Departmental Papers
Departmental Papers are usually focused on a specific economic topic, country, or region. They are prepared in a timely and cost-effective way to support the outreach needs of the IMF's area and functional departments.2021
May 24, 2021
Affordable Rental Housing: Making It Part of Europe’s Recovery
Subject: Disposable income Housing Housing prices Income Income inequality National accounts Political economy Poverty Prices
May 14, 2021
Private Finance for Development: Wishful Thinking or Thinking Out of the Box?
Subject: Development Expenditure Income Infrastructure National accounts Private investment Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
May 10, 2021
Mastering the Risky Business of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure
Subject: Expenditure Fiscal risks Infrastructure National accounts Public financial management (PFM) Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Public investment spending Risks of public-private partnership
April 26, 2021
Commodity Cycles, Inequality, and Poverty in Latin America
Subject: Commodities Income Income distribution Income inequality National accounts Poverty
March 26, 2021
COVID-19: How Will European Banks Fare?
Subject: Bank capital Bank risk management Capital adequacy requirements Corporate profits Countercyclical capital buffers Europe External balance assessment (EBA) External position Financial institutions Financial regulation and supervision Loans Nonperforming loans Stress testing
March 24, 2021
Fiscal Policies to Address Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
Subject: Asia and Pacific Carbon tax Climate change Climate policy Energy prices Environment Environmental taxes Fiscal policy Greenhouse gas emissions Natural disasters Prices Taxes
March 24, 2021
Macroeconomic Research in Low-income Countries: Advances Made in Five Key Areas Through a DFID-IMF Collaboration
Subject: Debt Economic growth Expenditure Fiscal policy Gender Gender inequality Income Income inequality Investment policies Low income countries Monetary policy National accounts Public investment spending
March 18, 2021
Strengthening Bank Regulation and Supervision: National Progress and Gaps
Subject: Bank regulation Bank supervision Basel Core Principles Corporate governance COVID-19 Economic sectors Financial regulation and supervision Global financial crisis of 2008-2009 Health Macroprudential policy
March 5, 2021
Policy Advice to Asia in the COVID-19 Era
Subject: Central bank policy rate COVID-19 Financial institutions Financial services Health Monetary policy Public debt Sovereign bonds Sovereign debt Yield curve