The article presents some risks of external debt in Romania generated by its structure and characteristics. Given the rise in the share of short-term external debt, the associated risks increase, among which there is the augmentation in the volatility of the exchange rate of the national...

This paper aims to assess the economic impact of the IMF’s support through its facilities for low-income countries. It relies on two complementary econometric analyses: the first investigates the longer-term impact of IMF engagement—primarily through successive medium-term programs under the...

Highly favorable external conditions have helped Latin America strengthen its economic fundamentals over the last decade. But, has the region built enough buffers to guard itself from a weakening of the external environment? This paper addresses this question by developing a simple framework...