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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2023
IMF says most of proposed $50 billion Covid vaccine project will be grants

Global Economy

Reuters
01 June, 2021, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 01 June, 2021, 09:55 pm

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IMF says most of proposed $50 billion Covid vaccine project will be grants

Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director, was speaking alongside the heads of the World Health Organization, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization.

Reuters
01 June, 2021, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 01 June, 2021, 09:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, US, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, US, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it envisaged grant financing for $35 billion of a proposed $50 billion project needed to ramp up global vaccinations against the coronavirus.

Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director, was speaking alongside the heads of the World Health Organization, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization.

Coronavirus chronicle / Top News / World+Biz

IMF / covid-19 vaccine / Covid-19 Economic Toll

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