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Catastrophe Containment And Relief Trust-Approval Of Grant Assistance For Debt Service Relief
International Monetary Fund - 2020
Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408783
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Small States Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change : Role for the IMF
International Monetary Fund - 2016
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. This reflects a higher frequency of disasters, adjusted for land area, as well as...
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Large Natural Disasters : Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2017
The Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) are valuable components of the disaster risk … access limits of 60 percent of quota under the RCF and RFI for countries experiencing severe natural disaster-related damages …. The focus of this paper is to specify the threshold of damage from a natural disaster that would allow members …
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Subsidization of the Fund's Emergency Assistance for Natural Disasters to PRGF-Eligible Members
International Monetary Fund - 2005
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Termination of the Emergency Post-Conflict and Natural Disaster Assistance Administered Subsidy Account
International Monetary Fund - 2014
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Risk, Resources, and Education : Public Versus Private Financing of Higher Education
International Monetary Fund - 1999
This paper develops a public education scheme that takes uncertainty aspects of private educational investments explicitly into account. In the author’s framework, the social merits of public education schemes are related to the lack of markets in which students can insure against educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400865
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Haiti; Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access: Staff Report; Staff Statements; Press Release on th...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
growth driver, would be affected owing to widespread damages to the production systems in and around the earthquake area. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244864
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Sri Lanka; Use of Fund Resources-Request for Emergency Assistance—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion for Sri Lanka
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper evaluates Sri Lanka’s Request for Emergency Assistance. The Sri Lankan authorities have requested a purchase in an amount of SDR 103.35 million under the IMF’s policy for emergency assistance related to natural disasters. In line with IMF policy for Poverty Reduction and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598820
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Haiti; 2010 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Ex...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
The January 2010 earthquake represented a major setback for Haiti, after several years of improved economic performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242533
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Samoa; Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by t...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper discusses a request from Samoa's authorities for a Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF-RAC). The tsunami that hit Samoa on September 29, 2009 has undercut Samoa’s economic resilience and prospects for a quick recovery from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243288