WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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, or as augmentation of existing programs, sorted by region:
AFRICA
Burkina Faso – $115.3 million (IMF)
Burundi – $5 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)
Ethiopia – $82.6 million (World Bank)
Gabon – $147 million (IMF)
Gambia – $10 million (World Bank) and $21.3 million (IMF)
Ghana – $35 million (World Bank) and $1 billion (IMF)
Ivory Coast – $886.2 million (IMF)
Kenya – $50 million (World Bank)
Liberia – $7.5 million
Madagascar – $166 million (IMF)
Mali – $25.8 million (World Bank)
Malawi – $37 million (World Bank)
Mauritania – $5.2 million (World Bank)
Morocco – $275 million (World Bank)
Niger – $114.5 million (IMF) and $13.95 million (World Bank)
Rwanda – $109.4 million (IMF) and $14.25 million (World Bank)
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)
South Sudan – $7.6 million (World Bank)
Tunisia – $745 million (IMF)
ASIA
Afghanistan – $100.4 million (World Bank)
Bangladesh – $100 million (World Bank)
Cambodia – $20 million (World Bank)
India – $1 billion (World Bank)
Kyrgyzstan – $120.9 million (IMF)
Laos – $18 million (World Bank)
Maldives – $7.3 million (World Bank)
Mongolia – $26.9 million (World Bank) and $2.2 million (World Bank)
Nepal – $29 million (World Bank)
Pakistan – $200 million (World Bank) and $1.39 billion (IMF)
Papua New Guinea – $20 million (World Bank)
Philippines – $500 million (World Bank)
Samoa – $5.1 million (World Bank)
Sri Lanka – $128.6 million (World Bank)
Tajikistan – $11.3 million (World Bank)
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Argentina – $35 million (World Bank)
Bolivia – $327 million (IMF) and $20 million (World Bank)
Colombia – $250 million (World Bank)
Dominican Republic – $150 million (World Bank)
Ecuador – $20 million (World Bank)
El Salvador $389 million (IMF) and $20 million (World Bank)
Haiti – $20 million (World Bank) and $111.6 million (IMF)
Honduras – $143 million (IMF) and $139 million (World Bank)
Paraguay – $20 million (World Bank)
MIDDLE EAST
Egypt – $7.9 million (World Bank)
Lebanon – $40 million (World Bank)
West Bank and Gaza – $5.8 million (World Bank)
Yemen – $26.9 million (World Bank)
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Albania – $190.5 million (IMF)
Armenia – $3 million (World Bank)
Georgia – $200 million (IMF)
Kazakhstan – $10 million (World Bank)
Kosovo – $56.5 million (IMF)
Moldova – $235 million (IMF)
North Macedonia – $191.83 million (IMF)
Romania – $441 million (World Bank)
(EorgiaReporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Alistair Bell)
