Welcome, everyone. It is wonderful to have you all here with us this morning for our Global Policy Agenda press briefing.

Mr. Seedy Keita, Chair of the African Caucus and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of The Gambia, and Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ...

To safeguard trust in the financial system and support financial inclusion, consumer protection, integrity, and stability, this paper sets out 12 key considerations (KCs) to address cyber-enabled ...

The world’s economic growth engine has proven resilient, but making this durable requires adapting to AI and other transformations ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) Managements today released the Bangkok Blueprint, a high-level framework developed in coordination with the Bank of Thailand that ...

This seminar will launch the Bangkok Blueprint, a high-level framework for tackling cyber-enabled fraud through a ...

Higher borrowing costs are adding to fiscal pressures at a time of high debt, making credible consolidation more urgent ...

The members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) have asked Mr. Mohammed Aljadaan, Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Finance, to extend his term as Chair of the Committee by one year ...

Faced with heightened vulnerabilities, policymakers should contain leverage, strengthen debt sustainability, and harden cyber ...

IMF staff and the Zambian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a package of economic policies and reforms that could support a new 36-month arrangement under the Extended Credit ...

The SDR is an international reserve asset created by the IMF to supplement the official reserves of its member countries. The SDR is not a currency. It is a potential claim on the freely usable ...

Budget execution has been slow so far this year, reflecting administrative bottlenecks. To support the recovery, the authorities intend to accelerate the execution of public investment while sticking ...