This document outlines the main achievements of the Technical Assistance Project led by the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development in the Dominican Republic from January 2023 to September 2024. The ...

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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Mercedes Vera Martin, IMF Mission Chief for Zambia, visited Lusaka from April 29 to May 13, 2025, to conduct discussions for the 2025 Article IV ...

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Andreas Adriano profiles Agustín Carstens, finance minister, head of the BIS, and central banker with a start-up mentality ...

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The EU has sought to diversify access to critical minerals through trade agreements. But these remain vulnerable to a ...

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Macao, a special administrative region of China, is one of only a handful of places in the world where different commercial ...