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Tanzania is a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a current quota of US$551.35 million (397.8 million SDR), [1] and is a part of the South Africa and Nigeria led constituency with a totaling voting share of 2.97%. [2] The IMF has been involved in Tanzania's economy since the 1970s.
Africa is also among the places most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with critics calling on the World Bank and IMF to increasingly factor climate resiliency into its decision-making.
Nigeria joined the IMF on March 30, 1961. [1] Nigeria is Africa's most populous country, with 222.182 million citizens. [1] The nation's IMF quota stands at 2454.5 million (SDR) along with its special drawing rights amounting to 3702.34 million (SDR). [1] As of July 2023, Nigeria experienced a 3.2 GDP change. [2]
The IMF estimates that the total cost of providing debt relief to the 40 countries currently eligible for the HIPC program would be around $71 billion (in 2007 dollars). [2] Half of the funding is provided by the IMF, World Bank, and other multilateral organizations, while the other half is provided by the creditor countries.
Zimbabwe in 2005 was economically torn down, in the midst of serious economic crisis; collapsing currency, de-investment, hunger and droughts, shortages of critical food supplies among others. This dates back to 1990s and early 2000s crisis and Zimbabwe's involvement in the war of Congo. Zimbabwe took a credit from IMF and went to war in Congo.
The statement follows an IMF visit to South Africa in early July to conduct a "post-financing assessment" after its $4.3 billion loan to the country in 2020 to help it fight the impact of the ...
Africa’s growth has been sluggish in recent years, but IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva believes new opportunities lie ahead. IMF chief says Africa must do these three things to ...
However, others doubt whether South Korea is a successful case of IMF structural adjustment. In the process of South Korea and the International Monetary Fund reaching an agreement, the United States played a major role in it. The US government's structural adjustment to South Korea should be based on its own interests. [30]