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The IMF is stepping up to the task of providing debt relief to free up fiscal space for Africa’s poorest countries to fight Covid-19, as finance ministers say a full waiver on all public and private sector debt is essential.
The appeal comes as the G20 leaders hold an emergency video summit on Thursday to discuss their response to the coronavirus.
Africa needs $100 billion of emergency additional resources to fight the coronavirus and is appealing to the IMF, World Bank and European Central Bank (ECB) to provide assistance to waive some $44 billion in debt service payments for 2020.
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