Policy Papers

Development Committee: The Managing Director's Written Statement

October 20, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department "Development Committee: The Managing Director's Written Statement", Policy Papers 2025, 037 (2025), accessed October 21, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229027410.007

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Summary

The global economy is undergoing a profound transformation, and uncertainty runs high. The outlook points to dim growth prospects, both in the short and the medium term, though with notable variations across countries and regions. Low-income developing countries (LIDCs) face specific challenges, including high debt vulnerabilities, a dearth of external financing flows, cuts to official aid, and more restrictive immigration policies. The world’s poorest economies are particularly at risk of seeing their growth momentum decelerate and their per capita income gap relative to advanced economies widen. At the current conjuncture of sweeping policy shifts, heightened uncertainty, and weak medium-term growth prospects, it is crucial to implement credible and sustainable policy actions, build resilience against shocks, safeguard macroeconomic and financial stability, and undertake structural reforms to unlock private sector-led growth. Specifically for LIDCs, strengthening capacity to mobilize domestic resources and implement growth-enhancing reforms is crucial, while, in parallel, donors should explore ways to mobilize more development assistance.

Subject: Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Fiscal space, Inflation, Integrated Policy Framework, Macrostructural analysis, Prices, Public debt, Structural reforms, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: Capacity development delivery, Debt sustainability analysis, Financial sector policy, Financial sector stability, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal space, Global, Inflation, Middle East and Central Asia, Productivity, Program design, Structural reforms, Tariffs

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