Daring the Difference: The Three L's of Women's Empowerment. Speech delivered by IMF Managing Director Christine …

At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution … to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in … the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality …

agreements with the National Bank of Belgium (Belgium) and the Swiss National Bank (Switzerland), effective on August 30, 2017 …. These new borrowing agreements with Belgium and Switzerland provide new resources equivalent to SDR 350 million and SDR 500 …

Switzerland. It examines the intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, focusing primarily … the generous disability and pension systems. The paper also examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland …

This paper focuses on the observance of standards and codes on fiscal transparency for Switzerland. The assessment …

This technical note presents an update to the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) on Switzerland. It reveals …

For the past quarter century, Switzerland’s real per capita growth rate has been substantially slower than in most … 1997 peak of more than 5 percent. Inflation has edged up from exceptionally low levels. Switzerland’s longstanding current …

This Article IV Consultation reports that Switzerland’s exchange rate floor, seen as credible by the markets, has …

This Selected Issues Paper on Switzerland focuses on unprecedented currency appreciation and policy response. On … experiencing appreciation pressures, but the specific circumstances of Switzerland may not be present elsewhere …

This Selected Background Issues paper on Switzerland reviews a few monetary and exchange rate issues, including … unusually high levels of saving, Switzerland may be one of the few advanced industrialized countries that strictly fulfills the …