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Roads Less Traveled: Growth in Emerging Market and Developing Economies in a Complicated External Environment

April 10, 2017/IMF Click here to download PDF Report Introduction After a remarkable period of synchronized acceleration in the early 2000s and broad resilience immediately following the global financial crisis, growth across emerging market and developing economies in recent years once again displays heterogeneity—a mix of tapering, standstills, reversals, and continued […]

IMF Grants Ukraine $1.0 Billion Extended Facility on Conclusion of Third Economic Review

April 3, 2017/IMF The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the third review of Ukraine’s economic program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The completion of this review enables the disbursement of SDR 734.05 million (about US$1.00 billion), which would bring total disbursements under the arrangement […]

Reinvigorating Productivity Growth-Christine Lagarde

April 3, 2017/IMF By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF American Enterprise Institute, April 3, 2017 As prepared for delivery Good morning. Thank you for the kind introduction, Arthur, and thank you to the American Enterprise Institute for giving me the opportunity to talk about the importance of productivity. To my […]