IMF, World Bank aid aimed at helping countries battle pandemic

IMF, World Bank aid aimed at helping countries battle pandemic
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are providing emergency funds to developing and low-income countries across the world to strengthen their efforts to battle the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Following is a list of countries slated to receive funds from the two institutions' emergency facilities, sorted by region:

AFRICA Ethiopia - $82.6 million (World Bank)

Cabo Verde $5 million (World Bank) Chad - $115 million (IMF)

Democratic Republic of Congo - $47.2 million (World Bank) Djibouti - $5 million (World Bank)

Gabon - $147 million (IMF) Gambia - $10 million (World Bank)

Ghana - $35 million (World Bank) Kenya - $50 million (World Bank)

Madagascar - $166 million (IMF) Mauritania - $5.2 million (World Bank)

Rwanda - $109.4 million (IMF) Sao Tome and Principe - $2.5 million (World Bank)

Senegal - $221 million (IMF) and $20 million (World Bank) Sierra Leone - $7.5 million (World Bank)

Tunisia - $745 million (IMF) ASIA

Afghanistan - $100.4 million (World Bank) Cambodia - $20 million (World Bank)

India - $1 billion (World Bank) Kyrgyzstan - $120.9 million (IMF)

Maldives - $7.3 million (World Bank) Mongolia - $26.9 million (World Bank)

Pakistan - $200 million (World Bank) Sri Lanka - $128.6 million (World Bank)

Tajikistan - $11.3 million (World Bank) Yemen - $26.9 million (World Bank)

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Argentina - $35 million (World Bank)

Ecuador - $20 million (World Bank) Haiti - $20 million (World Bank)

Honduras - $143 million (IMF) Paraguay - $20 million (World Bank)

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Albania - $190.5 million (IMF)

Kosovo - $56.5 million (IMF) North Macedonia - $191.83 million (IMF)

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