IF Insights: The renaissance of state contingent debt instruments
While SCDIs can be powerful tools for speeding up debt restructurings and providing much-needed economic relief, they are not without their challenges...
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Will Dissanayake pull Sri Lanka out of the abyss?
Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow 3% in 2024, reversing 2023's contraction, while inflation, which peaked at 70% in September 2022, moderated to 0.5% in August this year...
IMF projects 4% growth rebound in MENA in 2025 amid geopolitical worries
The IMF has approved USD 13.4 billion in new funding to Middle East and Central Asian countries since January 2024, including for programmes in Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan...
Kenya’s economic mess: Whom to blame?
President William Ruto’s now-withdrawn tax hikes as well as similar legislation passed in 2023 are both linked to IMF loans as Kenya staggers under the weight of a heavy debt crisis...
Egypt’s central bank leaves interest rates steady as inflation seen dropping
According to the MPC, inflation would sharply drop in the first quarter of 2025 and economic growth would progressively rebound in the fiscal year that started on July 1...
Growth in MENA region to reach 2.2% in 2024: IMF
The IMF report states that these figures have been revised lower than those that were released in April of 2023, which indicated growth of 2.7% in 2024 and 4.2% in 2025...
Lebanon’s growth is inadequate for economic recovery: IMF
Since the Gaza War began in October 2023, fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in Lebanon has taken place across the West Asian country's southern border...
UAE economy grew 4.3% in 2023 Q4
As one of the top oil exporters in the world, the UAE has expedited plans to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons and attract international investment...
IF Insights: Crises-ridden Egypt economy undertakes its much-needed course correction
Egypt has a significant international debt as a result of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's borrowing binge...
AI hitting labour forces like a ‘Tsunami’, says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva mentioned that the world economy has become more susceptible to shocks in recent years, citing the global pandemic in 2020 and the war in Ukraine...