FACTBOX-IMF, World Bank aid aimed at helping countries battle pandemic
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 - $1 billion (IMF) and $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 - $442 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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