2025 Handbook of IMF Facilities for Low-Income Countries

International Monetary Fund

No 2025/010, IMF Policy Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Handbook provides guidance to staff on the IMF’s facilities available to countries eligible to obtain concessional financing from the Fund under the PRGT, namely low-income countries (LICs). It updates the previous version of the Handbook that was published in March 2023 by incorporating modifications resulting from the 2024 Review of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) Facilities and Financing and other recent policy papers. Designed as a comprehensive reference tool for program work in LICs, this Handbook also refers, in summary form, to a range of relevant policies that apply more generally to IMF members. As with all guidance notes, the relevant IMF Executive Board decisions, including the terms of the various LIC Trust Instruments that have been adopted by the Board, remain the primary legal authority on the matters covered in this Handbook.

Keywords: Extended Credit Facility arrangement; IMF Concessional Lending Facilities; Low-income countries; Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust; Rapid Credit Facility; Staff Monitored Program; Standby Credit Facility arrangement; SCF arrangement; G. Policy objective; IMF facilities; PRGT Access; E. financing terms; IMF's transparency policy; strengthened Policy; Balance of payments need; Debt sustainability; Poverty reduction strategy; Debt sustainability analysis; Arrears; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 197
Date: 2025-04-23
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