Les produits de base occupent une place prédominante dans les exportations de l’Afrique, mais ils sont extrêmement vulnérables aux aléas climatiques et aux fluctuations de la demande et des cours mondiaux. Si le continent africain veut tirer pleinement parti du processus d’intégration...

This Technical Note on Cooperative Banks and Credit Unions for the Republic of Poland reviews the cooperative bank and credit union sectors. It focuses on: the situation of the two sectors that are both in states of transition; the regulatory and supervisory arrangements; and the safety net and...

Recent growth has been healthy, and the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2011. However, some underlying weaknesses remain. The rate in which new jobs are created and the 'churn' of workers relocating across jobs has not picked up with the recovery, labor productivity growth...

This Selected Issues paper summarizes Nordea's operations and business model; the macroeconomic and prudential implications of the move; and policy responses taken so far. The IMF staff's assessment is that banking supervision in the euro area has improved significantly following the creation of...