Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters
January 22, 2015
Download PDF
Preview Citation
Format: Chicago
Summary
To address catastrophic disasters, the Fund created a mechanism in 2010 to provide additional relief to its poorest and most vulnerable member countries to help meet their exceptional balance of payments needs. Under this mechanism, the Fund can provide grants from a trust fund—the Post Catastrophe Debt Relief (PCDR) trust—that are used to pay off debt service falling due to the Fund. These grants ease pressures on the member’s balance of payments and create financial space by reducing its debt service burden.
This paper proposes reforms to this mechanism to cover situations where the member is experiencing an epidemic of an infectious disease that constitutes a significant threat to lives, economic activity, and international commerce across countries.
Subject: Debt relief, Emergency assistance, Emergency financing mechanism, External shocks, Fund facilities, Low-income developing countries, Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust
Publication Details
-
Pages:
---
-
Volume:
---
-
DOI:
---
-
Issue:
---
-
Series:
Policy Papers
-
Stock No:
---
-
ISBN:
---
-
ISSN:
---
