Pakistan: Use of Fund Resources-Request for Emergency Assistance-Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Pakistan.

September 20, 2010

Summary

The floods in Pakistan are a natural disaster of massive proportions. The overall impact will critically depend on how the floods will affect agricultural output along the Indus and its tributaries. The Pakistani authorities request financial assistance under the IMF policy for Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance (ENDA). Based on these developments, prior to the floods, IMF staff had projected a GDP growth rate of 4¼ percent and an annual inflation rate of 11.5 percent for 2010/2011. The economic outlook has deteriorated sharply as a result of the floods.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Environment, Monetary base, Money, Natural disasters, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: banking sector liquidity, Budget planning and preparation, CR, deficit, disbursement of an amount equivalent, financing, government, IMF's basic rate, ISCR, Monetary base, Natural disasters, Pakistan's financing, staff's assessment

Pages:
36
Volume:
2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455208623.002
Issue:
295
Series:
Country Report No. 2010/295
Stock No:
1PAKEA2010005
ISBN:
9781455208623
ISSN:
1934-7685

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