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The Global Economic and Financial Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic and the Role of the IMF

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This paper, prepared by a working group of IMF staff, provides a preliminary assessment of the risks and potential impact to the global economy and financial system from a possible avian flu pandemic, discusses the IMF’s role in helping member countries prepare their economic and financial...

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Health and Development

International Monetary Fund - 2004

stopped in the1990s, primarily as a result of the AIDS epidemic. This compilation of articles published over the past five … years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco …

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Enhancing the Emergency Financing Toolkit-Responding To The COVID-19 Pandemic

International Monetary Fund - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a human toll and has unleashed a series of shocks on the Fund's entire membership, creating severe disruption in the global economic and financial system. As a result, many emerging market and developing country (EMDC) members face urgent and unprecedented...

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Extension of Consultation Cycles Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

International Monetary Fund - 2020

To better respond to the unprecedented demand from the membership for financing and crisis support in response to the covid-19 pandemic, there is a temporary postponement of staff's work on Article IV consultations and mandatory Financial Stability Assessments. To ensure the postponement has no...

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Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Second Tranche Of Debt Service Relief In The Context Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

International Monetary Fund - 2020

This paper proposes that the Executive Board approve the disbursement of a second 6-month tranche of CCRT debt service relief to 28 of the 29 members, covering the period October 14, 2020 through April 13, 2021, given staff's assessment that sufficient financial resources are available.2 In this...

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Fund Concessional Financial Support For Low-Income Countries-Responding To The Pandemic

International Monetary Fund - 2021

This paper proposes a package of policy reforms and a funding strategy to ensure that the Fund has the capacity to respond flexibly to LICs' needs during the pandemic and recovery. The key policy reforms proposed include: -- raising the normal annual/cumulative limits on access to PRGT resources...

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Republic of Uzbekistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The Welfare Improvement Strategy (WIS) of Uzbekistan has the objective of improving living standards of its people with the help of strong economic policies for all priority areas of development. The report reviews economic and social policies and assesses the living standards of its people. It...

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Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The Government of the Republic of Niger has implemented the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), which describes the country's macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction. This strategy is based on the conviction that poverty can be reduced through...

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Kingdom of Lesotho; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Prioritization, and Cost Matrix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

education and health services. Lesotho plans to deal boldly with its trading and investment partners by exploiting the …

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Tanzania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Tanzania's Second National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP II) is a continuation of government and national commitments to accelerate economic growth and fight poverty. Though MKUKUTA I (NSGRP I) yielded demonstrable positive results, it failed to meet some targets. MKUKUTA...

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