It is a pleasure for me to join His Excellency, Minister Al Hussaini in welcoming you to this important dialogue here in the United Arab Emirates—a fast-growing global AI hub. A recent Microsoft study ...

For Poland, Russia’s war in Ukraine represented a major downward shock to output and upward shock to inflation. However, the strong real wage growth and fiscal stimulus of recent years have driven a ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Republic of Poland, considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse ...

February 3, 2026. The Czech economy continues to expand at a robust pace but faces mounting structural headwinds.

The Direction of Planning (DNP) of the Ministry of Finance has sought Technical Assistance from ICD to help develop capacity ...

This paper examines the welfare implications of job retention schemes, where governments subsidize employers to preserve jobs during downturns. Using EU microdata from 2003 to 2018, we show that such ...

This paper investigates the implications of trade policy uncertainty (TPU) in the United States for current account balance ...

Countries implement and liberalize capital controls opportunistically. To show this point, this paper introduces two novel ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving and has the potential to reshape the job landscape across a broad range of ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Bangladesh on January 26, 2026. The authorities have consented to the publication of the Staff ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Dinar Prihardini conducted discussions for the 2026 Article IV consultation ...

The Philippines is highly exposed to natural hazards, which are increasingly intensified by climate change, yet quantitative ...