Maldives: Use of Fund Resources—Request for Emergency Assistance

Volume/Issue: Volume 2005 Issue 145
Publication date: April 2005
ISBN: 9781451825497
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Exports and Imports , Industries - Hospitality Travel and Tourism , Natural Disasters , ISCR , CR , assistance , government , reconstruction cost , natural disaster assistance , cost , SDR , budget support , revenue increase , international community , Natural disasters , Tourism , Imports , Exports

Summary

This paper reviews the Maldives’s Use of IMF Resources and Request for Emergency Assistance. The authorities have requested a purchase of an amount equivalent to SDR 4.1 million (50 percent of quota) under the IMF’s policy on emergency assistance related to natural disasters. The authorities have requested the provision of subsidies to reduce the rate of charge on these resources. IMF staff supports these requests given the exceptional severity of the tsunami’s economic impact and the authorities’ record of sound macroeconomic management and good cooperation with the IMF.