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  "title": "Precautionary and Liquidity Line - Operational Guidance Note",
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      "content": "- This note provides general guidance on the use of the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL).\n- After an overview of the instrument, explaining its specific nature, the operational issues are grouped into five areas.\n- The note is an aid to the implementation of the policy and its underlying principles.\n- If there is any instance in which a provision of the guidance note or its implementation conflicts with Board policy, Board policy prevails.\n- It will be revised as needed, for example following relevant policy reviews."
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      "content": "- an outline of the process and specific steps that need to be followed if a member expresses interest in an arrangement;\n- guidance on access, phasing, and purchases;\n- guidance on determining qualification of a member and appropriate ex-post conditionality; and\n- a guide to the semi-annual review process.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policy Paper\n  - Policy Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policy Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2018/08/06/pp080618-precautionary-and-liquidity-line-operatoinal-guidance-note"
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    "The note is an aid to the implementation of the policy and its underlying principles.",
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    "It will be revised as needed, for example following relevant policy reviews.",
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