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IMF gewährt Schuldenerlass für 25 Nationen

By Jordi Bou

April 14, 2020 - Zusätzlich zu den bereits vereinbarten Nothilfefonds, hat der Internationale Währungsfonds (IWF) Schuldenerlass für 25 der ärmsten Länder der Welt vereinbart, damit diese ihre fianziellen Ressourcen für die Bekämpfung der Coronavirus Pandemie einsetzen können.

An estimated $215m in debt relief has been granted to 25 of the world’s poorest countries by cancelling repayments owed to the IMF for the next six months, with extensions possible up to two years.

The announcement comes ahead of a much larger debt suspension plan covering an estimated $18bn in repayments of official bilateral debt which the G20 group of the world’s richest advanced and developing countries is expected to announce at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings later this week.

The IMF and World Bank have access to $260bn in emergency funding. So far the IMF has approved loans totalling $3.4bn to 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak.

The World Bank has approved an initial $1.9 billion in emergency funds for coronavirus response operations in 25 developing countries, with more than half the aid earmarked to help fight the fast-spreading disease in India.

More than 1.8 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and more than 115,000 have died.

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PUBLISHED: 14/04/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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