Policy Work

World Economic Outlook Chapter 3: Fragmentation and Commodity Markets: Vulnerabilities and Risks

Box 3.3. The Uneven Economic Effects of Commodity Market Fragmentation, with Jiaqian Chen and Ben Kett (2023).

Coverage: IMF, SCMP, Yahoo, The Business Times

See also: Regional Economic Outlook Latin America and the Caribbean

Geoeconomic fragmentation: Accounting for commodities 

with Jiaqian Chen and Ben Kett (2023).

in Aiyar, S, A Presbitero and M Ruta (eds), Geoeconomic Fragmentation: The Economic Risks from a Fractured World Economy

"How Vulnerable Is Sub-Saharan Africa to Geoeconomic Fragmentation? " with  Hamza Mighri, Henry Rawlings, Ivanova Reyes, and Qianqian Zhang (all IMF)

IMF Working Paper No. 2023/039

Suriname

• Suriname: Seventh Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname 

• IMF Executive Board Completes Seventh Review Under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Suriname 

• IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Suriname on the Seventh Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility 

• Suriname: Sixth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname 

• IMF Executive Board Completes Sixth Review Under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Suriname 

• IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Suriname 

• Suriname and the IMF Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Fifth Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility 

• Suriname: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Augmentation of Access, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname (imf.org) 

• IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review Under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Suriname 

• Suriname and the IMF Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Fourth Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility 

• Suriname: Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname (imf.org) 

• IMF Executive Board Completes Third Review Under the Extended Fund Facility for Suriname 

• Suriname and the IMF Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Third Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility 

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2023

Coverage: Bloomberg, The Banker, Africa News (2x), TVP, Today News Africa, The Africa Report

Analytical Note:  Geoeconomic Fragmentation: Sub-Saharan Africa Caught between the Fault Lines

IMF Country Focus: Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Permanently Decline if Geopolitical Tensions Escalate

Coverage: The Economist, African Business, DownToEarth, Business Day, ISS African Futures

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2022

Coverage: Reuters, Devex, Bloomberg

Analytical Note: How to Tackle Rising Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Blog: Africa’s Inflation Among Region’s Most Urgent Challenges
Coverage: The Banker

Guinea-Bissau

• Guinea-Bissau: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; and Staff Report

• IMF Executive Board Approves US$38.4 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement for Guinea-Bissau

• IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on an Extended Credit Facility Arrangement with Guinea-Bissau 

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2022

Coverage: Reuters, Devex, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Seychelles Selected Issues: IMF Country Report No. 22/250

"The Millennial Boom, the Baby Bust and the Housing Market" with Judd Cramer (Harvard University)

Coverage: WSJ, VoxEU