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  "title": "Bangladesh: Use of Fund Resources: Request for Emergency Assistance: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, April 21, 2008",
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  "summary": "The fiscal impact of these policies will be significant, but donor support, improved revenue, and budget reallocations will contain domestic financing. The authorities have introduced several policies in response to the disasters.",
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      "content": "- The fiscal impact of these policies will be significant, but donor support, improved revenue, and budget reallocations will contain domestic financing.\n- The authorities have introduced several policies in response to the disasters.\n- IMF staff supports the authorities’ request for a purchase under the IMF's policy on emergency assistance for natural disasters.\n- Following severe flooding, the impact of cyclone Sidr on Bangladesh has been substantial."
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      "content": "- Fiscal impact described as \"significant\".\n- Containment of domestic financing expected from:\n  - donor support\n  - improved revenue\n  - budget reallocations"
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      "content": "- Authorities introduced several policies in response to the disasters (unspecified in this summary).\n- IMF staff supports a purchase under the IMF's policy on emergency assistance for natural disasters."
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      "content": "- Subject: Central banks, Credit, Emergency assistance, Environment, Foreign aid, Imports, International reserves, International trade, Monetary base, Money, Natural disasters\n- Keywords: assessment of the damage, assistance, CR, Credit, cyclone Sidr, Emergency assistance, fund subsidy, Global, government, government-donor assessment, Imports, International reserves, ISCR, Natural disasters, rice import\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr08138 - Executive Summary\n  - cr08138 - Executive Summary (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr08138 - Executive Summary (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804256.002",
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    "Keywords: assessment of the damage, assistance, CR, Credit, cyclone Sidr, Emergency assistance, fund subsidy, Global, government, government-donor assessment, Imports, International reserves, ISCR, Natural disasters, rice import",
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