Calls for market reforms to help improve economic performance have become a mantra in European policy discussions. In the recent years, fears of a new wave of protectionism reopened the debate on the macroeconomic effects of raising tariff and non-tariff barriers. In this policy paper, we...

This document presents an ex post evaluation of the three year EU/IMF financial assistance for Portugal, which ended in May 2014. The three-year Portuguese programme was designed to overcome the economic and financial crisis that led to Portugal requesting financial assistance in April 2011,...

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), visited Nicosia from 14 July to 24 July 2015 for the seventh review of Cyprus' economic adjustment programme, which is supported by financial assistance from...

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), visited Nicosia from 27 January to 5 February 2015 and from 28 April to 8 May 2015 for the sixth review of Cyprus' economic adjustment programme, which is...

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), visited Nicosia from 27 January to 5 February 2015 and from 28 April to 8 May 2015 for the sixth review of Cyprus' economic adjustment programme, which is...

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), visited Nicosia from 14 July to 24 July 2015 for the seventh review of Cyprus' economic adjustment programme, which is supported by financial assistance from...

This document presents an ex post evaluation of the three year EU/IMF financial assistance programme that Ireland completed in December 2013. The Irish programme was the second euro area (EA) assistance programme, and the first financed by two new financial assistance instruments established in...

The report assesses compliance with the terms and conditions set out in the updated MoU. The MoU was updated following the fourth review mission and was agreed between the Cypriot authorities and the programme partners, i.e. the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the...