The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, and...

The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, and...

The approach taken in this report reflects the view of the collaborating international organizations that price volatility and its effects on food security is a complex issue with many dimensions, agricultural and non-agricultural, short and long-term, with highly differentiated impacts on...

The Research Summaries in this issue of the IMF Research Bulletin cover 'Tax Capacity and Growth' (by Vitor Gaspar, Laura Jaramillo, and Philippe Wingender), and 'U.S. Shale Revolution and Its Spillover Effects on the Global Economy' (Ravi Balakrishnan, Keiko Honjo, Akito Matsumoto, and Andrea...