The IMF’s Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust was launched last
week and is designed to help Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone cope
with their debt service payments to the IMF for the next two years.
The idea is that they can redirect other resources to help fight the
outbreak, and to repair their economies and societies. Britain is
the first country to pledge cash to the new fund.
"Along with the human tragedy, the virus continues to have a
devastating impact on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone," British finance minister George Osborne said in a statement.
"So I am delighted to provide $50m of critical resources to enable
these countries spend less money servicing their debt and more on
the public health interventions that will help save lives.”
(Reporting by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Stephen Powell)
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