When countries facing economic instability seek IMF financial assistance and policy advice, debate over the impact of reform programs on social spending naturally follows (see Box 1). Critics have ...

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Friday approved the second review of Ethiopia's current financing ...

It is an article of faith among many IMF critics that industrial country taxpayers bear the costs of IMF loans—the critics call them "bailouts"—to countries in crisis. The standard scenario is ...

Critics have often accused the IMF of pushing austerity that stifled growth, particularly in developing economies. The institution's tone changed after the global financial crisis, and this marks ...

El Salvador has bowed to pressure from the IMF to amend its Bitcoin law, reducing its exposure to the flagship cryptocurrency.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has doubled down on criticism of the chancellor's mini-budget, days after warning it will fuel rising prices. The body, which works to stabilise economic ...

The Northern Patriotic Coalition for Democracy, NPCD, has knocked former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and ...

International investors may be jittery about the UK’s future, but the International Monetary Fund appears to be more ...

Representatives of the IMF and the Russian government didn ... all its roughly 190 members - the fund reversed course amid criticism by several Ukraine allies. Yudaeva ended her stint as first ...

“The IMF criticism is based on the possibility that the actions by the government will fuel inequality within the UK on worries that UK is fast taking on the characteristics of an emerging ...

The IMF's role in Ethiopia's debt overhaul has come under criticism from some quarters, including from World Bank staff, who questioned the conclusions reached by the Fund's debt sustainability ...