IMF, World Bank helping nations

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have begun 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, sorted by region:

AFRICA

• Ethiopia – $82.6million*
• Cabo Verde $5million*
• Democratic Republic of Congo – $47.2million*
• Djibouti – $5million*
• Gambia – $10million* Ghana – $35million*
• Kenya – $50million*
• Madagascar – $166million (IMF)
• Mauritania – $5.2 million*
• Rwanda – $109.4 million (IMF)
• Sao Tome and Principe – $2.5 million*
• Senegal – $221million (IMF) and $20million*
• Sierra Leone – $7.5million*

ASIA

• Afghanistan – $100.4million*
• Cambodia – $20million*
• India – $1billion*
• Kyrgystan – $120.9million (IMF)
• Maldives – $7.3million*
• Mongolia – $26.9million*
• Pakistan – $200million*
• Sri Lanka – $128.6million*
• Tajikistan – $11.3million*
• Yemen – $26.9million*

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

• Argentina – $35million*
• Ecuador – $20million*
• Haiti – $20million*
• Honduras – $143million (IMF)
• Paraguay – $20million*