This report covers IEO activities through end-August 2023. Since the 2022 Annual Report, the IEO has launched the IEO@20 book highlighting the IEO’s work and contribution to the Fund during its second decade of operation, reflecting on experience over the past decade, and anticipating what…
This evaluation examines a critical and long-standing issue for IMF lending: how well have IMF-supported programs been able to sustain economic activity while delivering adjustment needed for external viability? Lessons from this evaluation are particularly relevant as many countries seeking…
A crisis like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented global public health and economic crisis, with a tragic loss of over 3 million lives around the world and over
140 million confirmed cases thus far. The ensuing economic fallout has also been severe, with global…
This report evaluates the influence and value added of IMF advice on capital flows focusing on the period since the approval of the IV. Lessons from this evaluation are particularly germane as the global outlook for capital flows following the COVID-19 shock remains highly uncertain. Together…
This evaluation focused on Bank-Fund collaboration in the context of recent IMF pilot initiatives to enhance coverage of inequality, gender, energy/climate, and macro-structural reform in Article IV surveillance.