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“Nearly 80 countries are already requesting IMF help to battle #coronavirus. We stand ready to deploy our US$1 trillion lending capacity. ”
- IMF Enhances Debt Relief Trust to Enable Support for Eligible Low-Income Countries in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic - March 27, 2020
- Opening Remarks at a Press Briefing by Kristalina Georgieva following a Conference Call of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) - March 27, 2020
- Joint Statement by the Chair of International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund - March 27, 2020
- Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva During an Extraordinary G20 Leaders' Summit, March 26, 2020
- IMF is Launching a Tracker of Policies Governments are Taking in Response to COVID-19 - March 25, 2020
- Joint Statement World Bank Group and IMF Call to Action on Debt of IDA Countries - March 25, 2020
- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement Following a G20 Ministerial Call on the Coronavirus Emergency - March 23, 2020
- United Kingdom Boosts IMF’s Catastrophe Relief Fund with £150 million - March 11, 2020
- IMF Makes Available $50 Billion to Help Address Coronavirus - March 4, 2020
- Statement by the International Monetary and Financial Committee on the Coronavirus - March 4, 2020
- Statement by Kristalina Georgieva and David Malpass on the 2020 IMF-World Bank Group Spring Meetings - March 3, 2020
- Joint Statement from Managing Director, IMF and President, World Bank Group - March 2, 2020
- Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to G20 on Economic Impact of COVID-19 - February 22, 2020
Blogs
Policy Action for a Healthy Global Economy, By Kristalina Georgieva
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In It Together: Protecting the Health of Africa’s People and their Economies - March 25, 2020
- COVID-19 Pandemic and the Middle East and Central Asia: Region Facing Dual Shock - March 24, 2020
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Blunting the Impact and Hard Choices: Early Lessons from China - March 20, 2020
- COVID-19 Pandemic and Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Strong Policy Actions - March 19, 2020
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Policy Action for a Healthy Global Economy - March 16, 2020
- Coronavirus Economic Planning: Hoping for the Best, Prepared for the Worst - March 12, 2020
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Monetary and Financial Stability During the Coronavirus Outbreak - March 11, 2020
- Limiting the Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus with Large Targeted Policies - March 9, 2020
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Fiscal Policies to Protect People During the Coronavirus Outbreak - March 5, 2020
- Potential Impact of the Coronavirus Epidemic: What We Know and What We Can Do - March 4, 2020
How the IMF Helps Countries
COVID-19 Policy Tracker: View policy responses to COVID-19 by country
How the IMF can help countries address economic effects of Coronavirus
At a glance: The IMF's Firepower
Multimedia
Podcast: What COVID-19 Means for sub-Saharan Africa
Press Briefing by Kristalina Georgieva following a Conference Call of the IMFC
- March 27, 2020
IMF’s Georgieva: COVID-19 Economic Outlook Negative, But Rebound in 2021 - March 23, 2020
Podcast: Mitigating Economic Fallout of Coronavirus - March 20, 2020
COVID-19: A Fiscal Plan to Protect People and Firms - March 12, 2020
Limiting the Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus - March 11, 2020
Kristalina Georgieva: On How the IMF Can Help Countries - March 4, 2020
Press briefing with the IMF and the World Bank on COVID-19 - March 4, 2020
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: About the 2020 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: On the IMF’s $50 billion Rapid-disbursing Emergency Financing Facilities 
FACTSHEET: How the IMF Can Help Countries Address the Economic Impact of Coronavirus