Four Things to Know About How Fragile States Like South Sudan Are Coping With COVID-19
South Sudanese families displaced after Nile River flooding. The effects of the pandemic have added to the country’s massive development needs caused by conflict, floods, locusts and other events. (photo: Denis Dumo/Reuters/Newscom)
By Amina Lahreche and Niko Alfred Hobdari IMF African Department
November 20, 2020
On November 11, 2020, the International Monetary Fund granted the Republic of South Sudan a $52 million emergency disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility to help its economy weather the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time this new and still fragile country has received financial support from the IMF.
Here are four things to know:
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