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  "title": "IMF Executive Board Approves the Establishment of a Multi-Donor Administered Account for Ukraine",
  "publication": "IMF News, April 8, 2022",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2022/04/08/pr22111-imf-executive-board-approves-establishment-of-a-multi-donor-administered-account-for-ukraine",
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  "summary": "The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the establishment of an Administered Account for Ukraine on April 8, 2022.",
  "publishDate": "2022-04-08",
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      "heading": "Approval and purpose of the Administered Account",
      "content": "- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the establishment of an Administered Account for Ukraine on April 8, 2022.\n- The Administered Account provides donors with a secure vehicle to direct financial assistance to Ukraine.\n- The Account is intended to channel donor resources in the form of grants and loans aimed at:\n  - assisting Ukraine to meet its balance of payments and budgetary needs, and\n  - helping stabilize its economy.\n- Donors benefit from the IMF’s tested infrastructure to quickly deliver authenticated payments."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Donor participation and Canada’s proposal",
      "content": "- The Government of Canada has proposed up to CAD 1 billion in their recent federal budget to be disbursed to Ukraine through the Administered Account.\n- The Account is available for use by any other IMF members as well as intergovernmental agencies and organizations who wish to use it as a vehicle to provide financial assistance to Ukraine."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Account mechanics and currency treatment",
      "content": "- The Administered Account would receive loan or grant resources from donors in either reserve currencies or SDRs.\n- The Account will disburse these resources into Ukraine’s SDR account at the IMF."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Related IMF actions and engagement",
      "content": "- The approval of the Administered Account follows the Board’s approval on March 9 of a US$1.4 billion disbursement to Ukraine under the Rapid Financing Instrument (see also Press Release 22/69).\n- IMF staff continue to engage closely with the authorities on their emergency response to the economic dislocations brought about by the war in Ukraine."
    },
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      "heading": "Media contact (as listed)",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department\n- MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: Wafa Amr\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: IMF press release, April 8, 2022.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Canada and the IMF\n- Ukraine and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- Press Release 22/69\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2022/04/08/pr22111-imf-executive-board-approves-establishment-of-a-multi-donor-administered-account-for-ukraine"
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    "Published: April 8, 2022",
    "The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the establishment of an Administered Account for Ukraine on April 8, 2022.",
    "The Administered Account provides donors with a secure vehicle to direct financial assistance to Ukraine.",
    "The Account is intended to channel donor resources in the form of grants and loans aimed at:",
    "Donors benefit from the IMF’s tested infrastructure to quickly deliver authenticated payments.",
    "The Government of Canada has proposed up to CAD 1 billion in their recent federal budget to be disbursed to Ukraine through the Administered Account.",
    "The Account is available for use by any other IMF members as well as intergovernmental agencies and organizations who wish to use it as a vehicle to provide financial assistance to Ukraine.",
    "The Administered Account would receive loan or grant resources from donors in either reserve currencies or SDRs.",
    "The Account will disburse these resources into Ukraine’s SDR account at the IMF.",
    "The approval of the Administered Account follows the Board’s approval on March 9 of a US$1.4 billion disbursement to Ukraine under the Rapid Financing Instrument (see also Press Release 22/69).",
    "IMF staff continue to engage closely with the authorities on their emergency response to the economic dislocations brought about by the war in Ukraine.",
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    "PRESS OFFICER: Wafa Amr",
    "Phone: +1 202 623-7100",
    "Email: MEDIA@IMF.org",
    "@IMFSpokesperson",
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