## Ghana Requests Rapid Credit Facility Disbursement to Help Fight the Coronavirus

_IMF News, March 24, 2020_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 24, 2020

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### Key announcement
- Press Release No. 20/102
- Date: March 24, 2020
- 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.
- 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.”

### Institutional contacts and media
- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS
- PRESS OFFICER: Lucie Mboto Fouda
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
- Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson

*Source: IMF press release, March 24, 2020.*

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## References

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2020/03/24/pr20102-ghana-requests-rapid-credit-facility-disbursement_