IMF: Make COVID-19 Funds Transparent, Accountable

Expand A shopkeeper watches as bulldozers demolish informal shops in Dakar, Senegal to slow the spread of COVID-19. On April 1, the IMF approved a $220 million loan to Senegal to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic. © 2020 AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui (Washington, DC) – The International Monetary Fund should include transparency and anti-corruption measures in coronavirus-related emergency relief programs to ensure that the billions of dollars it is disbursing to dozens of countries help the most vulnerable, Transparency International, Human Rights Watch, and Global Witness said today…

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