Pre-pandemic, Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) economy was growing, but at a pace below the more successful countries in Eastern Europe. The pandemic generated a substantial output contraction in 2020. Early in the pandemic, the authorities successfully implemented restrictions to prevent the...

This Selected Issues paper on Nepal measures the extent to which Nepal's households change their expenditure patterns and labor supply in response to remittances, using the Nepal Household Risk and Vulnerability Survey-2016 and employing a propensity score matching method. This study provides...

As a follow-up to the 2019 FSSR, a remote TA mission supported the RBZ with the implementation of Basel III liquidity standards. The mission reviewed the RBZ drafts of the LCR and NSFR frameworks, discussed identified material gaps with the BSD management and relevant supervisors, and provided...