Policy Papers

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

Publication Date:

September 16, 2008

Electronic Access:

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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.

Series:

Policy Papers

Subject:

Concessional aid Debt relief Exogenous Shocks Facility Heavily indebted poor countries Low-income developing countries Multilateral debt relief initiative Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility