for carrying out difficult reforms that can help countries lower debt and increase growth ...

The dispute over the leadership of the central bank last August and the associated disruption in oil production weighed on growth in 2024. Output is estimated to have contracted, driven by the forced ...

Over the past decade, the Albanian banking sector has undergone a remarkable transformation amid strong macroeconomic performance and sound financial reforms. Nevertheless, pockets of vulnerability ...

In recent years, Albania has experienced a sustained appreciation of the domestic currency. This raises the questions of what factors are driving this appreciation and how to calibrate appropriate ...

Destination substitution, whereby stricter policies in the intended destination divert people to other places or leave them stranded in transit. Categorical substitution, whereby tighter policies for ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Stéphane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, held meetings in Accra from April 2 to April 15, 2025, to discuss progress on the authorities’ ...

El aumento de las tensiones puede causar estragos en los mercados bursátiles, elevar los costos de la deuda pública y plantear riesgos para la estabilidad financiera ...

Une équipe du Fonds monétaire international (FMI) dirigée par Alexandre Chailloux s'est rendue au Burundi du 17 au 28 mars pour tenir des réunions avec les autorités burundaises et d'autres homologues ...

Despite recent government-led initiatives to improve investor access and encourage participation by local businesses, capital markets in Oman remain relatively small and illiquid and the investor base ...

Motivated by Oman’s economic transformation agenda, this paper: (i) takes stock of the state of digitalization in Oman; (ii) provides an illustration of potential gains from enhanced digitalization; ...

The transition to a vibrant economy under Oman Vision 2040 and the urgency to develop a more dynamic private sector that can absorb the entry of a young and educated labor force both stress the need ...