Personal Income Tax Has Untapped Potential in Poorer Countries
Developing countries have shown remarkable progress in using the personal income tax.
Chart of the WeekMedian Inflation Gauge Offers Better Read on Price Trends
Using an alternative measure may help separate the signal from the noise.
Countries in the IMF Financial Stability Spotlight in 2022
The Financial Sector Assessment Program is a key pillar of IMF surveillance.
Chart of the WeekPandemic Scars May be Twice as Deep for Students in Developing Countries
Students confront their own nightmare of the enduring pandemic, and the effects may last for years.
Chart of the WeekFragile and Conflict-Affected Economies Are Falling Further Behind
Even before the pandemic, fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) already confronted some of the greatest challenges among the world’s economies.
Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action
New IMF analysis shows gaps in ambition and policy needed to achieve emissions curbs that contain global warming.
A Hobbled Recovery Along Entrenched Fault Lines
The global recovery continues amid increasing uncertainty, more complex policy trade-offs.
Fiscal Policies for the Recovery from COVID-19
Vitor Gaspar, W. Raphael Lam, and Mehdi Raissi
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Fiscal policies have provided large emergency lifelines to people and firms during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also invaluable to increase a country’s readiness to respond to a crisis and to help with the recovery and beyond. […]
A New Social Contract
November 30, 2018
(photo: Michael Waraksa)
As the world seeks to address the rise of populism and nationalism, it is becoming clear that economic insecurity lies at the heart of much of the discontent. […]