IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities held productive discussions relating to the Seventh Review of the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), and the 2026 Article IV Consultation. Discussions will ...

The country has a world-class high-tech ecosystem, but growth is constrained by domestic factors and a fragmenting global ...

On September 9, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reviewed the joint IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries (LIC-DSF).

The 2026 Review of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) responds to a rapidly evolving financial landscape, marked by rising NBFI interconnectedness, digitalization, AI, cyber risk, climate ...

A swift policy response, strong macroeconomic buffers, and a flexible exchange rate helped Egypt absorb spillovers from the war in the Middle East, but more decisive reform implementation is needed to ...

Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director At the Informal Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers in Dublin, Ireland ...

Algeria’s reform program has supported diversification and robust growth, although large fiscal deficits have depleted fiscal buffers and external buffers have eroded.

Latvia faces significant structural challenges and public spending pressures. Latvia’s slow convergence in per capita income with the rest of the euro area reflects weaker total factor productivity ...

The FSAP provides in-depth assessments of financial sectors and provides important input to Fund surveillance. Assessments of financial sectors are usually conducted jointly with the World Bank in ...

World Bank 2026 Low-Income Countries Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF) Review aims to future-proof the framework, ensuring it remains fit for purpose as debt risks, financing patterns, and ...

The Lebanese authorities have managed to maintain a measure of macroeconomic stability despite the exceptionally difficult circumstances and the heavy toll that the Hezbollah-Israel conflict and ...

The energy shock emanating from the war in the Middle East is weighing on the Marshall Islands’ economic activity and adding to existing cost-of-living pressures through higher fuel and electricity ...