Policy Papers

Update on the Financing of the Fund's Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries

Publication Date:

April 17, 2009

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper provides a semi-annual review of the status of financing for PRGF-ESF lending, subsidization of emergency assistance, and HIPC and MDRI debt relief. The last review was completed by the Executive Board on September 24, 2008. The paper does not address the G-20’s recent call for additional concessional resources, which is discussed in a separate paper.

Series:

Policy Papers

Subject:

Concessional aid Emergency assistance Executive Board decisions Fund facilities Fund general resources HIPC Initiative Lapse of time approval Low-income developing countries Members Multilateral debt relief initiative