Real GDP growth is expected to strengthen further in 2025 after a moderate recovery in 2024. Supportive policies and recovering real incomes will boost private domestic demand as inflation has been ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have pursued ambitious digitalization strategies as part of their broader economic transformation agenda. This paper provides a thorough review of the ...

Real GDP is expected to pick up to 1.9 percent in 2025 and further in 2026 to 2.2 percent. Inflation is expected to remain anchored around the 2 percent target.

The Malagasy government aims for self-sufficiency in rice production by 2027, targeting 6 million tons in 2024 and 11 million tons by 2030. Despite recent production increases, challenges such as ...

Madagascar faces significant challenges in electricity access, with only 36 percent of the population connected. The state-owned utility, JIRAMA, struggles with inefficient production, high ...

South Africa’s inflation-targeting framework has served the country well, playing a key role in reducing inflation since 2000. However, with inflation still above that of key trading partners, ...

South Africa's economic growth has stagnated over the past decade due to entrenched structural rigidities. This paper examines the impact of reforms addressing shortcomings in governance, business ...

South Africa’s public debt has tripled since the global financial crisis and is not expected to stabilize over the medium term under staff’s baseline. Cross-country evidence suggests that fiscal rules ...

Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.

The IMF Board today completed the Seventh Review of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ukraine, enabling a disbursement of about US.4 billion (SDR 0.3 billion) to ...

Some countries risk missing out on the full economic benefits of AI, but more formal jobs and expanded digital access can help ...

Washington, DC: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the seventh edition of the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position ...