This Technical Assistance Report discusses the findings and recommendations made by the IMF mission about the compilation of Coordinated Direct Investment Survey and Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) in El Salvador. The mission recommended the authorities to research the nature of...

This Selected Issues paper reviews the tourism sector landscape in Dominica, assesses its recent performance relative to peers, and analyzes the main determinants and constraints for tourism development. Tourism plays a vital role in Dominica's economy. It contributes significantly to growth,...

The 2023 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Dominican Republic's economy has been one of the most dynamic and resilient in the Western Hemisphere over the last two decades, displaying an impressive recovery from the pandemic, supported by the authorities' sound policies as well as...

This 2022 Article IV Consultation discusses that the Dominican Republic's dynamic economy continued to show remarkable resilience to shocks, rebounding strongly from the impact of the pandemic. The recovery has been broad based; gross domestic product was about 5 percent above pre-pandemic levels...

This report provides an evaluation of fiscal transparency practices (FTE) in Benin according to the standards defined by the IMF's Fiscal Transparency Code. The evaluation focuses on 36 principles covering three pillars of the Code: (I) fiscal reporting; (II) fiscal forecasting and budgeting;...

A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during November 22-26, 2021 to continue assisting Statistics Botswana (SB) with developing the producer price index (PPI). Due to ongoing...

The currency in circulation forecasting model presently used by the Central Bank of Jordan is aligned with international practices and provides a solid basis for liquidity management. The central bank uses an Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model with many indicator variables...

Jordan has taken important steps to enhance its fiscal transparency over the past decade. Notably, there is a comprehensive legal framework for the management of public finances. Fiscal reports have become more comprehensive and cover a high proportion of public sector institutions. The...

A Technical Assistance (TA) mission was conducted in July 2021 to review the data sources and methods used to produce revised estimates of the Kenyan National Accounts (NA) for the period 2009-2019. The mission also provided guidance on producing a revision report to be published at the time of...

At the request of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (MEF)) and in consultation with the African Department (AFR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the IMF Statistics Department (STA) carried out a remote mission on government finance...