The IMF and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Latest News

• Joint Statement by the Heads of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization on the First Meeting of the Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries - June 30, 2021
• Policy Advice to Asia in the COVID-19 Era - March 5, 2021
• Further Extension of Consultation Cycles Due To Covid-19 Pandemic, and Suspension of Framework To Address Excessive Delays in Article IV Consultations and Mandatory Financial Stability Assessments - July 17, 2020
• Inside Jordan’s Fight to Tackle COVID-19
• Five Charts That Illustrate COVID-19’s Impact on the Middle East and Central Asia
• Regional Economic Outlook Update for Sub-Saharan Africa - June 2020
• Global Financial Stability Report Update: Financial Conditions Have Eased, but Insolvencies Loom Large - June 2020
• World Economic Outlook Update: A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery - June 2020
• Policies, Politics and Pandemics – F&D Magazine - June 2020
• IMF Executive Board Approves Two-Year US$23.93 Billion Flexible Credit Line Arrangement for Chile - May 29, 2020
• IMF Executive Board Approves Two-Year US$11 Billion Flexible Credit Line Arrangement for Peru - May 28, 2020
• How the IMF is Promoting Transparent and Accountable Use of COVID-19 Financial Assistance - May 5, 2020

Blogs

A Global Crisis Like No Other Needs a Global Response Like No Other

• The Future of Asia What a Difference a Year Can Make
• COVID’s Long Shadow: Social Repercussions of Pandemics
• Cyber Risk is the New Threat to Financial Stability, December 7, 2020
• COVID-19 Hits the Poor Harder, but Scaled-Up Testing Can Help, December 3, 2020
• Public Investment for the Recovery, October 5, 2020
• Reform of the International Debt Architecture is Urgently Needed
• Trade as a Tool for an Efficient Recovery, September 14, 2020
• Supporting Migrants and Remittances as COVID-19 Rages On, September 11, 2020
• Guilt, Gender, and an Inclusive Recovery: A Lesson from Japan, September 9, 2020
• Global Uncertainty Related to Coronavirus at Record High - April 4, 2020

How the IMF Helps Countries

Vaccine Tracker: Number of vaccine doses secured by countries
(NEW: August 2021)

Emergency Financial Assistance by Region
(Last updated: June 2021)

Notes: How Governments Can Support People And Firms During COVID-19
(Last updated: July 2021)

Policy Tracker: Economic responses to COVID-19 by 196 countries
(Last updated: July 2021)

Fiscal Monitor Database of Country Fiscal Measures in Response to COVID-19
(Last updated: July 2021)

Online learning for government officials and the general public

Multimedia

Podcast: Vietnam: A Remarkable Response w/ Limited Means

Videos: The IMF and COVID-19

FAQs

• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: The IMF's Response to COVID-19 - Last updated: October 6, 2020
• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: Sovereign Debt Issues - Last updated October 21, 2020
• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: About the 2020 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
• FACTSHEET: How the IMF Can Help Countries Address the Economic Impact of Coronavirus

Factsheets

• How the IMF is Promoting Transparent and Accountable Use of COVID-19 Financial Assistance
• Short-term Liquidity Line (SLL)
• IMF Stand-By Arrangement (SBA)
• IMF Lending
• IMF Rapid Credit Facility (RCF)
• The IMF's Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI)
• Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust
• IMF Capacity Development