Debt is mushrooming worldwide, hitting many developing countries especially hard. Struggling to cover their debt interest, ...

Each time Pakistan enters an IMF program, the same sequence unfolds. Foreign exchange reserves stabilise, the current account ...

IMF has acknowledged the need for a more collaborative approach to fiscal reforms. [iStockphoto] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has for the first time acknowledged the need for a broader public ...

Washington DC (USA), April 28, GNA – Bright Simons, the Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has called for reforms to programmes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World ...

CAIRO (Reuters) -The IMF may merge its fifth and sixth reviews of Egypt's $8 billion support programme because of slow progress on structural reforms, possibly delaying a new disbursement by half a ...

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 ...

A visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission kicked off talks with Pakistani officials on Monday as it holds the second review of its $7 billion External Fund Facility (EFF) and first review ...

Staff Monitored Programs (SMPs) are informal agreements between national authorities and IMF staff to monitor the authorities’ economic program. As such, they do not entail endorsement by the IMF ...

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the rapidly growing US public debt must be “urgently” addressed lest it cause major problems for the global economy and its financial system. IMF ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is proposing a three-month extension of Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme. According to the IMF, the extension is needed to allow for the ...