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).
Algeria’s reform program has supported diversification and robust growth, although large fiscal deficits have depleted fiscal buffers and external buffers have eroded.
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 ...
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 ...
Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director At the Informal Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers in Dublin, Ireland ...
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 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 ...
The right choice between subsidies, vouchers, or in-kind distribution can help countries save precious resources ...
We look at the effects of debt and primary fiscal balances on sovereign credit ratings through the lens of a simple model. We find that the ratings differ from the implications of the model in three ...
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 ...
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...
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