Policy Work

October 2026 World Economic Outlook Chapter 2: Navigating a Shock-Prone World: Lessons from Cost-of-Living Crises

Coverage: Bloomberg, The Economist, Bloomberg Tax, Reuters, UA News, Bangkok Post, Ahram Online, Belfast Telegraph, France 24, China Daily, The Times, Nova News, Big Go Finance, Free Malaysia Today, The Nation Thailand, AA, Briefs, MarketForces Africa, Distilled Post, Naharnet, Morning Star, Sahara Reporters, The Financial Express, Premium Times Nigeria, The Telegraph, This is Money, The National News, Guyana Chronicle, The Sun, Vanguard, Mirror, Birmingham Live, Money Control, Trading View

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Analytical Corner: Navigating a Shock-Prone World: Lessons from Cost-of-Living Crises 

IMF blog

October 2025 World Economic Outlook Chapter 2: Emerging Market Resilience: Good Luck or Good Policies?

Coverage: IMF blog (2x), Reuters (2x), Financial Times (2x), Martin Wolf, IOL, Al-Ahram, Business Day, Bloomberg Markets: The Close, Het Financieele Dagblad, NRC Handelsblad, The Star, Anadolu Ajansı, Yeni Şafak, MENAFN, Diplomatic Courier, L'Economiste, Asharq Al-Awsat, News.az, Channel Africa, Devdiscourse, The Nation, MarketForces

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IMF Videos - Event on Emerging Market Risks and Resilience, hosted by the IMF at NASDAQ 

Annual Meetings 2025 Curtain Raiser: Opportunity in a Time of Change 

Analytical Corner: Emerging Markets’ Resilience—Good Luck or Good Policies? 

The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda, Fall 2025: Navigating a World In Transition 

Debate on the Global Economy: Shaping Economic Policies Amid a Shifting Global Landscape 

Gita Gopinath: an interview with the former second in command at the IMF 

Emerging Markets Must Build on Their Recent Success by Kristalina Georgieva & Mohammed Al-Jadaan - Project Syndicate 

Monetary Policy with Supply Shocks and High Debt 

October 2023 World Economic Outlook Chapter 3: Fragmentation and Commodity Markets: Vulnerabilities and Risks

Coverage: IMF blog, SCMP, Yahoo, The Business Times, Bloomberg

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

"Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Challenges for Inflation and Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Zo Andriantomanga and Shushanik Hakobyan)

IMF Working Paper No. 2023/039

Analytical Corner (IMF)

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