What the IMF Did in FY2025 (highlights)

  • Financing: About $63B to 20 countries, including ~$9B across 13 low-income countries (LICs).

  • Stock of exposure (as of Apr 30, 2025):

    • GRA (general resources) commitments + credit outstanding ≈ SDR 165B.

    • PRGT (concessional window) ≈ SDR 29B.

  • Capacity development: ~$382M for hands-on technical assistance, training, and peer learning (delivered via HQ and 17 regional centers).

  • Resilience & Sustainability Facility (RSF): Continued scale-up; operational guidance refined (incl. interaction with precautionary arrangements like the FCL/PLL).

  • Policy surveillance: Article IV consultations and FSAPs focused on inflation dynamics, financial stability risks, fiscal/debt sustainability, climate transition, and structural reforms.

  • Benchmarks/Prices: On April 30, 2025, SDR 1 = US$1.35611 (reciprocal US$1 = SDR 0.737401).

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