Policy Papers

Post Program Monitoring During The Pandemic: Proposal For Temporary Streamlining Of Procedures And Renaming Of The Policy

May 19, 2021

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International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department, International Monetary Fund. Finance Dept., and International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. "Post Program Monitoring During The Pandemic: Proposal For Temporary Streamlining Of Procedures And Renaming Of The Policy", Policy Papers 2021, 026 (2021), accessed 12/5/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484366080.007

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Summary

The increase in Fund lending in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, including emergency financing, has led to a record number of requests for financing last year, and to an unprecedented amount of credit outstanding. This underscores the need for appropriate safeguards to the Fund’s balance sheet. Post Program Monitoring (PPM) is one such safeguard, which provides a framework for deeper and closer engagement with members that have substantial outstanding Fund credit but are not in a program relationship.

Subject: COVID-19, Credit, Emergency assistance, Financial statements, Fiscal policy, Foreign aid, Health, Macro-fiscal framework, Monetary policy, Money, Political economy, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Africa, COVID-19, Credit, Emergency assistance, Financial statements, Macro-fiscal framework, PPM decision, PPM discussion, PPM framework, PPM policy, PPM report, PPM threshold