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  "title": "Ghana Requests Rapid Credit Facility Disbursement to Help Fight the Coronavirus",
  "publication": "IMF News, March 24, 2020",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 20/102",
  "publishDate": "2020-03-24",
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      "heading": "Key announcement",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 20/102\n- Date: March 24, 2020\n- The IMF received Ghana’s request for a disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility to help the country address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.\n- IMF’s African Department director Abebe Aemro Selassie: “We are working hard to evaluate the authorities’ request and bring it forward for Executive Board consideration as soon as possible.”"
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      "content": "- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: Lucie Mboto Fouda\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: IMF press release, March 24, 2020.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- IMF COVID-19 Hub\n- Policy Tracker\n- Financial Assistance\n- Questions & Answers\n- Ghana and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2020/03/24/pr20102-ghana-requests-rapid-credit-facility-disbursement"
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    "Date: March 24, 2020",
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    "IMF’s African Department director Abebe Aemro Selassie: “We are working hard to evaluate the authorities’ request and bring it forward for Executive Board consideration as soon as possible.”",
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    "Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson",
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