China is experiencing rapid population aging and a declining workforce, posing significant economic and fiscal challenges, especially to the pension system. This paper examines the evolution of ...

At the request of the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA), the Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM) conducted a mission to review and strengthen Bhutan’s fintech regulatory sandbox (RS) ...

Moldova’s State Tax Service advances audit reforms with improved VAT refund management, enhanced staffing, and governance structures. Key focus areas remain organizational optimization, manager time ...

This report summarizes the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) technical assistance mission to the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA), focused on reviewing and strengthening the fintech ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Emilio Fernandez Corugedo visited Tegucigalpa on a fact-finding mission from February 16 to 20, 2026, to meet with the new authorities, discuss recent ...

The Nepali authorities and the IMF team have reached staff-level agreement to conclude the seventh and final review of Nepal’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility ...

Supportive external conditions and domestic policy tightening helped stabilize Lao PDR’s economic imbalances, though policies eased recently. Growth is expected to remain strong in the near term but ...

Australia’s labor market has remained resilient despite slower growth, with strong employment gains and low unemployment but limited wage pressure. This paper argues that recent dynamics reflect both ...

根据《国际货币基金组织协定》（《基金组织协定》）第四条，IMF 通常每年都会与成员国进行双边讨论。工作人员团队会访问成员国，收集经济金融信息，并与该国官员讨论经济形势和政策。回到总部后，工作人员会准备一份报告，供执董会讨论。

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Anna Bordon visited Baku during February 4-17, 2026. The purpose of the visit was to review the country's economic landscape, including its ...

AI has arrived; it is here. Investment is surging into data centers, power plants, and neural networks. It is like when the world was building the railways: the old ways of doing things will be ...

South Africa’s new inflation target is one of several actions helping to bolster macroeconomic stability; continued reforms, both macroeconomic and structural, can help maintain momentum and address ...