AI may widen inequality, but policymakers can counteract this with more effective social safety nets, reskilling programs, ...

Uruguay recently confronted the impact of a once-in-a-century severe drought, which affected key agricultural areas, and caused significant direct losses to the agricultural sector, especially for ...

Hong Kong SAR’s economy is on a path of gradual but uneven recovery after a protracted period of shocks. With continued economic slack and external and domestic headwinds, policies should be geared ...

We explore the effect of (big) shocks on the allocation of (bilateral) aid using natural disasters as natural experiments. We find that aid commitment statistically significantly increases following ...

European electricity markets are in the midst of unprecedented changes—caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the rise of renewable sources of energy. Using high-frequency data, this paper ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met today to discuss the Ex-Post Evaluation (EPE) of Argentina’s exceptional access under the 2022 extended arrangement under the Extended ...

This technical assistance report outlines the current state and future objectives for regulating crypto assets in the Republic of Kenya. The report, prepared at the request of Kenya's Capital Markets ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The Middle East (ME) is often perceived as region with rentier economies and uncompetitive markets. Evidence of market ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper discusses under what circumstances residence and citizenship by investment (RBI or CBI) schemes could be used by ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Central Statistics Office (CSO ...