France will pay $ 2,9 billion to support countries with weak income

France will grant two billion and 900 million us dollars (two billion DTS) as new features of the loan to the fund fiducial targeting countries with weak income, but members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The funds will be made available in the framework of an agreement signed Wednesday last between the IMF, as delegate of the Fund Fiducial to the Poverty Reduction and Growth (PRGT), and the Bank of France signed a financing agreement in the framework of which

According to a statement from the IMF, this agreement, in force since 1 February current, forms the sixth contribution of France to the PRGT, and puts the same country among the top contributors of resources of loans from this fund in the framework of his current campaign fund-raising to increase the resources available for concessional loans.

Given the endorsement of the Board of Directors, the director general of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, has launched this campaign in November of 2015 with the goal of raising 11 billion (DTS fiat currency of the IMF) the title of the new features of bilateral loans.