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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Gets U.S.$102 Million in Extra IMF Financing, Debt Relief
IMF, 3 March 2015
The IMF Executive Board approved a loan and grant package for Sierra Leone that includes $102 million in extra financing to help the West African country counter a slump in… Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia Gets U.S.$36.5 Million From IMF's New Trust for Disaster Recovery
IMF, 24 February 2015
The IMF Executive Board approved $36.5 million in debt relief to Liberia in the form of a grant from a newly established trust set up to help low-income countries recover from… Read more »
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Africa: Statement By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde On the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust
IMF, 5 February 2015
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Read more »
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Liberia: IMF Approves U.S.$36.5 in Debt Relief
IMF, 3 February 2015
Press Release No. 15/69 Read more »
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IMF, 7 February 2015
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, issued the following statement after a meeting with Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today: Read more »
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Guinea: Resources to Fight Ebola
IMF, 11 February 2015
Guinea Gets $37.7 Million In Extra IMF Financing to Help Combat Ebola Read more »
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West Africa: Combating Ebola Outbreak
IMF, 5 February 2015
IMF to Provide Grants for $100 Million in Debt Relief to Ebola-hit Countries Read more »
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Liberia: IMF Grants U.S.$100 Million Debt Relief to Ebola-Hit Countries
NEWS, 9 February 2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) granted debt relief of about $100m (£65m) three Ebola hardest-hit nations, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The three countries had… Read more »
IMF Steps Up Debt Relief for Ebola-Affected Countries
The World Bank had estimated that the worst-affected countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - will lose at least U.S.$1.6 billion in "foregone economic growth" as a result of the epidemic.
More than 8,000 people have been killed by the virus, which has put already weak health systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone under severe strain.
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is impairing the ability of governments to raise revenues, increasing their exposure to domestic and foreign debts and may make them more ... Read more »
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Paris Club has agreed to cancel Liberia's debt of more than $1 billion following its Completion Point under the enhanced initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. Read more »
