IMF, World Bank disburse funds to help countries battle coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are providing emergency funds to developing and low-income countries across the world to strengthen their efforts to battle the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are 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 from the two institutions` emergency facilities, or as augmentation of existing programs, sorted by region:

AFRICA
Burkina Faso - $115.3 million (IMF)
Burundi - $5 million (World Bank)
Cabo Verde - $5 million (World Bank)
Chad - $115 million (IMF)
Democratic Republic of Congo - $47.2 million (World Bank)
Djibouti - $5 million (World Bank)
Ethiopia - $82.6 million (World Bank)
Gabon - $147 million (IMF)
Gambia - $10 million (World Bank) and $21.3 million (IMF)
Ghana - $35 million (World Bank) and $1 billion (IMF)
Ivory Coast - $886.2 million (IMF)
Kenya - $50 million (World Bank)
Liberia - $7.5 million
Madagascar - $166 million (IMF)
Mali - $25.8 million (World Bank)
Malawi - $37 million (World Bank)
Mauritania - $5.2 million (World Bank)
Morocco - $275 million (World Bank)
Niger - $114.5 million (IMF) and $13.95 million (World Bank)
Rwanda - $109.4 million (IMF) and $14.25 million (World Bank)
Sao Tome and Principe - $2.5 million (World Bank)
Senegal - $442 million (IMF) and $20 million (World Bank)
Sierra Leone - $7.5 million (World Bank)
South Sudan - $7.6 million (World Bank)
Tunisia - $745 million (IMF)

ASIA
Afghanistan - $100.4 million (World Bank)
Bangladesh - $100 million (World Bank)
Cambodia - $20 million (World Bank)
India - $1 billion (World Bank)
Kyrgyzstan - $120.9 million (IMF)
Laos - $18 million (World Bank)
Maldives - $7.3 million (World Bank)
Mongolia - $26.9 million (World Bank) and $2.2 million (World Bank)
Nepal - $29 million (World Bank)
Pakistan - $200 million (World Bank) and $1.39 billion (IMF)
Papua New Guinea - $20 million (World Bank)
Philippines - $500 million (World Bank)
Samoa - $5.1 million (World Bank)
Sri Lanka - $128.6 million (World Bank)
Tajikistan - $11.3 million (World Bank)
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Argentina - $35 million (World Bank)
Bolivia - $327 million (IMF) and $20 million (World Bank)
Colombia - $250 million (World Bank)
Dominican Republic - $150 million (World Bank)
Ecuador - $20 million (World Bank)
El Salvador $389 million (IMF) and $20 million (World Bank)
Haiti - $20 million (World Bank) and $111.6 million (IMF)
Honduras - $143 million (IMF) and $139 million (World Bank)
Paraguay - $20 million (World Bank)

MIDDLE EAST
Egypt - $7.9 million (World Bank)
Lebanon - $40 million (World Bank)
West Bank and Gaza - $5.8 million (World Bank)
Yemen - $26.9 million (World Bank)

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Albania - $190.5 million (IMF)
Armenia - $3 million (World Bank)
Georgia - $200 million (IMF)
Kazakhstan - $10 million (World Bank)
Kosovo - $56.5 million (IMF)
Moldova - $235 million (IMF)
North Macedonia - $191.83 million (IMF)
Romania - $441 million (World Bank)