The IMF Executive Board concluded the fifth and final reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangements with Barbados in June 2025. Although the last Article IV consultation was concluded in December 2023, this latest report includes commentary on topics usually addressed in Article IV reports, namely recent…

Introduction The United States State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (“country reports”) strive to provide a factual and objective record on the status of human rights worldwide. The 2021 country reports were published on 12 April 2022. Section 4 of the country reports provides an assessment of Corruption and Lack of Transparency in…

The most recently published IMF Article IV reports for small island developing states (SIDS) beginning with the letters A to C as at 4 January 2024 are listed below. The reports can be accessed by clicking on to the respective countries. Antigua and Barbuda Aruba The Bahamas Barbados Belize Cabo Verde Comoros Curacao Other SIDS…