May 16, 2023
Africa: Tackling High Inflation in Emerging Markets
Speech at Annual Conference of the Central Bank of Brazil, Brasilia Read more »
May 04, 2023
Eswatini: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article Iv Consultation With Kingdom of Eswatini
Washington, DC: On May 3rd, 2023, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1] with the Kingdom of Eswatini. Read more »
May 03, 2023
Sierra Leone: IMF Staff Reaches Staff-Level Agreement With Sierra Leone On the Sixth and Seventh Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of… Read more »
April 28, 2023
Central African Republic: IMF Executive Board Approves a U.S.$191.4 Million Extended Credit Facility Arrangement With the Central African Republic
Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement of SDR 141.68 million (about… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Tanzania: IMF Executive Board Completes the First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Concludes the 2023 Article Iv Consultation With Tanzania
Washington, DC - April 24, 2023: Today, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement… Read more »
April 16, 2023
Africa: African Consultative Group Meeting - Statement By African Caucus Chair and Managing Director of IMF
Mr. Olavo Correia, Cabo Verde's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Chair of the African Caucus and Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Africa: IMF's Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook The Big Funding Squeeze
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to slow to 3.6 percent as a "big funding squeeze", tied to the drying up of aid and access to private finance, hits the region. This… Read more »
Africa: Transcript of the April 2023 African Department Press Briefing
PARTICIPANTS: ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund and TATIANA MOSSOT, Senior Communications Officer, International Monetary Fund Read more »
April 11, 2023
Africa: Statement From International Monetary Fund Managing Director, COP28 President-Designate, and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate, and Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Burundi: Burundi Implements the International Monetary Fund's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System
Washington, DC: Burundi has implemented a key recommendation of the IMF's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) to publish essential macroeconomic and financial data.… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Cote d'Ivoire: IMF Reaches Staff Level Agreement With Côte d'Ivoire On a $3.5 Billion EFF/ECF Arrangement
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of… Read more »
March 21, 2023
South Africa: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country. Missions are… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Cote d'Ivoire: IMF Staff Concludes Mission to Côte d'Ivoire
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Chad: Statement By IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura At the Conclusion of His Visit to Chad
N'Djamena, Chad: Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in N'Djamena at the conclusion of his… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Guinea Bissau: IMF Approves U.S.$38.4 Million Extended Credit Facility
Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a thirty-six-month Extended Credit Facility arrangement for Guinea-Bissau in the amount… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Rwanda: Statement by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the Conclusion of Her Visit to Rwanda
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Kigali at the conclusion of her visit to Rwanda: Read more »
Rwanda: Covid-19, Climate Change on the Agenda During IMF Chief's Visit
Kigali, Rwanda: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Kigali at the conclusion of her visit… Read more »
Zambia: Statement by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the Conclusion of Her Visit to Zambia
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Lusaka at the conclusion of her January 22-24 visit to… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Mauritania: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article Iv Consultation and Approves $ 86.9 Million Extended Fund Facility for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Washington, DC : The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] and approved 42-Month arrangements of SDR 64.40 million… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Zambia: Statement By IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva At the Conclusion of Her Visit to Zambia
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Lusaka at the conclusion of her January 22-24 visit to… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Senegal: IMF Executive Board Completes the Sixth Review and Final Under the Policy Coordination Instrument
Washington DC: Today, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Sixth and Final Review under the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) and the Third… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Guinea: IMF Executive Board Approves U.S.$71 Million in Emergency Financing Support and Concludes 2022 Article Iv Consultation With Guinea
Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Guinea. Growth is expected to reach 4.7 percent in 2022… Read more »
Chad: IMF Executive Board Completes First and Second Reviews of Ecf Arrangement for Chad and Approves U.S.$ 149.3 Million Disbursement
Washington, DC -December 22, 2022: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today the completion of the first and second reviews under the Extended… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Niger: IMF Executive Board Completes the Second Review Under the Extended Credit Facility (Ecf), Approves U.S.$ 52.6 Million Disbursement, and Concludes the 2022 Article IV Consultation With Niger
Washington, DC: Today, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2022 Article IV Consultation [1] and completed the Second Review of the Extended… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement With the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the third review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo… Read more »