SIDS’ economic outlook forecasts January 2024 update

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IMF Article IV reports

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s regular Article IV consultations are usually conducted annually with those small island developing states (SIDS) who are members of the IMF and result in the preparation of Article IV reports by the IMF. These provide country analyses of recent economic and public financial management trends, forward SIDS’ economic outlook forecasts and document the respective economic management challenges that they face.

Availability of IMF Article IV reports for SIDS

Article IV reports are available for the following SIDS:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Cabo Verde
  • Comoros
  • Curaçao
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Kiribati
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Access SIDS Article IV reports

The most recently published International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV reports as at 4 January 2024 for SIDS can be accessed by clicking on to the country groups below:

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [The latest Article IV reports for Kiribati (2021) and Maldives (2021) are currently unavailable.]

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SIDS’ economic outlook forecasts July 2023 update

IMF Article IV reports

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s regular Article IV consultations are usually conducted annually with those small island developing states (SIDS) who are members of the IMF and result in the preparation of Article IV reports by the IMF. These provide country analyses of recent economic and public financial management trends, forward SIDS’ economic outlook forecasts and document the respective economic management challenges that they face.

Availability of IMF Article IV reports for SIDS

Article IV reports are available for the following SIDS:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Cabo Verde
  • Comoros
  • Curaçao
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Kiribati
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The latest Article IV reports for the Maldives (2022) is currently unavailable.

Access SIDS Article IV reports

The most recently published International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV reports as at 5 July 2023 for all SIDS can be accessed by clicking on to the country groups below:

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The latest Article IV report for the Maldives (2022) is currently unavailable.

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SIDS’ economic outlook forecasts January 2023

IMF Article IV reports

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s regular Article IV consultations are usually conducted annually with those small island developing states (SIDS) who are members of the IMF and result in the preparation of Article IV reports by the IMF. These provide country analyses of recent economic and public financial management trends, forward SIDS’ economic outlook forecasts and document the respective economic management challenges that they face.

Availability of IMF Article IV reports for SIDS

Article IV reports are available for the following SIDS:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Cabo Verde
  • Comoros
  • Curaçao
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Kiribati
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The latest Article IV reports for Kiribati (2021) and Maldives (2021) are currently unavailable.

Access SIDS Article IV reports

The most recently published International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV reports as at 16 January 2023 for all SIDS can be accessed by clicking on to the country groups below:

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The latest Article IV reports for Kiribati (2021) and Maldives (2021) are currently unavailable.

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Understanding Small Island Developing States’ economic challenges (Update 1)

Small island developing states’ economic challenges

Economic challenges faced by small island developing states (SIDS) are frequently greater in magnitude than those faced by larger states. Economic and financial risks often represent a considerable portion of the most significant risks confronting SIDS.

IMF Article IV reports

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s regular Article IV consultations conducted usually annually with those small island developing states (SIDS) who are members of the IMF result in the preparation of Article IV reports which provide country analyses of recent economic and public financial management trends, forward economic forecasts and documents the respective economic management challenges that they face.

IMF SIDS members

Which SIDS are members of the IMF? Here is the list of SIDS that are currently members of the IMF:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Cabo Verde
  • Comoros
  • Curaçao
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Kiribati
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu

Access SIDS Article IV reports

The most recently published International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV reports as at 22 April 2020 for all SIDS can be accessed by clicking on to the country groups below:

N.B. Reports for Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are also provided although they are not formal IMF members but participate as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The latest Article IV reports for Antigua and Barbuda (2016) and St Kitts and Nevis (2018) are unavailable as both governments have not given approval for the release of these reports (which they are entitled to do).

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