As a follow-up to the November 2022 field-based assignment to help improve risk assessment capabilities, Dr. Ludvig Wier provided additional guidance to the Slovenia Revenue Administration (SFA). This short virtual assignment focused on resolving implementation issues faced by SFA as they...

This short-term expert (STX) visit focused on the use of data, analytics, and tools to help improve risk assessment capabilities. Over the course of the mission, the team conducted four workshops and five one-to-one sessions to provide guidance on ideal organizational arrangements to support...

The Climate Module of the Public Investment Management Assessment for Kenya reveals strong performance in climate-aware planning and coordination. However, the analysis identifies challenges incorporating climate sensitivity in the project appraisal, selection, budgeting, and fiscal risk...

The mission assisted the Central Bank of Lesotho in compiling financial soundness indicators (FSIs) using the new methodology of the IMF's 2019 FSIs Compilation Guide. Specifically, in collaboration with the CBL staff the mission updated the methodologies for compiling FSIs for deposit takers...

A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Saint Lucia as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on ESS. The mission focused on improving key source data with the...

In 2022, Serbia introduced a new budget system law with fiscal rules based on general government, as defined in the international statistical standards. The Serbian Ministry of Finance is committed to upgrading their fiscal reporting so as to report against these fiscal rules by 2025. Against...

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) Statistics Department (STA) and Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) provided technical assistance (TA) on government finance statistics (GFS) and public sector debt statistics (PSDS) to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of the Arab Republic of Egypt during July...

This report analyzes current public investment practices in Armenia and identifies key reform areas. Building on the 2018 Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA), it provides an overview of the Public Investment Management process and challenges to be tackled, including bottlenecks and...

The Finance Division (FD) of the MoF has sought Macroeconomic Framework Technical Assistance from ICD and SARTTAC to support them in improving their Medium-term Macroeconomic Framework. A scoping mission was held in Dhaka in January 2023 to diagnose the FD's current forecasting and policy...

This note summarizes the main findings and action plan of the IMF Technical Assistance (TA) Scoping Mission to support the Colombian Autonomous Committee for the Fiscal Rule (CARF) in building capacity on macroeconomic forecasting and analysis. The TA was requested by the CARF to develop a...