The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reassured Nigerians that the country is not at risk of falling into a debt trap, ...

Should prepare economy for durable growth by attracting foreign private investments to boost productivity and exports.

A Somali official explains how a show of national ownership, open communication and rare unity has brought an unlikely IMF success story to one of the world’s most fragile states. When Somalia secured ...

This was stated in their latest macroeconomic update titled ‘Nigeria’s Debt Statistics… High Risk or Not?’ which dwelt on the outcome of the recent country visit of IMF’s First Deputy ...

Introduction Government deficit spending creates widespread economic distortions. It is the central policy that distorts, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors in Ethiopia’s defaulted dollar bond have accused the IMF of exaggerating how much debt relief ...

“Argentina’s debt and debt service capacity have deteriorated decidedly compared to the IMF’s last Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) published in July 2019, in the context of the Fourth ...

Neither the IMF nor the Ethiopian government responded to requests for comment. Officials in Africa's second most populous nation waited to restructure its international debt until it had secured ...

have contributed to the rapid rise in public debt," Kinda said. "So having reforms that will, at the same time, boost growth and address fiscal challenges, is critical." The IMF recommends speeding up ...