Bissau’s tax potential using a stochastic frontier model and investigates the underlying sources of untapped revenue. Beyond benchmarking performance against structural peers, it tackles the complex ...

Guinea-Bissau’s social sectors face persistent challenges despite the progress made over the past few years. This paper reviews existing social protection programs in the country, assesses the ...

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Thursday the first review of the loan granted in ...

Senegal's prime minister unveiled an economic recovery plan for the highly indebted nation on Friday, focused on reviving its ...

Senegal says it will take steps, including raising taxes and renegotiating energy contracts, to raise almost $10 billion over three years to help it deal with a debt crisis.

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Friday unveiled a new economic recovery plan for Senegal, pledging to finance 90% of the ...

Credit stress rose as NPLs hit 14.3% by Nov 2024, driven by BEAC's rate hike to 6.75%. Concentration in top banks (54% assets) holds 75% of bad loans, with deposits shifting to cash hoarding. A $550 ...

Interoperability is a major driver of UPI’s growth as it not only enables users to conduct transactions from different banks ...

DeFi TVL recovers, IMF embraces crypto in national accounts, and Visa boosts stablecoin support across blockchains.

Some Chinese officials worry that the U.S.'s decision to embrace stablecoins through the Genius Act might reverse the trend of de-dollarization.

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved a $2 billion disbursement to Argentina Thursday, a key vote of confidence even as the government of Javier Milei missed a key target while ...

The International Monetary Fund board on Thursday completed its first review of the $20 billion program with Argentina, ...