## Pakistan: Use of Fund Resources-Request for Emergency Assistance-Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Pakistan

_IMF Staff Country Reports, September 20, 2010_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 20, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455208623.002

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### Overview
- The floods in Pakistan are described as a natural disaster of massive proportions.
- The overall impact will critically depend on how the floods will affect agricultural output along the Indus and its tributaries.
- The Pakistani authorities request financial assistance under the IMF policy for Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance (ENDA).
- The economic outlook has deteriorated sharply as a result of the floods.

### Economic impact and projections
- Prior to the floods, IMF staff had projected a GDP growth rate of 4¼ percent for 2010/2011.
- Prior to the floods, IMF staff had projected an annual inflation rate of 11.5 percent for 2010/2011.
- The report emphasizes that actual outcomes will hinge on effects on agricultural output along the Indus and its tributaries.

### Policy request and IMF framework
- The Pakistani authorities formally request financial assistance under ENDA (Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance).

### Subjects and keywords (as listed in the document)
- Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Environment, Monetary base, Money, Natural disasters, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration
- Keywords: banking sector liquidity, Budget planning and preparation, CR, deficit, disbursement of an amount equivalent, financing, government, IMF's basic rate, ISCR, Monetary base, Natural disasters, Pakistan's financing, staff's assessment

### Publication and document identifiers (from the landing page)
- Date: September 20, 2010
- Pages: 36
- Volume: 2010
- Issue: 295
- Series: Country Report No. 2010/295
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455208623.002
- Stock No: 1PAKEA2010005
- ISBN: 9781455208623
- ISSN: 1934-7685

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