COVID-19

On March 2nd, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced it would act to address the economic fallout from COVID-19. More than 90 countries are requesting financing from the IMF. Some countries are requesting funds via existing programmes which come with conditionality, while others are requesting funds via facilities that provide rapid financing with low-or-no conditionality. This dataset compiles all financing arrangements requested and approved since March 2nd 2020, and is updated on a monthly basis.