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IMF conditionality and government education spending : the case of 10 MENA countries

Sherry, Hassan; Zeaiter, Hussein - 2024

This study explores the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF)-linked conditionality on government education expenditures in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Understanding the impact of conditional lending by international financial institutions on education spending is...

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Ukraine : Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; Supplementary Information; and Statement by the Alternate Executive Director for Ukraine

2026

Russia’s war in Ukraine continues unabated, despite international efforts to broker a peace settlement. Nearly four years of full-scale war have taken a staggering social, humanitarian, and economic toll, with real GDP in 2025 estimated at about 20 percent below pre-war levels. The authorities...

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Zambia : Sixth Review Under The Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for a waiver of Nonobservance of a Quantitative Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Zambia

2026

Despite external and domestic shocks, Zambia has corrected macroeconomic imbalances, reached agreement on most of the external debt under the perimeter of the debt restructuring, and undertaken sustained fiscal consolidation while safeguarding social spending. Economic activity has expanded in...

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Global frictions : foreign aid, donor-recipient relations and LGBT+ rights in Tanzania

Brown, Stephen - 2025

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International monetary fund conditionality and structural reforms : evidence from developing countries

Apeti, Ablam Estel; Gomado, Kwamivi Mawuli - 2025

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Democratic Republic of Congo : Requests for an Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Democratic Republic of Congo

2025

The authorities have requested a new ECF-supported program, to deepen reforms undertaken under the previous program (completed in July 2024). They have also requested a program under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF)

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The Gambia : Second Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for A Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, Modifications of Performance Criteria and Indicative Targets, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for The Gambia

2025

The Gambia hosted the 15th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in early May 2024-the second largest intergovernmental organization in the world. Economic recovery is strengthening, while inflation has trended down, albeit slowly. Despite strong revenue collection efforts, the...

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Money talks? : the effectiveness of sanctions in the "rule of law" conflict in the European Union

Holesch, Adam; Portela, Clara - 2025

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Morocco : Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line and Cancellation of Current Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco

2025

This paper presents Morocco's Request for an Arrangement under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement. The Moroccan economy has shown sustained track record of implementing very strong policies and remarkable resilience to recent shocks, although a succession...

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The Gambia : Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for a Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion, Modifications of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review, and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for The Gambia

2025

Economic momentum remains strong, and inflation is slowly coming down. Despite strong revenue collection efforts, fiscal performance in 2024 was weaker than anticipated due to unbudgeted spending pressures and faster execution of foreign financed capital projects. The foreign exchange market...

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Designing a list of "priority" countries for bilateral aid methodological note with reference to French aid

Feindouno, Sosso; Guillaumont, Patrick - 2025

The aim of this note is to provide an analytical framework for a bilateral donor, in this case France, wishing to draw up a list of priority countries for its aid in a rational way, based on transparent political choices. Drawing up a list of priority countries for French aid, intended to...

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Mexico : Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement-Press Release; and Staff Report

2025

Economic activity has been decelerating since mid-2024, in large part due to a needed fiscal consolidation and restrictive monetary policy. U.S. trade policy, and the uncertainties associated with it, have added to these headwinds. The authorities remain committed to maintaining their very...

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Burkina Faso : Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burkina Faso

2025

The authorities remain committed to the program’s objectives, including fiscal consolidation, strengthening fiscal governance, and other structural reforms, despite the challenges posed by insecurity, poverty, weather shocks, and their interactions

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Ukraine : Eighth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria, Rephasing of Access, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Alternate Executive Director for Ukraine

2025

This paper presents Ukraine’s Eighth Review under the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria, Rephasing of Access, and Financing Assurances Review. Ukraine’s economy remains resilient, and the authorities met all end-March and...

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Fairness in welfare : applying Article 6 ECHR to benefit sanctions

Spijkstra, Anne N. - 2025

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How local leaders view transparency and local autonomy in humanitarian aid distribution : evidence from Mali

Bleck, Jaimie; Carrillo, Lucia; Gottlieb, Jessica; … - 2025

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IMF conditionality and government education spending: The case of 10 MENA countries

Sherry, Hassan; Zeaiter, Hussein - 2024

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The political economy of conditionality and the new industrial policy

Bulfone, Fabio; Ergen, Timur; Maggor, Erez - 2024

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Côte d'Ivoire : Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Côte d'Ivoire

2024

Côte d'Ivoire is highly exposed to climate change through rising temperatures and sea levels as well as rain pattern changes. Economic vulnerabilities to climate change are mostly due to the country's heavy reliance on agriculture, and the concentration of industrial and services activity in...

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Cabo Verde : Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria, and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Cabo Verde

2024

This paper presents Cabo Verde's Third Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria, and Request for an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility. Performance under the economic reform program is strong, and the...

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Benin : Third Review under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility Arrangements and Request for an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director

2024

This paper discusses Benin's Third Review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangements and Request for an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). Robust tax collection is supporting fiscal consolidation, complementing...

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Integrating gender into macroeconomic policies at the IMF

Goyal, Rishi; Sahay, Ratna - 2024

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Relevance-based importance : a comprehensive measure of variable importance in prediction

Czasonis, Megan; Kritzman, Mark; Turkington, David - 2024 - This version: September 19, 2024

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Republic of Madagascar : Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Madagascar

2024

Real GDP growth stalled at 3.8 percent in 2023, dampened by the deterioration of global economic prospects and the negative effect of electoral uncertainty on investment. After peaking in March 2023, inflationary pressures have eased. Led by a new presidential mandate, the authorities are...

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United Republic of Tanzania : Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Extension of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Rephasing of Access, and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the United Republic of Tanzania

2024

Context and outlook. Economic growth is recovering from the impact of the unfavorable global economic environment and domestic factors. Growth is expected to continue strengthening, supported by improvements in the business environment and subsiding global commodity prices. Inflation is...

