May 4, 2021
The CSIS Economics Program is tracking commitments and approvals by major international financial institutions (IFIs) to meet the massive financing needs generated by the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. These IFIs include the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group, and major regional development banks. We also include select regional financing arrangements (RFAs), which, together with the IFIs, central bank bilateral swap lines, and individual countries’ foreign reserve holdings, comprise the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN).
Based on data updated through March 31, 2021:
We estimate IFIs have approved $262.4 billion in Covid-19-related support through Q1 2021. In total, the IMF has approved $108.6 billion, including emergency assistance and precautionary lines of credit, while the multilateral development banks (MDBs) have approved a combined $151.9 billion. MDB approvals are led by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank, e
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$100 million from Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development pending
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Belarus external state debt up by 8.4% to $18.6bn in 2020
MINSK, 29 January (BelTA) – As of 1 January 2021 Belarus external state debt totaled $18.6 billion, up by $1.4 billion or 8.4% since the beginning of the year (taking into account differences in currency exchange rates), BelTA learned from the Belarusian Finance Ministry.
In 2020 the Belarusian government borrowed $3,146.9 million abroad, including $1,391.5 million as bonds floated on foreign financial markets, $1,051.1 million from the Russian government and banks, $500 million from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), $126.2 million from the Export–Import Bank of China, $67.1 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and $11 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
January 25, 2021
The CSIS Economics Program is tracking commitments, approvals, and disbursements by major international financial institutions (IFIs) to meet the massive financing needs generated by the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. These IFIs include the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group, and major regional development banks. We also include select regional financing arrangements (RFAs), which, together with the IFIs, central bank bilateral swap lines, and individual countries’ foreign reserve holdings, comprise the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN).
Based on data updated through December 31, 2020:
1. We estimate IFIs approved $237.2 billion in Covid-19-related support in 2020. The IMF approved $102.9 billion, including emergency assistance and precautionary lines of credit, while the multilateral development banks (MDBs) approved a combined $132.5 billion. MDB approvals are led by the European Investment Bank (EIB), which approved $39.1 bil