Property insurance affordability presents a growing challenge for the ECCU. With a high reliance on global reinsurance to manage risks in high-exposure products like property, the recent tightening of ...

The Citizenship-by-Investment Programs (CBI) have long been recognized in their importance to fiscal revenue in the ECCU, but there is less clarity over their broader economic contributions. At the ...

ECCU countries are highly vulnerable to recurring and increasingly severe natural disasters. Evidence suggests that severe natural disaster have negative impacts on fiscal balances and debt in the ...

Level Conference on Growth and Resilience in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe in a More Fragmented World -- Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 30, 2025 ...

Une équipe des services du Fonds monétaire international (FMI), dirigée par Hans Weisfeld a tenu des réunions avec les autorités togolaises à Lomé et à Washington ces derniers mois pour examiner l'éta ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Hans Weisfeld held meetings with the Togolese authorities in Lomé and Washington in recent months to discuss progress under the authorities’ ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Gavin Gray held discussions with the Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv, Ukraine during May 20-27 on the Eighth Review of the country’s 4-year Extended ...

Europe has a large and persistent per capita income gap with the United States. Deficiencies in total factor productivity, labor utilization, and capital intensity all play a role. While deeper ...

Миссия Международного валютного фонда (МВФ) во главе с г-ном Али Аль-Эйдом находилась в Казахстане в период с 15 по 23 мая 2025 года для обсуждения текущей экономической и финансовой ситуации, перспек ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Lone Christiansen and comprising Thomas Elkjaer, Gee Hee Hong, Yueling Huang, Alain Kabundi, and Sylwia Nowak, conducted discussions for the 2025 ...

The IMF and the Croatian National Bank (CNB) are organizing a new edition of the joint conference that last took place in Dubrovnik two years ago. This year's conference will focus on fostering growth ...

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