## The Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [The Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF)](https://www.imf.org/en/about/factsheets/sheets/2023/resilience-sustainability-facility-rsf)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/about/factsheets/sheets/2023/resilience-sustainability-facility-rsf/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/about/factsheets/sheets/2023/resilience-sustainability-facility-rsf/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/about/factsheets/sheets/2023/resilience-sustainability-facility-rsf/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 17, 2023

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### Overview
- The Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) provides affordable longer-term financing to support low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries undertaking macro-critical reforms to reduce risks to prospective balance of payments (BoP) stability, including those related to climate change and pandemic preparedness.
- The last update was in April 2025.

### Purpose
- Provide affordable long-term financing to countries undertaking reforms to reduce risks to prospective balance of payments stability.
- Support reforms addressing long-term macro-critical structural challenges of climate change or pandemic preparedness.

### Eligibility
- Eligible low- and middle-income countries requesting access to the RSF need:
  - A package of high-quality policy reforms addressing the long-term macro-critical structural challenges of climate change or pandemic preparedness.
  - A concurrent IMF-supported program supporting upper credit tranche quality policies (UCT program). It can be financing or non-financing and must be under one of the following arrangements: SBA, EFF, PLL, FCL, SCF, ECF, PCI or PSI.
  - Emergency financing facilities (RFI, RCF), SMP, or SLL do not qualify.
  - There should be at least 18 months remaining in the accompanying UCT program.
  - Sustainable debt and adequate capacity to repay.

### Conditionality
- Conditionality is tied to the package of high-quality policy reforms and the concurrent IMF-supported UCT program (financing or non-financing) as specified under Eligibility.

### Review modalities
- Review modalities are governed by the concurrent IMF-supported program and the RSF’s conditions linked to that program.

### Terms
- The RSF expires when all amounts available are disbursed.
- The RSF automatically ends upon the termination, cancellation, or expiry of the concurrent IMF-supported program.

### Repayment
- Repayment terms are determined within the RSF framework and in the context of the accompanying IMF-supported program.

### Interest rate
- Interest rate terms apply under the RSF framework.

### Access
- Starting point of access determination is a norm of 75 percent of quota.

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## Content in this bundle

- **The Resilience and Sustainability Facility**
  - [The Resilience and Sustainability Facility (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/factsheets/english/2025/the-resilience-and-sustainability-facility-rsf2025final.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [The Resilience and Sustainability Facility (PDF)](/-/media/files/factsheets/english/2025/the-resilience-and-sustainability-facility-rsf2025final.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}

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## References

- [IMF lending](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/IMF-Lending)
- [Extended Credit Facility (ECF)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/02/21/04/Extended-Credit-Facility)
- [Extended Fund Facility (EFF)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/01/20/56/Extended-Fund-Facility)
- [Flexible Credit Line (FCL)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/01/20/40/Flexible-Credit-Line)
- [Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/01/20/45/Precautionary-and-Liquidity-Line)
- [Rapid Credit Facility (RCF)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/02/21/08/Rapid-Credit-Facility)
- [Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/02/19/55/Rapid-Financing-Instrument)
- [The Stand-by Credit Facility (SCF)](https://www.imf.org/en/about/factsheets/sheets/2023/stand-by-credit-facility-scf)
- [Short-term Liquidity Line (SLL)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2020/04/17/short-term-liquidity-line)
- [The Stand-by Arrangement (SBA)](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/01/20/33/Stand-By-Arrangement)
- [low-income countries](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/IMF-Support-for-Low-Income-Countries)
- [SCF](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/02/21/10/Standby-Credit-Facility)
- [PCI](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2017/07/25/policy-coordination-instrument)
- [PSI](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/02/21/21/Policy-Support-Instrument)
- [RFI](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2023/Rapid-Financing-Instrument-RFI)
- [SMP](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2023/Staff-Monitored-Program-SMP)
- [SDR rate](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2023/special-drawing-rights-sdr)
- [quota](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2022/IMF-Quotas)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/factsheets/sheets/2023/resilience-sustainability-facility-rsf_