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The Impact of the IMF’s COVID-19 Support to Developing and Emerging Economies

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  • Sumin Chun
  • Karmen Naidoo
  • Nelson Sobrinho

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We construct a high-frequency dataset that combines information on all IMF lending and proxies of monthly economic activity during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–21). Using this novel dataset and standard econometric techniques we find a positive and significant marginal effect of IMF financing on economic activity in low-income countries (LICs) and emerging market economies. We also present tentative evidence that IMF financing may have helped economic outcomes by easing fiscal budget constraints, allowing for larger government spending in response to the pandemic. Overall, this evidence suggests that IMF financing helped lessen the negative impacts of the pandemic on economic activity, especially in LICs.

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  • Sumin Chun & Karmen Naidoo & Nelson Sobrinho, 2022. "The Impact of the IMF’s COVID-19 Support to Developing and Emerging Economies," IMF Working Papers 2022/261, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2022/261
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