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Africa: Finance ministers want rich nations to invest $30 billion of IMF cash on the Continent

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Four African ministers have indicated that rich countries should reallocate at least $30 billion of new money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) towards investments in Africa to support countries battling the effects of coronavirus and climate change.

The four Africans are finance ministers from Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria.

In an open letter to the Group of 20 leading economies leaders, the finance ministers said all rich countries must increase support for poorer nations to support the Covid-19 vaccination drive.

The IMF has taken steps to implement a new $650 billion allocation – the largest ever – of its reserve currency, so-called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The process is expected to be completed in August.

“Make the IMF’s promised new issue of Special Drawing Rights available as soon as possible and define a clear path forward for their maximal re-allocation and on-lending,” the ministers wrote in the letter published on Friday.

“The urgency now is to accelerate the disbursement of these SDRs to forestall the current emerging market liquidity crisis devolving into an insolvency crisis,” they added.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected nations’ economies globally, especially African countries, with Zambia, Chad and Ethiopia all seeking overhauls on their debt burdens.

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The new SDR allocation will offer some relief. However, the cash will be shared among its members based on their shareholdings which means rich ones will benefit most, with only 7% or $42 billion of the total going to the 44 poorer nations.

The letter, signed by Ghana’s Ken Ofori-Atta, Nigeria’s Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, DRC’s Nicolas Kazadi and Cote d’Ivoire’s Adama Coulibaly, urged G20 leaders to lend at least $30 billion of that money to a new Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) and the African Stability Mechanism.

“(This would) catalyze investments to Africa, reduce the liquidity premia on sovereign bonds offered by middle-income countries and incentivize green and sustainability-linked investments,” the letter said.

Rich countries also needed to boost their support for vaccination campaigns against coronavirus.

“In June alone, there was a 290 million shortfall in vaccine supply. We really need 1 billion doses donated in the next few months.”

G20 finance chiefs, who will meet on Friday and Saturday in Venice, have on their agenda a recommendation to find ways to ensure a significant part of the $650 billion goes to countries most in need.

Source: businessinsiderafrica
Via: norvanreports
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