Update on the Financing of the IMF's Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries

Date:	September 16, 2008
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Subject(s):	Concessional aid | Debt relief | Low-income developing countries | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Heavily indebted poor countries | Multilateral debt relief initiative
Summary: This paper provides a semi-annual review of the status of financing for Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-Exogenous Shocks Facility (PRGF-ESF) lending, subsidization of emergency assistance to PRGF-eligible countries, and Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) debt relief. The last review was completed by the IMF Executive Board on April 21, 2008.