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The political economy of conditionality and the new industrial policy

Bulfone, Fabio; Ergen, Timur; Maggor, Erez - 2024

Conditionality was a central concern in the development literature of the 1990s. With the massive expansion of targeted public support to private firms since the Great Financial Crisis, the question of conditionality is once again at the center of industrial policy debates. Despite the growing...

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Bilateral aid to Tajikistan : donor tactics and responses to troubled governance

Lee, Hyejin - 2024

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Victim of its own success (?) : the European Union's anti-corruption policy advice in Ukraine between grand visions and (geo)political realities

Richter, Michael Martin - 2024

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Guinea-Bissau : Seventh Review Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2024

Guinea-Bissau continues to face a challenging economic and political environment. Recent downward shocks to cashew exports are adding pressures to the balance of payments and fiscal revenue. Tightening of regional financial conditions continue to raise borrowing costs. Since the political crisis...

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Papua New Guinea : Third Reviews under Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility and an Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Extension, Rephasing of Access, and Modification of Quantitative Performance Criteria, and Request for an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for ...

2024

On March 22, 2023, the IMF Executive Board approved 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangements with Papua New Guinea to help address a protracted balance of payments need, manifested in foreign exchange shortages, and to support the authorities' reforms...

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Guinea-Bissau : Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2024

This paper presents Guinea-Bissau's Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and financing assurances review. The authorities' commitment to a range of challenging policy reforms is starting to show some results. They...

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The IMF's return to Latin America: build forward better?

Breczko, Agata; Zavaleta Hernández, Sandra Kanety - 2024

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Stranded? : the IMF in a world of rising economic nationalism

Woods, Ngaire - 2024

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Aid for trade in Action

2024

The transition to clean energy offers opportunities for developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs) to exploit the export potential of this transition and to accelerate their growth prospects. The WTO-led Aid for Trade initiative provides significant support to these economies to...

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An EU fund to incentivise public investments with positive externalities

Beetsma, Roel - 2024

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Aid effectiveness and donor motives

Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin; Reinsberg, Bernhard - 2024

A vast literature evaluates the effectiveness of development aid, often reaching sobering conclusions. We argue that a key shortcoming of this literature is the focus on a narrow concept of effectiveness—mostly economic growth—that does not match the kind of effectiveness that aid donors...

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Aid effectiveness and donor motives

Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin; Reinsberg, Bernhard - 2023

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Buying security with charity : why donors change conditionality

Flentø, Johnny; Santos Simao, Leonardo - 2021

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Chinesische Kredite nach Afrika unterscheiden sich von westlichen Entwicklungskrediten

Meister, Lorenz; Menkhoff, Lukas; Westen, Annika - 2023

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Chinese loans to African countries differ from western development loans

Meister, Lorenz; Menkhoff, Lukas; Westen, Annika - 2023

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Development aid in fragile states : investigating the effectiveness of COVID-19 aid in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Besada, Hany; Akintola, Lukmon - 2023

Drawing from a growing body of literature on development aid in fragile contexts, this paper investigates the effectiveness of COVID-19 aid in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The paper uses the OECD's Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations to...

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Guinea-Bissau : Third Review Under The Extended Credit Facility Arrangement And Requests For Augmentation Of Access, Waiver Of Nonobservance Of Performance Criteria, Modification Of A Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2023

This paper analyzes Guinea-Bissau's Third Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement and Requests for Augmentation of Access, Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of a Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review. Guinea Bissau's...

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Guinea-Bissau : Second Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Requests for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Rephasing of Access, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea-Bissau

2023

Guinea-Bissau is a fragile state facing significant development challenges, including sustaining the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply disruptions, and the global economic slowdown. The IMF Board approved the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement in May 2023....

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Burundi : Request for a 38-Month Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi

2023

This paper highlights Burundi's Request for a 38-Month Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). Burundi faces protracted balance of payments needs with a widening current account deficit and low foreign reserves coverage, large development needs, and macroeconomic challenges...

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Niger : Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Extension, Rephasing, and Modification of Performance Criteria of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Niger

2023

This paper presents Niger's Third Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for Extension, Rephasing, and Modification of Performance Criteria of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, and Request for an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility. The...

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Senegal : Requests for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, an Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, and an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Senegal

2023

This paper presents Senegal's Requests for an Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), an Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), and an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). The Senegalese economy has been severely impacted by...

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The Gambia : Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for The Gambia

2023

This paper highlights The Gambia's Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review. The IMF Executive Board decision allows for an immediate disbursement of funds to the Gambia to help...

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Côte d'Ivoire : Requests for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility and a 40-Month Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Côte d'Ivoire

2023

This paper presents Côte d'Ivoire's request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and a 40-Month Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). IMF Board approves 40-month arrangements under the EFF and ECF for Côte d'Ivoire to help support the country's...

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Benin : Second Review under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility Arrangements-Press Release; Staff Report; Debt Sustainability Analysis and Statement by the Executive Director for Benin

2023

This paper presents Benin's Second Review under the Extended Fund Facility and the Extended Credit Facility Arrangements. Program performance has been robust, with all end-September and end-December 2022 performance criteria, indicative targets met, and all structural benchmarks implemented....

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Morocco : Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco

2023

This paper presents Morocco's Request for an Arrangement under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL). Morocco qualifies for the FCL by virtue of its very strong policies, institutional policy frameworks, and economic fundamentals and continued commitment to maintaining such policies in the future....

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Bangladesh : Requests for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Request for Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh

2023

This paper presents Bangladesh's Requests for an Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility, an Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility, and an Arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). The authorities are concurrently requesting access to the RSF to...

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